I love hearing from you!! Thanks for all your support and the words of inspiration. Daddio, that Lord of the Rings bit was great. "All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us." When is your next fireside? I was in the Tops grocery store this week when that Carpenters song you've got a friend... winter spring summer fall came on and I was just missing you lots!
This week has felt really long! Mostly just because a lot happened I guess. On Monday night we had chili and cornbread at a members house from the international branch. They invited us to stay for family home evening and their kids were so excited to show us what their family does. They have a three year old daughter, a two year old son, and a one year old son. As soon as the lesson ended, Wendy jumped up and said now we do ring around the rosie and duck duck goose. That's the tradition I guess, they are just adorable and it was fun to be at an American family night.
On Tuesday, Sister Tilley got pretty sick and we missed the English showcase. (Not too sad about that...) but we had a great language study that was dedicated to learning the words about our health and lack thereof. I went to great lengths to write out the forever long word for thermometer and cream and when it came time to actually use them, I said it in Thai and the pharmacist just said oh! thermomeTER with the up tone.Yep. And cream is just cream. Sometimes it's just that easy! Not always though...I keep mixing up the words for interview and relationship. ความสัมภาษณ์ and ความสัมพันธ์. That's been a lil embarrassing.
We had transfers on Thursday! Sister Tilley and I are still in ปากเกร็ด and we now have two more sisters serving in our branch! I'm so excited! That's a grand total of 6 missionaries in our branch! It's just going to really help each companionship focus on a smaller area and hopefully make it easier to find and work with all the less active members.
Friday night was the Beyond 5 concert. I don't even know what to tell you about it. I just find it so Ironic that the first concert I've attended is to this random boy band that no one has heard of, here in Thailand, as a missionary. President and Sister Senior were there too. Not something I expected to do as a missionary. We sang this song called Bliss -Eric Whitaker, รักนิรันดร์, this other Thai song I can't spell, Come Thou Fount, and The King's Anthem. It was quite the random selection, but I dare say it was the best part of the concert. I take it back. Brother Egg was the best part of the concert. He is a member in the ดอนเมือง branch and has the best voice ever! He has a CD coming out at the end of this month and I'm really excited to have that in my life in a year. As for Beyond 5, it was just so weird. Sister Tilley was freaking out the entire time. Totally in here element. "This is probably the closest I'll get to Justin Bieber." He's actually coming to Thailand next month. The young women in the international branch keep us updated.
Saturday we met with two less actives and the recent convert family from Sri Lanka. I love them so much! We also prepared the program for เม's baptism!! เม got baptized on Sunday!!! It was the happiest most beautiful day! During the talks I just kept thinking about that scripture D&C 18:15 how great shall be your joy if you shall bring one soul unto me...I am so grateful that I got to be apart of เม coming to know who her Savior is and helping her develop a testimony for herself that God is our loving Heavenly Father and because He loves us, he's given us a way to return to live with Him again. She's on the right path!
Sister Tilley and I sang the song when I am Baptized. It's my favorite! I am so grateful for repentance and the opportunity we have to be clean as earth right after rain every time we sincerely repent. I am grateful for the simple words of that primary song that help remind me that Heaven'y Father's Plan really is simple and as long as we repent we can be forgiven and improve each day. I loved hearing เม bear her testimony. I've never seen her speak with that much confidence before. She talked about how it's hard to change religions, but she did it because she loves God and Jesus Christ. I'm just so happy for her!!
The talks in church were wonderful too. Both speakers talked about invitations. Everyone's received some kind of invitation before. Usually we're excited to see who it's from and what it's for. Many times you'll hear the invitation "come here" from parents. The usual response, "WHY?" well you could say "because I said so" but in relation to the gospel invitation to "come here" the answer is because God loves us, and the reason we come is because we love Him. Each of us has the responsibility to extend that gospel invitation. I love being a missionary. I love sharing this joyous message with people of eternal families, repentance, and our Savior Jesus Christ.
Have a wonderful week! I love you most!
Love,
ซิสเตอร์ ซาเฮกัน
Sister Sahagun
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