Not the applebars!

Hey Family,

Pawn is getting baptised this Sunday!!
We did an all day switch-off which gave her another opportunity to interview. Elder Heiley held the interview and he said that she was so ready she passed with flying colors. Because she closed her store completely on Sunday, a bunch of customers have come and questioned her about it. She said that she has a few referrals to give us from interested customers. She is way excited. I am way excited. The next matter of importance is that her family is super super busy on Sunday. She is concerned that her sister and her husband won't have the opportunity to go to her baptism this Sunday. There's not much that we can do about that besides pray with faith for the Lord to work miracles.

That same switch-offs I was quite thankful that we had four elders in our area. We had a service project in which we hauled great pieces of car, truck, and tractor parts into a truck and unloaded the parts into their new shop. We lifted some of the worst desirable shaped and heavy objects. There were cut buckets that had no handles and a smooth surface and were too small to be conveniently held by two people which were loaded to the brim with dense bolts. Those were particularly fun. The project lasted for about three hours. We were very enthusiastic about loading everything. We came, we served, and we left. I felt very happy about our efficiency with time.

Then the next day we just happened to have another larger, planned out service project. We woke up early and travelled to U-Thai to move another two dump truck loads of dirt under sister Noy's house. This time I specifically asked permission to buy wheel barrows and shovels. It was well worth the 1500 Baht. Only this time the night before rained and when the dump trucks came they unloaded sticky clay instead of dirt. It was almost easier to lift large chunks of clay with our hands than to try ti use any tools. I soon found myself crouched under the house, making and throwing clay chunks to fill in the rest of the mosquito ridden water as best as I could. The next day was fast Sunday.

I know that this is God's work that I'm doing. A service project is easier than teaching and helping investigators. It takes a lot of prayer and focus and giving of ones self to help an investigator. Luckily in the process of learning and trying to obey God does the miracle and grants us success. I still have a lot to learn. One thing that helps is singing hymns. Not like we are allowed to listen to anything else but that's just the trick! You have to learn to love the work and the music and the people, or else it's just hard. It's supposed to be hard and fun.

Ooh I just remembered... roast marshmallows are delicious and Marshmallows weigh almost nothing. They would be good to send in a package no?

I love you guys.

Elder Lilly