Been such a busy week!!! Pretty much, me and Sister Belnap haven't been in our area at ALL because of Leadership training, which means that me and the zone leaders get to go around to all of the districts in our zone to train them on the training that President Senior gave us...so with all the traveling, it's been a really long week. Good news is though, that we still saw miracles for the 2 days we were actually in our area haha.
One of them included this sweet lady named อ้อ (Aaw) who we contacted at the mall. After we had gotten her number and info, she proceeds to say..."well are you free now? cuz I have some time, and I'd love to go to the church right now to learn!" Yup, sooooo amazing right?!?!?!?! It's like what every missionary wants to hear...but hears pretty rarely. So we literally just take her from the mall, hop onto a สองแทว (which is like a truck bus sorta thing) and bring her to the church to teach her! And boy was she prepared. So in our training with President, he focused a lot on testifying from the scriptures. So throughout my mission, I've collected a lot of favorite scriptures that have personal significance for me. And we did this activity where we didn't try to connect a gospel principle to a scripture or anything, but where we just shared and testified from our hearts over scriptures that had personal meaning for us. So that is exactly what I did in her lesson. I shared Moroni 7:48, and the spirit was so strong. This investigator started bawling, and right then and there committed to a baptismal date!!!!!
Us with our miracle lesson Sister อ้อ
Funny part is though that after we taught her, we found out that she actually lives in one of my old Bangkok areas, Bangkapi. So we had to pass her on to the Sister missionaries there. But it's ok cuz we still got to take part in her salvation and she's still going to be baptized!!!!!!
And because it's the week of love this week, I thought I'd share some of my favorite things from a talk given by Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin all on the greatest commandment. He said: "Sometimes the greatest love is not found in the dramatic scenes that poets and writers immortalize. Often, the greatest manifestations of Love are the simple acts of kindness and caring we extend to those we meet along the path of life. True love lasts forever. It is eternally patient and forgiving. It believes, hopes, and endures all things. That is the love our Heavenly Father bears for us...We see ourselves in terms of yesterdays and todays [but] our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of Forever."
I know this is true. Our Heavenly Father loves each and every one of us so much, and all He asks is that we give a little back and love our neighbor in return. It is these small acts of kindness that truly transform our character. "It takes us as men and women of the earth and refines us into men and women for the eternities."
Our mission here in Thailand is striving to create eternal families and I know that this is God's work and plan for all of us. I feel so blessed to know that I have one, and I know it is our duty to help others create eternal families as well. Share what we have been so lucky to receive with the world: the Love of the Savior :)
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