Dear Family and Friends
It was a harder week this week. Appointments didnt fall through, no one wanted to talk and just some minor other things. None the less we were able to have a good week!
This week we had a confirmation of the sister that we baptized about 2 weeks ago, sister Peem! She is so great! We had a after baptism lesson with her and she is just great! She told us that she is going to bring two of her friends to English this week and that one of them said she wants to be Christian. The other one wants to study it first. Elder Gage and I have to hop on this because we have transfers this Thursday so we need to get the most out of this week as possible! Sister Peem is already a missionary! I love it. She is a lady who doesnt really know what is going on but gosh dang-it she is doing all she can! She is trying hard to get her son and her husband to come to church so that they can feel of the love Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have for them. I really hope that she can get them to come!
I met a man last week, his name is Doonat (doughnut) and when I first met him I thought he was 22 or 23 but he is really 40+! I was a little shocked. Anyways we were able to meet with this man and we went over the restoration with him because he has a really good Christian background. He told us he has read the bible about 3 or 4 times. When the restoration lesson was over we gave him a Book of Mormon and asked him to read the introduction and pray about if the Book of Mormon is true and if Joseph Smith was a prophet. By the next day ( when we met with him) he told us that he had received an answer that it was all true. For some the answer will come quick and others it will take some time. When we asked him where we had read to, he had read to first Nephi 2. We thought wow that is great! We taught him the Plan of Salvation and he said was like yeah this is great, I believe this! I forgot to mention that in the first lesson we gave him a baptismal date for the 14th and he accepted it. So then Sunday, he came to church and stayed the whole 3 hours! I asked him where we had read to in the Book of Mormon he has said 2 Nephi 5!! What the!! He is reading so fast. I wonder how much he is getting, like how much he understands. He said he didnt have any questions so that can be good and bad I guess. I cant really say much about his situation but what I can say is that we think that he has family that is already LDS and goes to church every week. We will be investigating the matter further.
Other than that we had other lessons and they went really well! I am thankful for the Spirit that is with me and then for the help that I receive from members and other Elders and Sisters. One Sister taught me how to ask some to go to church using sign language and I thought it would never come in handy but they were about 3 people that were using sign language and I was able to ask them. The Lord works in mysterious ways! I love it! This past week Brother Won the member here that has the same birthday as me taught me how to play the piano ha. I can play one song ha! I can play Sweet Hour of Prayer ha! Who would have guessed that I could play the piano ha Other than that this week Elder Gage got invited to a Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner. He had no idea how he got invited or what it was for but he did and I got to go! Some how this girl here knows his brother and she invited us over. It was like an American Thanksgiving with Christmas decorations and it was in a real house! With couches and a fake Christmas tree with lights! It was great! I am soo grateful for that, why? It was like I was home! It made me really appreciate the family I have and the time we get to spend together for the holidays!
For our Zone Christmas Conference we had it was really good. We were enlightened on why we should remember our Savior this holiday season. It was really good! She had some fun games and then we were able to hear from missionaries who will be leaving the mission this transfer. Before all of this we were able to sing Christmas songs somewhere in Bangkok for all to hear. So many people stopped to video and just to listen. It was really nice! It brought the Spirit of Christmas! Then after that we went to have dinner in this hotel. I dont remember where or what it was called but let me just say that I had a lot of sushi! and other food ha! It was nice and we all were able to enjoy each others company!
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and try to help others have the spirit of Christmas as it soon arrives. It is a time of year to share our light and the Light of Christ with others. To give and not receive! To give service to those in need! I love this time of year! I hope you do too!
Well until next week
Love Elder Hinckley
The pictures are of some guy that is making us some Gwateow, I dont know how to spell it! Another is of the seafood I had with the sushi! Another is of our newly painted house, It is green and I think it looks good! The last picture is of me and the corn we are stocking up on! I guess you could say that it is our food storage ha. A food storage is a really good thing to have. I suggest if you dont have one to start one! I will tell you what, when something bad happens you want to be prepared. Im just saying ha
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