Art Museum

Dear Family,

We worked so hard this week, and had so much fun, and met so many wonderful new people to teach, and laughed so much and helped prepare Brother Tong for baptism which was yesterday!! I love being a missionary.

First off, last P-day we went to this fun art museum and took a bunch of fun pictures. I hope you enjoy them. Then, Sister Sararat decided she wanted to dye her hair "Sweet Brown". We got home finished planning and dyed her hair. It turned RED! Mid process we realized that the next day we would be having interviews with President Senior. Oops ค่ะ. SO Tuesday morning we exercised our way over the the nearest 7 and bought more hair dye. This time "Dark Brown". I know absolutely nothing about dying hair...I'm a terrible companion. Unfortunately, this dark brown only enhanced the red and made things much worse. We're talking Princess Ariel red. Oops ค่ะ Put her hair up and then Tuesday night dies her hair AGAIN and it got better. She's Asian she can pull it off. That was quite the adventure.

Tuesday as I was stressing about not having enough time in life, Sister duPlessis kindly shared the words of her wise mother, "The whole point of this plan is that we can all have enough time - for eternity." That was a nice thought. Now is the time to focus on what matters most.

There was one day this week that we counted every person that we talked to and invited to church. In 15 minutes we had already talked to 200 people. We stopped counting after 725. That was an hour of contacting. SO many people in this place! I LOVE IT. 

We met this really cool guy named Jack in front of the MRT. He's Christian, but doesn't really go to church. We met Wednesday and taught him Saturday. He said he felt like he didn't really know who Christ was and was excited to come to church on Sunday. Sunday we had so many miracles. Investigators came and brought friends! Jack loved church. "So I have to wait til next week to get baptized?" I set up an appointment with him for Monday and forgot to tell Sister Sararat and then 20 minutes later she comes and tells me we're seeing him on Tuesday. Perfect! He's free, we'll teach him every day and he'll be baptized on Sunday.He quit drinking tea! It's amazing to see how people change and how keeping the commandments immediately blesses our lives. I know that God is preparing so many people here to receive this message of the gospel.

Brother Tong is hilarious. He is our investigator that got baptized yesterday. He is so quick to accept every commitment we give him. Yesterday during sacrament meeting he was sitting by Elder Keller. I've never been in a meeting with Elder Keller where he doesn't fall asleep. Bother Tong noticed that Elder Keller was asleep and turned around and told on him to Sister Sararat. "He's been asleep for 5 minutes!"  It was so funny. It kept Brother Tong awake that was good. Tong is 20, he's a security guard so he's always tired too, but he's made it through the meetings and is doing great. 

I have learned so much from Sister Sararat. Yes a lot of Thai, but also how to be a better teacher. We've watched the Restoration so many times this week I'm starting to memorize it. We usually will watch the restoration and then use the LDS artbook and start back at prophets. I don't know why I'm rambling about this to you, but I really love using the pictures and the video because it helps our investigators visualize everything so much better. The picture book is so good too because there are so many pictures of Christ it is so easy to keep the lesson focused on Christ and really connect everything together. I don't know why I haven't been using these visual aids more my whole mission! 

This week was just fun. No stress. Worked hard. And I'm so happy. I'm so excited for Zone Conference tomorrow, and then Saturday and Sunday will be district conference for the New Stake in Bangkok!! So exciting! There will be a temple here so soon!! I love being a missionary. I'm so grateful for the gospel. 

I love you! Keep sending pictures! Have a wonderful week!
Love, Sis. Sahagun