What the heck!? It's already 2015????? Seriously, being a missionary has just warped all sense of time for me. I can't believe I spent the entire year of 2014 in Thailand!!!!! CRAZINESS!!!
Doesn't it look like it says "Hell 2015" instead of "Hello 2015"? My companion and I thought it was funny.
This week our investigator Sister พา (Pha) got baptized!!!! She's this cute spunky 25 year old who I just have grown to love sooo much! Her grasp of the Atonement and the repentance process just baffles my mind! She just get's it! I've never seen someone just soooo readily accept everything we've taught and have so much faith to not even question anything. Once the spirit starting working within her from day 1, she just hasn't been able to deny it :) God truly prepares His children! And I've seen it time and time again as I see His children enact the saving grace of the Atonement and truly turn their lives to be in harmony with God's plan and will for them! So ya :) it was a pretty amazing Christmas and New year's gift for me and Sister Belnap to see our investigator make personal covenants with her Heavenly Father.
Sister Pha's Baptism!
Other than that...things have been pretty slow here since everyone pretty much goes out of town for Christmas and the New Year. And seeing as our curfew got changed to 7 for the new year...me and Sister Belnap have just been spending lots of quality time together :) But it has also left me plenty of time to get in some good personal study time!!! I feel like every time I study from D&C my mind is blown and I just get this overwhelming influx of knowledge..and sometimes confusion. I was studying a lot in D&C 88 and 76...which focuses a lot on the different kingdoms of glory we will all be able to receive after we die, are resurrected and judged. I recommend that you all read it, cuz it just clearly states who will receive exaltation and what the requirements are. And that lead to me to a further in depth study of King Benjamin's speech to his people in Mosiah 2-4. If anyone is unclear of what the requirements are, King Benjamin lays it out plainly in these chapters where he pretty much just lays out the Gospel of Christ: faith, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the holy ghost, and enduring to the end. These are things we teach our investigators EVERY day, but before my mission....I don't think I can confidently say that I knew these were the requirements for exaltation. So if you did not know....study up!!!!! It's a new year, make it a resolution to study the scriptures every day IN-DEPTH, and I promise the Lord will open your eyes to a deeper and greater level of understanding of His will and word. I have never felt more grateful than I do now for the scriptures our Heavenly Father has blessed us with. They just are a well of knowledge for us who are consistently yearning to gain more knowledge! Not only that, but for those of us who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, our "triple combinations/quads" can be used so much more effectively for our gain when we use the cross references that have been listed for us right there on the same pages!!!! No doubt, inspiration from our very wise Heavenly Father to our leaders in the Church today...So in summary...this week I just have found such a greater love and appreciation for the written word of God! We have the answers to so many of life's questions right in those very pages..or right in the palm of our hands if we have the scriptures downloaded onto our smart handheld devices!!! My advice to you...USE THEM!!!!! They will help us prepare for the day of judgment that will inevitably happen whether we are prepared or not...but I mean...wouldn't it be better if we were prepared?
Love you!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy New Year!
Sister Lam
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