Week 13 Samut Prakaan

Dear Family and Friends

This week was such a crazy week to say the least! We had transfers this week and the out come was very different from what I was expecting! Elder Gage and I had a feeling that we would be put into a tri companionship with another Elder in our house, that is not at all what happened. We see that our area comes up on the screen and I look at Elder Gage and say well this will be another good 6 weeks. His name didnt come up on the screen, Elder Nelson who we thought would be in the 3 some was on the screen, my name and our new companion Elder Klein! We are or I am still in Samut Prakaan. I really like this area. Elder Klein has already shown to me that he wants to build this area up a lot! And gosh dang it that is what we are going to do. We are going to get Less Actives back to church, get our Recent Converts callings, get a ward mission leader (Well I think we already have one now) and get ward missionaries! We are going to get work done in Samut Prakaan! I am way excited to be here another 6 weeks! As of right now we only have 2 stakes in Thailand but we think within the next 6 months we will be preparing for 2 more stakes to form. With a total of 4 stakes we could maybe see a temple, no promises though. We will just build up the Kingdom of God one person at a time! That is all we can do. Speaking of one person at a time we had a baptism this last week! It was an awesome experience! I think this is why I was sent to Samut Prakaan!

About a week and a half ago I asked a man named Doughnut to come to church and he was totally open to coming! As I made follow up calls we asked if we could met with him a day or two before church and we was totally up for that. We were able to meet this man, and when we got to the church he was waiting outside reading his bible. So from that we decided to teach him the Restoration. We asked him how he liked reading the bible and he said that he loved it. He has read it all the way through about 3 or 4 times so that was really good. He knows a lot about Jesus Christ already which was a good foundation. At the end of the Restoration lesson we gave him a Book or Mormon and asked him to pray to know that it was true and to pray to know that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God. By the next day when we were able to meet with him again we asked if he had a chance to pray and ask if what we taught him about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon was true. Without us asking if he received an answer he told us that he got an answer that everything that we taught him was true! We only asked him to read the introduction and by Sunday he had read a lot already. One of the last lessons that Elder Gage and I were able to teach him he explained to us that he really felt that this church is true. He explained that he had gone from church to church and that he had not felt anything. He got baptized in a church, I dont know which one, but he said that it didnt seem good to him. He said that none of the churches that he went to offered him anything. He said that it didnt seem like none of the churches were for him. He said that since he has met with us and I think it was the the Gospel of Christ when we talked about Baptism and the Holy Ghost is what did it for him. He said that there is so much more for me here and I know that this is true! After we had taught him the plan of Salvation in a earlier lesson. Then we was able to get baptized theSunday after transfers and he asked me if I would baptize him and I was joyed to say yes. It was such a great baptism day! When I baptized him he liked jumped into the water and got some of the members wet! ha that was the high of the day! After the baptism Elder Gage and I had a gift for him. It was a triple combination! He was so happy to get it he gave me a great big hug! We were then able to teach him after church yesterday and it was such a great day for him. He was able to tell me how he felt about his baptism! I asked him to pray at the end of our lesson and he said the word hallelujah! It was such a sincere prayer. The member after Bro Doughnut had left said that he prays like he has been a member for a year! All I can say is that people are prepared for us everyday and we have to be ready to find them and met them! I know this is why I was sent to Samut Prakaan! Something that I left out was that most of his family is already LDS! He said he wants to get sealed in the temple! What a great goal! 

Well that is all for this week!

Take care!

Love Elder Hinckley

Oh yeah we have Shawarma! You all know from Anvergers! So good! 

 

 

Elder Hinckley baptized Brother Doughnut. He was so excited to get baptized. He jumped right in and splashed the people. Elder Hinckley has two new companions, Elder Nelson and Elder Klein. 12 - 14 - 14.

Elder Hinckley enjoying the ride on a Song Thow.

Hey, do you remember Shawarma?  It's here in Thailand.

Elder Hinckley found his super hero all the way over in Thailand, The Green Lantern.