Dear Family,
I love cookies. Nom Nom Nom Sister Akagi's birthday is coming up this thursday. We might make some cookies to celebrate the occation.
The work in Korat is doing very well. The Lord has really blessed us with a lot of work. Sometimes we have little time to eat Lunch/dinner. Then usually we use the times that we are eating to call investigators.
I think I understand just a little bit more about the Lord's power to accomplish miracles. When we increase our worthiness, our faith, our holiness before the Lord, and our obedience to his commandments then the blessings that He gives us are, as the scriptures would say, exceedingly great.
Our lives are like working in God's Company. Everyone is a worker but our pay each day isn't equal. If we increase the quality of our work just a little bit then our pay will increase seven fold. God blesses us according to our work.
With that in mind we can ask ourselves how much money do we want to earn? How much are we willing to work?
The times when I am the happiest is when I forget myself and work with all my heart, might, mind and strength. That's when the blessings are awesome.
President Smith changed our schedule. We now wake up at 6:00am and go to bed at 10:00pm. Then we study during the middle of the day when it is the hottest outside and go out in the mornings and evenings. I like the new schedule. I really like the mornings.
Elder Tom and I have been finding a lot of success by parking our bikes at home and inviting by foot around the house and around the church. We've been walking through neighborhoods too.
Life is great. Cookies are delicious.
:Love Elder Lilly
Mar 8, 2010
Mar 1, 2010
Dear Family,
Sunday was another excellent Sabbath day. Tia and Mint were confirmed members and given the Gift of the Holy Ghost. Elder Tom and I were super busy after church preparing for ward counsel meeting and other events. During ward counsel we reviewed the progression of the five families that we selected to go out and help. As a missionary we help in teaching less active families too. But now we will no longer teach any less active families other than the ones that we receive from ward counsel meeting. That puts even more necessity to getting the system working properly because it's up to the members to visit these families first and then go with us to teach them together.
One important thing that I've learned from my mission is missionary work. I realize how uninformed I was about missionary work, missionaries role, member's roles and how the system is supposed to work. Now I understand. Now I can support the system.
We're pretty close to getting home teaching up and going.
After church on Sunday we went out with Brother O and taught a new family of 3. During the lesson the father and the mother set a goal to get Baptized. They are started off on the path of righteousness. That rocks.
I love after reading the scriptures and applying them in my work how applying the scriptures helps me to understand them even more. It puts new meaning to the scriptures. One thing that I've learned to do is to analyze what I did during the day and ask myself what the Lord wanted me to learn from each of the different experiences that I've had. Sometimes the investigators that we had been teaching for a while stop progressing. Sometimes that happens to the point that we need to stop teaching them completely. But after every time and every lesson when we analyze how it went there's always something that we learned from teaching them. We get better and better at analyzing and teaching.
It's been quite an adventure teaching Tia. I watched how his family helps to take care of him. They use several different techniques and tricks that help improve his memory and his health. They use an assortment of herbs such as Alfalfa instead of medicine. Their family doesn't have a job but the Lord really does take care of them. They put their trust in the Lord and they do only His work. They are good examples of applying the Gospel truths into their lives.
Elder Tom and I were were making dinner together. Elder Tom was impressed at all of the different sauces that I made from mixing ingredients that we had around the house. He started making his own. His tasted like top romin.
Love Ya
Elder Lilly
Sunday was another excellent Sabbath day. Tia and Mint were confirmed members and given the Gift of the Holy Ghost. Elder Tom and I were super busy after church preparing for ward counsel meeting and other events. During ward counsel we reviewed the progression of the five families that we selected to go out and help. As a missionary we help in teaching less active families too. But now we will no longer teach any less active families other than the ones that we receive from ward counsel meeting. That puts even more necessity to getting the system working properly because it's up to the members to visit these families first and then go with us to teach them together.
One important thing that I've learned from my mission is missionary work. I realize how uninformed I was about missionary work, missionaries role, member's roles and how the system is supposed to work. Now I understand. Now I can support the system.
We're pretty close to getting home teaching up and going.
After church on Sunday we went out with Brother O and taught a new family of 3. During the lesson the father and the mother set a goal to get Baptized. They are started off on the path of righteousness. That rocks.
I love after reading the scriptures and applying them in my work how applying the scriptures helps me to understand them even more. It puts new meaning to the scriptures. One thing that I've learned to do is to analyze what I did during the day and ask myself what the Lord wanted me to learn from each of the different experiences that I've had. Sometimes the investigators that we had been teaching for a while stop progressing. Sometimes that happens to the point that we need to stop teaching them completely. But after every time and every lesson when we analyze how it went there's always something that we learned from teaching them. We get better and better at analyzing and teaching.
It's been quite an adventure teaching Tia. I watched how his family helps to take care of him. They use several different techniques and tricks that help improve his memory and his health. They use an assortment of herbs such as Alfalfa instead of medicine. Their family doesn't have a job but the Lord really does take care of them. They put their trust in the Lord and they do only His work. They are good examples of applying the Gospel truths into their lives.
Elder Tom and I were were making dinner together. Elder Tom was impressed at all of the different sauces that I made from mixing ingredients that we had around the house. He started making his own. His tasted like top romin.
Love Ya
Elder Lilly
Feb 22, 2010
Gimp
Dear Family,
How's life back home? Things are going well for Elder Tom and I. I've been looking back to every commitment that I have ever commited myself to doing ever since I came on my mission. Then writing them all down on one paper to make sure that I am doing them. It's been a good activity for me. I would certainly like to increase how consistent I am with keeping commitments. I asked the Lord to help me know how I can improve my work and bam, there's a lot of old commitments that I found I had been slacking on.
Elder Tom and I just recently dropped several of the investigators whom we were working with. Last Saturday most of our appointments fell through. We ended up inviting for most of the day. There were so many people to talk to that it took us about two and a half hours to leave the area around our house. Two of the people that we invited were open to inviting us in to their house/work place to sit down and talk to them for 15 minutes right then and there. Throughout the day people gave us water and some food. We never needed to take a break to buy water even though we were out in the sun all day.
Our last/first appointment was that night. We met with Brother Nok who was preparing to receive the Melchizedek priesthood. He was very nervous about accepting the responsibility of the higher priesthood. He
said that he was going to stay up pondering about the choice to go to the District conference and recieve the Priesthood or avoid going. That woud have made it hard for him to go because District conference was in Roi Et which is about four plus hours away from Korat. The bus to go would leave at 5:00 in the morning. Instead we taught him and talked with him and were able to be the Lord's instuments in helping him prepare. We read Alma 13 together. The Scriptures are a powerful tool.
District Conference went well. There were three members of our Branch that received the Melchizedek Priesthood.
This Morning Brother Bee our Elder's quorum president called and informed us that he had set up the new home teaching list. This is excellent knews for us. Hometeaching is going to help the Branch in miraculous ways. Using the Scriptures Elder Tom and I taught a lesson in Priesthood quorum about home teaching. There are some marvelous blessings promised in the Doctrine and Covenants about home teaching. With about 600 members in our membership records and only about 80 active members, there is a great need to felowship eachother and follow God's appointed way.
In other news, I just got an ingrown toenail cut today. The receptionist lady was funny and insisted that I be taken out in a wheel chair. I enjoyed being taken in a wheelchair over to our bikes to ride back home. The transporter was a nice guy. Hopefully he will accept our invetation to explore the Church with us.
Elder Tom is doing well. He's set to go to the MTC in the Phillipines around April 2nd. I'm not sure what President Smith is going to do about the area because my time should be up pretty soon and I should be moving to another area. But That leaves only 2 weeks for the new missionary to learn about one of the biggest areas in the mission before Elder Tom leaves. President will think of something, but if he want's me to stay here then that's cool with me.
How's Spencer's arm doing?
Has Mike, Nanna, and Brandon gotten a steady job yet?
How's Aaron doing?
Love ya
Elder Lilly
How's life back home? Things are going well for Elder Tom and I. I've been looking back to every commitment that I have ever commited myself to doing ever since I came on my mission. Then writing them all down on one paper to make sure that I am doing them. It's been a good activity for me. I would certainly like to increase how consistent I am with keeping commitments. I asked the Lord to help me know how I can improve my work and bam, there's a lot of old commitments that I found I had been slacking on.
Elder Tom and I just recently dropped several of the investigators whom we were working with. Last Saturday most of our appointments fell through. We ended up inviting for most of the day. There were so many people to talk to that it took us about two and a half hours to leave the area around our house. Two of the people that we invited were open to inviting us in to their house/work place to sit down and talk to them for 15 minutes right then and there. Throughout the day people gave us water and some food. We never needed to take a break to buy water even though we were out in the sun all day.
Our last/first appointment was that night. We met with Brother Nok who was preparing to receive the Melchizedek priesthood. He was very nervous about accepting the responsibility of the higher priesthood. He
said that he was going to stay up pondering about the choice to go to the District conference and recieve the Priesthood or avoid going. That woud have made it hard for him to go because District conference was in Roi Et which is about four plus hours away from Korat. The bus to go would leave at 5:00 in the morning. Instead we taught him and talked with him and were able to be the Lord's instuments in helping him prepare. We read Alma 13 together. The Scriptures are a powerful tool.
District Conference went well. There were three members of our Branch that received the Melchizedek Priesthood.
This Morning Brother Bee our Elder's quorum president called and informed us that he had set up the new home teaching list. This is excellent knews for us. Hometeaching is going to help the Branch in miraculous ways. Using the Scriptures Elder Tom and I taught a lesson in Priesthood quorum about home teaching. There are some marvelous blessings promised in the Doctrine and Covenants about home teaching. With about 600 members in our membership records and only about 80 active members, there is a great need to felowship eachother and follow God's appointed way.
In other news, I just got an ingrown toenail cut today. The receptionist lady was funny and insisted that I be taken out in a wheel chair. I enjoyed being taken in a wheelchair over to our bikes to ride back home. The transporter was a nice guy. Hopefully he will accept our invetation to explore the Church with us.
Elder Tom is doing well. He's set to go to the MTC in the Phillipines around April 2nd. I'm not sure what President Smith is going to do about the area because my time should be up pretty soon and I should be moving to another area. But That leaves only 2 weeks for the new missionary to learn about one of the biggest areas in the mission before Elder Tom leaves. President will think of something, but if he want's me to stay here then that's cool with me.
How's Spencer's arm doing?
Has Mike, Nanna, and Brandon gotten a steady job yet?
How's Aaron doing?
Love ya
Elder Lilly
Feb 15, 2010
Happy Birthday Jared
Dear Family,
Things are going well in Thailand. Yesterday we had two great baptisms, Tia and Mint. One 87 years old (going on 88!) and the other 16 years old. I had the privelage of interviewing Mint for the Baptism. That was an easy interview, she was ready.
Tia came out of the Baptismal font smiling. He knows that he was spiritually reborn. I couldn't help but smile as he came back to sit down on the stand. His son Baptized him. They both did great. Then I had the opportunity to Baptise Mint. I was happy that she went all the way under the water the first time. It all went quite smoothly.
This next Sunday is our stake conference. We will all be meeting at the church at 5:00am in order to get the conference in time. We won't get back home to Korat until about 6:00pm. Stake conference is always a good opportunity to be spiritually fed and it helps the recent converts to recognize that there really are a lot of Latter-day saints in the Church
in Thailand. Korat especially has a lot of people. Last week there were 81 people at church. Ayutthaya was in the 40's-50's on a good day.
I am impressed at how much there is to learn from the modern day Prophets. There are 16 of them. Each of them taught pure doctrine, and lived lives as Christ's representative. They all came from different circumstances too. One had to schooling, another had no money, another was really successful finantially. Which one do we connect the most with? What can we learn from their examples? I always wondered how Christ would be if He were here in our times of modern technology. The Prophet is probably the closest to that answer.
Something else that I've been consitering is about the use faith and belief. There truly is such thing as excercizing faith and showing faith. Sometimes we need to choose how we are going to use or apply our Faith in Jesus Christ. Some people showed their faith by asking for strength in battle, others showed their faith in sacrificing war and even their lives in service in order to serve God and be saved in His Kingdom. Both groups must first believe that the Lord will help and support them in the things that they ask from Him before they go out and do it. Surely if we are worthy of the spirit and we ask by the Spirit then God will support us. One of our investigators, the name's Noeng, works as a shoe Tailor. For about three years as he worked he would listen to Buddhits priests teach. Now we are teaching him. He asked us some interesting questions. As I was consitering his needs I believed that God could and would prepare an answer that could help him. Elder Tom and I got that answer. If we didn't believe that God would help us in this way, we wouldnt've studied about it, and the answer wouldnt've come as it did. I suppose it's another confirmation of how faith is a choice and that we can indeed excersize our faith. Now I feel much more prepared to teach him.
There's a lot to learn.
Keep being the awesome people that you are, and study the scriptures! Maybe we won't have to wait for Eternal life, maybe we can enjoy it now. That sound's like a big challenge. But that's what lifes about right?
Love ya tons,
-Elder Lilly
Things are going well in Thailand. Yesterday we had two great baptisms, Tia and Mint. One 87 years old (going on 88!) and the other 16 years old. I had the privelage of interviewing Mint for the Baptism. That was an easy interview, she was ready.
Tia came out of the Baptismal font smiling. He knows that he was spiritually reborn. I couldn't help but smile as he came back to sit down on the stand. His son Baptized him. They both did great. Then I had the opportunity to Baptise Mint. I was happy that she went all the way under the water the first time. It all went quite smoothly.
This next Sunday is our stake conference. We will all be meeting at the church at 5:00am in order to get the conference in time. We won't get back home to Korat until about 6:00pm. Stake conference is always a good opportunity to be spiritually fed and it helps the recent converts to recognize that there really are a lot of Latter-day saints in the Church
in Thailand. Korat especially has a lot of people. Last week there were 81 people at church. Ayutthaya was in the 40's-50's on a good day.
I am impressed at how much there is to learn from the modern day Prophets. There are 16 of them. Each of them taught pure doctrine, and lived lives as Christ's representative. They all came from different circumstances too. One had to schooling, another had no money, another was really successful finantially. Which one do we connect the most with? What can we learn from their examples? I always wondered how Christ would be if He were here in our times of modern technology. The Prophet is probably the closest to that answer.
Something else that I've been consitering is about the use faith and belief. There truly is such thing as excercizing faith and showing faith. Sometimes we need to choose how we are going to use or apply our Faith in Jesus Christ. Some people showed their faith by asking for strength in battle, others showed their faith in sacrificing war and even their lives in service in order to serve God and be saved in His Kingdom. Both groups must first believe that the Lord will help and support them in the things that they ask from Him before they go out and do it. Surely if we are worthy of the spirit and we ask by the Spirit then God will support us. One of our investigators, the name's Noeng, works as a shoe Tailor. For about three years as he worked he would listen to Buddhits priests teach. Now we are teaching him. He asked us some interesting questions. As I was consitering his needs I believed that God could and would prepare an answer that could help him. Elder Tom and I got that answer. If we didn't believe that God would help us in this way, we wouldnt've studied about it, and the answer wouldnt've come as it did. I suppose it's another confirmation of how faith is a choice and that we can indeed excersize our faith. Now I feel much more prepared to teach him.
There's a lot to learn.
Keep being the awesome people that you are, and study the scriptures! Maybe we won't have to wait for Eternal life, maybe we can enjoy it now. That sound's like a big challenge. But that's what lifes about right?
Love ya tons,
-Elder Lilly
Feb 8, 2010
Let's Go.
Dear Family,
I decided to stay till September 3rd, even though I will be one of only two people from my group who are staying. I know that it would be nice to jump right in to school, but I feel like I need to stay. There is work to be done here.
Yesterday night was a good time. Our next door neighbor (the very same one) gave us a huge mound of food. ‘Twas a smorgasbord. He gave us a huge pan of pork, several cans of beans, peas, fruit, and corn, and some bread, and two gallon bags of lentil beans and red-neck soup. He just happened to give us this gift of food on the same week that we had bought hamburger ingredients. I was ready to make Elder Tom and me-self some cheese burgers. And I did. It was a great feast.
We've been switching off weeks for who makes the Sunday night dinner. And of course if I ever make hamburgers I am always reminded of Michael. Mike always made the best hamburgers. And Elder Tom needed to know what a real hamburger tasted like.
Cheese is expensive.
Elder Tom and I are practicing speaking English together. Thai uses a vowel between every consonant. And there is no such consonant as V. That makes words such as harvest very difficult to pronounce. It’s been fun teaching him English.
Last week I mentioned how we had a successful Branch Counsel meeting where we made plans for the members to go out and help fellowship some families in the ward. This week Elder Tom and I made plans to go and teach the members about how to teach. If we want to serve God then we need to study, become child-like, and prepare.
One of the members in Korat has been a powerful example of becoming like a child and serving God. Every time I speak to him on the phone he asks me to teach him something that I learned from being a teacher. He has been a member for less than two years but he and his wife know more about the Gospel than most people do. He quit his Job in order to serve his father for a period of time, but the Lord always provides everything that he and his family need. He is as obedient to the commandments and to his great store of light as he can be. As a consequence he has blessed the lives of many people. And this week his father (our 88 year old investigator) is getting baptized!
All of the members are amazing people. Some of the members are strong examples Sunin’s certain principals that we can learn from. Yesterday I went with the Branch President and Brother Dam to Pah Sunin’s house. He is 80+ years old, lives alone and is amazing….
love elder lilly
I decided to stay till September 3rd, even though I will be one of only two people from my group who are staying. I know that it would be nice to jump right in to school, but I feel like I need to stay. There is work to be done here.
Yesterday night was a good time. Our next door neighbor (the very same one) gave us a huge mound of food. ‘Twas a smorgasbord. He gave us a huge pan of pork, several cans of beans, peas, fruit, and corn, and some bread, and two gallon bags of lentil beans and red-neck soup. He just happened to give us this gift of food on the same week that we had bought hamburger ingredients. I was ready to make Elder Tom and me-self some cheese burgers. And I did. It was a great feast.
We've been switching off weeks for who makes the Sunday night dinner. And of course if I ever make hamburgers I am always reminded of Michael. Mike always made the best hamburgers. And Elder Tom needed to know what a real hamburger tasted like.
Cheese is expensive.
Elder Tom and I are practicing speaking English together. Thai uses a vowel between every consonant. And there is no such consonant as V. That makes words such as harvest very difficult to pronounce. It’s been fun teaching him English.
Last week I mentioned how we had a successful Branch Counsel meeting where we made plans for the members to go out and help fellowship some families in the ward. This week Elder Tom and I made plans to go and teach the members about how to teach. If we want to serve God then we need to study, become child-like, and prepare.
One of the members in Korat has been a powerful example of becoming like a child and serving God. Every time I speak to him on the phone he asks me to teach him something that I learned from being a teacher. He has been a member for less than two years but he and his wife know more about the Gospel than most people do. He quit his Job in order to serve his father for a period of time, but the Lord always provides everything that he and his family need. He is as obedient to the commandments and to his great store of light as he can be. As a consequence he has blessed the lives of many people. And this week his father (our 88 year old investigator) is getting baptized!
All of the members are amazing people. Some of the members are strong examples Sunin’s certain principals that we can learn from. Yesterday I went with the Branch President and Brother Dam to Pah Sunin’s house. He is 80+ years old, lives alone and is amazing….
love elder lilly
Feb 1, 2010
To the best family in the world
Dear Family,
Another moves has passed away. To my great excitement I get to stay in Korat with Elder Tom and my same old district. This next moves will be seven weeks instead of six. Thus far I have stayed in all of my assigned areas for four moves each. That's very lucky, I think.
Conscerning the matter of going home early or not, I will definitely take you're advice, pray about it, and re-read my patriarchal blessing. Actually I had just re-read it this morning. What a blessing my patriarchal blessing as truly been. It is full of personal instructions that I needed. It's exciting to read, every time. It's my own personal chapter of scripture.
I would like to share a short experience from yesterday (sunday evening). Well, firstly we had an effective branch councel meeting after church where we worked according to God's method that he revieled to the Church leaders. I promised the branch leaders that blessings would come to our branch because we worked according to God's instructions, whatever those instuctions were. We set plans for each of our goals and assigned names for each task. I'm sure that it will give good results.
Afterwards Elder Tom and I had the opportunity to teach one of the recent converts in the ward. His name is Brother Wii-wat. We had a special experience teaching him in which we felt the Spirit very strongly. Halfway through the lesson we asked him about his testimony about how he knows that the Gospel is true. He pointed out the feelings that he was feeling right then. He said this is how I know. And the feeling was specialy strong.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is so simple. And it is true. It was so clear and obvious to us then, and it still is now. Now that we know we can increase our testimonies as we go to church and then go out and help others to know too so that they can experience the same blessings from God.
We made sure to record our experience in our journals.
There are many special experiences that come from serving God, and especially for full time Missionaries. The principles are all very simple and true. They apply to everyone.
I just feel grateful that the Lord has answered my prayers and your prayers for me. I feel grateful that the Lord has used me as a tool in His hands. I know that the blessings that I recieved weren't brought because of any great worthiness of myself. And they surely came from God. Thank you all for you're prayers for me.
I sent a package out to you guys by slow boat. It will probably come sometime around next month. Theres something in it for Nana and Aaron too.
Keep working hard!
Love,
Elder Lilly
P.s. I miss Jenn too
One more thing: The weather is great right now. Not stormy, not tooo hot, definitelly not cold.
One more thing: The girls don't get to do girls camp here, but they have other activities that the Branches hold.
One more thing: Don't get a rooster. Dogs are trouble.
One more thing: I like spider monkeys... because spiders are cool.
Another moves has passed away. To my great excitement I get to stay in Korat with Elder Tom and my same old district. This next moves will be seven weeks instead of six. Thus far I have stayed in all of my assigned areas for four moves each. That's very lucky, I think.
Conscerning the matter of going home early or not, I will definitely take you're advice, pray about it, and re-read my patriarchal blessing. Actually I had just re-read it this morning. What a blessing my patriarchal blessing as truly been. It is full of personal instructions that I needed. It's exciting to read, every time. It's my own personal chapter of scripture.
I would like to share a short experience from yesterday (sunday evening). Well, firstly we had an effective branch councel meeting after church where we worked according to God's method that he revieled to the Church leaders. I promised the branch leaders that blessings would come to our branch because we worked according to God's instructions, whatever those instuctions were. We set plans for each of our goals and assigned names for each task. I'm sure that it will give good results.
Afterwards Elder Tom and I had the opportunity to teach one of the recent converts in the ward. His name is Brother Wii-wat. We had a special experience teaching him in which we felt the Spirit very strongly. Halfway through the lesson we asked him about his testimony about how he knows that the Gospel is true. He pointed out the feelings that he was feeling right then. He said this is how I know. And the feeling was specialy strong.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is so simple. And it is true. It was so clear and obvious to us then, and it still is now. Now that we know we can increase our testimonies as we go to church and then go out and help others to know too so that they can experience the same blessings from God.
We made sure to record our experience in our journals.
There are many special experiences that come from serving God, and especially for full time Missionaries. The principles are all very simple and true. They apply to everyone.
I just feel grateful that the Lord has answered my prayers and your prayers for me. I feel grateful that the Lord has used me as a tool in His hands. I know that the blessings that I recieved weren't brought because of any great worthiness of myself. And they surely came from God. Thank you all for you're prayers for me.
I sent a package out to you guys by slow boat. It will probably come sometime around next month. Theres something in it for Nana and Aaron too.
Keep working hard!
Love,
Elder Lilly
P.s. I miss Jenn too
One more thing: The weather is great right now. Not stormy, not tooo hot, definitelly not cold.
One more thing: The girls don't get to do girls camp here, but they have other activities that the Branches hold.
One more thing: Don't get a rooster. Dogs are trouble.
One more thing: I like spider monkeys... because spiders are cool.
Jan 25, 2010
Grandmas Fudge. Aweyeahhh
So,
I got the Fudge. It was the sweetest and most delicious treat that I have tasted since the last batch of fudge that grandma sent a year ago. Thanks Grandma.
Also I got the Card and it is signed and ready to go.
It's exciting to hear that the weather is cool and crazy back home. The more I hear about the weather changes the more I think about what the Prophets have prophecied the last days will be like. And just like it was prophecied, so it really is.
Speaking of distant future events. Last week I was confronted by an interesting decition that we need to figure out by next week. My scheduled time to go home is Sep. 3rd. That's after school starts up already. My group has the opportunity to go home a moves early in order to catch the new semester or stay here and miss it. Most of my group is planning on catching the new semester... infact I'm pretty sure all but Elder young is planning on staying. Personally, I don't mind missing a semester and staying till Sep. 3rd. If I did go home a moves early, then I would come home around the end of July. What parental advice would you give?
I have a question for Braden... What is a Gibbon?
Last sunday I gave a talk in sacrament meeting about our life on earth and the Spirit World. I find it interesting to study about the purpose of life and happiness. It seems like the Lord has shown us through the scriptures who He is and how He will react to our obedience. The Lord loves us and always want's us to be happy. He gave us commandments so that we can be happy. That leaves being happy up to us.
I've been enjoying reading the scriptures and marking only the parts and verses about Jesus Christ. It's helped me to see more clearly how everything is focused on Him. It's helped me to understand who He is more. And that's a sweet blessing, especially everytime I pray.
Last Saturday one of the Lord's investigators that we are teaching was interviewed for Baptism. He is 87 years old. He's great. I'm sure interviewing wasn't easy for him. We are going to teach him for about one or two more weeks before he will be completely ready for Baptism.
His family are members and they are super supportive. I'm sure he'll make it. It's been a pleasure teaching him.
I'm amazed at how rare it has rained where I have been assigned. In other areas it's flooded and they have pictures of water up past their Bicycle tires. I still think that the Sun followed me around the World.
How's Brandon's dream journal going?
Elder Tom and I are going to go visit a member who plays the guitar at restaurants for his job. He just moved in to a new house with a friend. That member (Brother Frog) is going to learn about the Restoration with us. It's a small house, maybe if his friend is home...
Next time we'll come back and teach more about Joseph Smith and how to gain a testimony.
I love you all very very very much times two,
Elder Lilly
P.S. Ready, setty, spaghetty...
I got the Fudge. It was the sweetest and most delicious treat that I have tasted since the last batch of fudge that grandma sent a year ago. Thanks Grandma.
Also I got the Card and it is signed and ready to go.
It's exciting to hear that the weather is cool and crazy back home. The more I hear about the weather changes the more I think about what the Prophets have prophecied the last days will be like. And just like it was prophecied, so it really is.
Speaking of distant future events. Last week I was confronted by an interesting decition that we need to figure out by next week. My scheduled time to go home is Sep. 3rd. That's after school starts up already. My group has the opportunity to go home a moves early in order to catch the new semester or stay here and miss it. Most of my group is planning on catching the new semester... infact I'm pretty sure all but Elder young is planning on staying. Personally, I don't mind missing a semester and staying till Sep. 3rd. If I did go home a moves early, then I would come home around the end of July. What parental advice would you give?
I have a question for Braden... What is a Gibbon?
Last sunday I gave a talk in sacrament meeting about our life on earth and the Spirit World. I find it interesting to study about the purpose of life and happiness. It seems like the Lord has shown us through the scriptures who He is and how He will react to our obedience. The Lord loves us and always want's us to be happy. He gave us commandments so that we can be happy. That leaves being happy up to us.
I've been enjoying reading the scriptures and marking only the parts and verses about Jesus Christ. It's helped me to see more clearly how everything is focused on Him. It's helped me to understand who He is more. And that's a sweet blessing, especially everytime I pray.
Last Saturday one of the Lord's investigators that we are teaching was interviewed for Baptism. He is 87 years old. He's great. I'm sure interviewing wasn't easy for him. We are going to teach him for about one or two more weeks before he will be completely ready for Baptism.
His family are members and they are super supportive. I'm sure he'll make it. It's been a pleasure teaching him.
I'm amazed at how rare it has rained where I have been assigned. In other areas it's flooded and they have pictures of water up past their Bicycle tires. I still think that the Sun followed me around the World.
How's Brandon's dream journal going?
Elder Tom and I are going to go visit a member who plays the guitar at restaurants for his job. He just moved in to a new house with a friend. That member (Brother Frog) is going to learn about the Restoration with us. It's a small house, maybe if his friend is home...
Next time we'll come back and teach more about Joseph Smith and how to gain a testimony.
I love you all very very very much times two,
Elder Lilly
P.S. Ready, setty, spaghetty...
Jan 18, 2010
Game on.
Dear awesome family,
Today the Sisters from Roy Et came to switch off with Sister Hulme and Sister Akagi. We had a blast renting out a vehicle and going to visit Khao Yai National Park. While we were there we saw some film directors and actors who were making a movie close to where we were taking pictures. We said hi and as we were leaving the lead actor asked for our phone number. We gave it to him for fun. Sister Vigitara and Sister Usara (the Roy Et sisters) said that he was a famious Thai actor. Maybe I'll watch the movie when it comes out. If it's good that is. It was a really fun time.
Sister Larson happened to get a new camara for Christmas so she is letting me use her other one for another 7months. I'll send you all some of the pictures (Yessss, finally). It's a nice camara.
I love you tremendously,
Elder Lilly
Today the Sisters from Roy Et came to switch off with Sister Hulme and Sister Akagi. We had a blast renting out a vehicle and going to visit Khao Yai National Park. While we were there we saw some film directors and actors who were making a movie close to where we were taking pictures. We said hi and as we were leaving the lead actor asked for our phone number. We gave it to him for fun. Sister Vigitara and Sister Usara (the Roy Et sisters) said that he was a famious Thai actor. Maybe I'll watch the movie when it comes out. If it's good that is. It was a really fun time.
Sister Larson happened to get a new camara for Christmas so she is letting me use her other one for another 7months. I'll send you all some of the pictures (Yessss, finally). It's a nice camara.
I love you tremendously,
Elder Lilly
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