Dear Friends and Family,
Well I spent my last few days in Bangna this last week. President called me and told me that I would be moving to the other side of Bangkok. We dont have transfer meeting anymore which isnt a big deal. He told me that I would be a zone leader which I am happy to be. We got up really early the day of transfers and drove to the office. I found my new companion and was out of there in less than 15 min. That was it. Elder Chamberlain is my new companion and him and I are in the same group which is nice. All I can say is that Im ready!
I dont know if any of you remember sister Lee, well she got baptized!! She got baptized the day that I got transferred which was sad because I didnt get to be there. That is okay! I called her today and she was so happy! Sister Lee was a very good investigator from the start! We taught her for about 5 weeks which was great! We made sure we followed up with her as much as possible and in the end she has a great testimony of Jesus Christ, His church and His prophets. It makes me happy to help people repent and become prepared to make covenants with Heavenly Father. Elder Joy and I both believe that sister Lee will stay in the church forever!
This week while inviting I had two experiences that were pretty much the same. I met a man who I asked if he wanted to learn about Jesus Christ. We talked for a min and then he asked what church I was with. I told him The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. "Oh, Mormon!? Oh no I dont want to", said the man. Then he takes off running. The other man I met read on the card I gave him the word "Mormon" and pretty much the same thing happened. "Oh your Mormon?" "Yes I am", I replied. That man walked away. The Lord was right when he said that only a few would come unto Him. Well if you all want to know, Yes I am MORMON! Now you know. I was called to teach repentance to Heavenly Fathers children. I know that this is the true Church, the other Church of Jesus Christ, which was restored those His prophet Joseph Smith. If you dont believe in that I encourage you to learn with the missionaries and ask Heavenly Father for yourself if The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is Christ Church on the earth today. I promise you in you pray sincerely you will get an answer confirming your question. You have nothing to lose if you try. I tell so many people that on the street that if they learn with us they wont lose anything. If anything you will gain a knowledge and a testimony of Christs true Gospel. You will find that through the restored gospel we have knowledge about the plan of salvation, which is a huge factor of why I am on my mission. My mother was converted by the plan of salvation. If she wasnt I would not be here and that is that. This is true! I am come to know these things more and more throughout my time as a full time missionary. I would not give this time up for anything. I dont have a lot of time left as a full time missionary but when I get home my service doesnt stop there. I challenge each and every single one of you to learn of Christ and His church. Learn how you can be forgiven of your sins and how you can live with your family again in the eternities.
A member called us just the other day. She wanted us to come over and teach her about the temple. She asked," Elder what do I have to do to go to the temple?" Love questions like these! As we talked about what she needed to do we told her she needed to talk to the branch president. He would help her more and give instructions. She would need to do some of the basic and very fundamental principles: read the scriptures, pray, go to church was all the we really mentioned to her at this time. I told her the temple is such a wonderful place to go and to be. We learn about life, the plan of salvation and about families. So much can be learned in there. We also told her that she needs to be worthy so if you need to repent, repent. She said she would. We are doing all we can to prepare for the temple here in Thailand. For all the surrounding countries it will be a huge blessing! I want everyone who is in this branch who is worthy to hold a temple recommend to have a temple recommend. Show the church here in Thailand that we are ready to have one. I miss the temple dearly, I really do. I havent been able to go since I left America. I feel deprived. I want to go to the temple so bad. I believe the temple to be the place where I received my testimony. I knew the work I was doing in there was helping so many people I knew that I wanted others to go to the temple as well. My friends and I sacrificed sleep to go to the temple regularly. I wouldnt change that for anything. I know that others were blessed! I challenge you to go to the temple this week, next week and as often as you can. Do it, its worth it!
Love
Elder Hinckley
All I can say is that when you have one bike you don't let that stop you ha!
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