This week has been great, as always. Not much out of the usual happened, aside from miracles! That's all we do on the mission is see miracles, it seems like. I don't remember if I mentioned this family or not, but I'll explain a bit. The woman came to the church about 3 weeks ago, asking for a Book of Mormon for her husband. She was in a hurry, all we could do was get her number quickly. 2 weeks later, last Saturday at 7:30 pm, I decided to try "one last time," as I told Heavenly Father. She answered! Better yet, her husband was there! Even better! He asked us to come visit them! We hurried over, invited them to church the next day and discussed his past. He'd learned with the Elder's before, but because of some falling out, he turned away from the church. He was going to get baptized! Years later, they see the need of help in their life. He lives in a different city, so we'll refer him to the Elders there. But we've met with the wife and son a couple times, and now the sister and her 2 daughters. All are incredible! The sister will have to learn in the other city as well, but we set a date with the mother, son, and their niece. It was a miracle.
We talked to Phad, who has a date the 27th, about her testimony and if she feels she's ready. She responded, "I've been ready for 30 years." Ha! Her sister was baptized years ago, and Phad only went to church that single day. But she's never forgotten it. She moved to a city that didn't have a church, and recently moved back to Bangkok to teach. She immediately went online and found out where the closest church was, and showed up herself! It was a miracle.
Sadly, Tii that I talked about last week (who we were able to get a date with last Sunday) is not able to learn with us anymore. Her dad won't allow it, and has now forced her to work with him all day at his office so she can't meet with us. He even took away her Book of Mormon. Sad...but we'll keep our hopes up. She'll come in the future, for sure! She knows it's true.
Transfers are this week...who knows what will happen? There's lots of sisters that try to figure out where everyone's going, but that seems pointless to me. Ha. We'll know in another 4 days, right? Which is like a minute in mission time. Silly sisters. I am excited to see what happens! But will miss SIster Alisa if she goes. She's amazing.
Lately I am craving grilled hot dogs and pork sausage balls. Hahaha. They will either grill them or BBQ them, pretty much on every street corner. I despised them when I first came, literally loathed them. They looked and smelled awful. I swore I'd never eat them. Now? I think it's living with a Thai. Ha, I don't remember normality anymore. Get ready for a khonthai (thai person) when you next see me!
Grandma Rosie! THank you for your package! I jsut got it, and it was PERFECT--right on Valentine's Day! Thank you so much for the card and candy. And again, thank you for the birthday packages. You're all sweet to think of me!
Time to sign off...but I wanted to tell you that Sister Smith has another blog--it's called smithhere.blogspot.com. Her son downloads pictures there, if you care to check it out. I love you all so much. This mission is the greatest thing that's ever happened to me, but not because it's a mission. It's because I'm sharing the single thing that is the most important to ALL OF US. I'm sharing that which will allow us to return to Heavenly Father as eternal families! You do not need to be a full-time missionary to experience the joys of missionary work. I love you, more than I'm able to express. This Valentine's Day, I challenge you all to think of the kind of love that is most important--that is, the Love of Christ. I've been studying a lot about Charity lately--if you have a Preach My Gospel nearby, I ask you to do the same! Or grab the nearest set of scriptures. I know that we're capable of attaining this love, but only through sincere prayer. I"m working on it. NOWHERE near perfect, far from. But as my dear friend Hermana PItchforth reminds me, "It's a process." I love this work! I love the gospel! Share it with those you love the MOST this Valentine's Day. I love you!
All My Love,
Sister Naegle
P.S. "What 2 days will we not think about or stress at all? Yesterday and Tomorrow." Sister Noppamas....I LOVE HER!
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