Thonburi

Dear Family,

We're still just so spoiled over here in Thonburi. This week was wonderful. So much has changed in this one week. Yesterday at church there was just so much energy and excitement! I am so grateful for the Seppis (senior couple) for taking pictures of all the members. We have the greatest zone leaders that are way on top of life and got all the stuff for the name tags for investigators and recent converts and they just made it happen. It was so fun to see all the members walk into church and help them feel like they were a part of something. Sacrament attendance was amazing. Completely different from when Sister Carter and I first started coming here. The week before Sister Steele and I moved here there were 43 people at church. Last week there was 63. This week there were 80 people in sacrament meeting. I feel so spoiled to be here. I love these members. I want to be here longer. 

Yesterday a new branch president was called! YAY! It was the most wonderful fast and testimony meeting I think I've been in my entire mission. One sister shared an amazing experience about tithing and trusting in God. Someone else talked about the Priesthood and supporting their husband in their calling. Everything was just so good. Pure simple testimony.

We had such a good lesson with one of our investigators that came to church. She is a 57 year old woman that we met contacting Friday night at 8:59. We had decided that we weren't going home until we found one more person. So at about 8:57 I started walking towards Sister Steele thinking that she found someone and along the way we met this woman สุนีย์. She is a miracle. One of a hundred that I wish I had time to you all of them. There are so many elect people here waiting to be invited! So we had 3 Sisters help us teach สุนีย์ (we call her 8:59). All the members that helped in that lesson were about her same age and probably haven't had an opportunity to help teach with the missionaries in a really long time. It was one of my favorite lessons because those sisters wanted to share how the gospel had blessed their lives. One of them was a recently returned LA. It was so exciting to hear them share experiences, not have to ask them to give input and to see them being missionaries and fellow-shipping 8:59. It felt like a help group kind of. Lots of mmhhhh and reassuring Thai sounds from everyone. 

I just feel like I'm finally getting the swing of things. Still far from perfect, but I feel like Sister Steele and I have figured out a healthy balance of accomplishing everything that is missionary work. I just want to stay two more transfers, but I'd be willing to barter for just one more.

Other random odds and ends of this week:

We celebrated the 4th by eating a Krispie Kreme Donut and some KFC. 

We came home Saturday night to find that Elder Meeker had left a fridge in front of our door for us. YAY! 

I almost fainted while we were out contacting and instead just sat on the flaming hot sidewalk and felt like I was going to throw up.

Last Monday we didn't have mattresses or blankets so I used a stack of t-shirts for a pillow and one of my skirts as a blanket. We now have mattresses and blankets. Hooray! 

Everything is just so good here. Inviting is a dream. We are expecting miracles and they are happening all the time! 

Love you all,

Sister Sahagun