Being a
missionary is the best job ever!! I got all your letters (3 of them). Thank
you, thank you!!! I love getting mail. :-) Although I didn't get a chance
to write any last P-day because of other errands. They have what they
call Tesco here and it's like Wallmart+Maceys+Costco and everything else you
ever need in life. How is everyone at home? It's summer time right?
and No more school, at least for Travis, yeah? Hang in there
Trina, testing is part of life. ;-) Study hard squirt! Mom, I ask everyone
how to cook things here, so pretty soon I'll have to send
home recipes and spices.
While we
are on the subject of food… it's so good here! My companion is surprised
when I told her that I've already tried things or know what they are. I
suppose it comes from being Asian and besides, the food here is really similar
to Singapore. My favorite this week were the pineapples and mangos curry
puffs (apparently, they have sweet ones here) and red bean!! It's all
super cheap and close to our house so it could be “dangerous” and I could gain
weight :-( boo. But we workout a lot and our assigned area is a
40-minute bike ride away. So that's like my second workout for the day.
With the humidity, I'm losing weight too, so I drink gallons of water.
But yes, I love food here and it's so cheap. I can't get
over the fact that all the things I like from childhood are 5 บาท.
Happiness is bought in Thailand. [just kidding--jokes]
It would
be awesome if you came at the end of my mission. Apparently. a lot of
missionaries do that here. In fact, yesterday, Sister Richards was at
church with her dad and she's just touring the place and all that.
Side
note, do you know Haley Holland? Maybe Travis will know her? She is
my companion’s cousin and she said she knows you...? So yeah.
Second
side note: Since mother’s day is on the horizon, we get to Skype but I forgot
what my log in was and the password. I could probably guess but I hope
it's one of those things that I gave you. If not I can figure it out.
I'm not sure of the details on that but I will be sure to let you know.
Okay, so
this week was not as good as it could have been. I can't remember if I
told you that we are whitewashing, but either way both of us are starting to
familiarize ourselves with the area as well as investigators and members.
It's really hard, frustrating and makes me sad when people cancel with
us. But I know there is a reason for it and I just have to be patient
and also trust that God has a plan in mind for them. We went from 5
daters to 1, which almost made me cry because no one came to church except one
of our investigators. Apart from learning the lessons and keeping
commitments, they need to come to church 4 weeks in a row to get baptized.
Most of our investigators have struggles but we are doing our best to
follow the spirit to help them resolve their concerns.
BTW, it's
so weird but I haven't run into or talked to anyone that's Buddhist.
Just about everyone here in Chang Mai is Christian. I asked our
zone leader about it and they said something along the lines that it's because
of mountain tribes and so forth. So that makes it really easy to talk
about Christ and how we have the restored gospel. People seem to light
up when they see the Book of Mormon.
My bike
and I are becoming friends. I'm figuring out tricks of how to ride safer
and smarter (in a skirt!) I'm not too intimidated by riding bikes here
only because most drivers are really considerate. They tend to leave a
huge gap between us; probably big enough for another car to fit; either that or
drive into the other lane to pass us. So riding is NBD. So Mom
yes, I wear my helmet and go slow sometimes when I need it. OH YEAH, my
bike pedal totally broke off in the middle of the road. It’s the funniest
thing ever when riding with one pedal. But I got it fixed the next
morning and the guy did it for free. We had specialized training this
week so I told the AP I'd like to file in a complaint... jokingly but really
kinda serious. Then, I got chased by a dog for the first time.
There are dogs everywhere!!!!! Not a fan of it at all. But anyways, we
were coming back from an appointment and I saw one following me and then it
started growling and following me so my thoughts are 1) scream 2) do I kick it
or 3) ride away fast? The thoughts of President Smith’s advice came to
mind... “Kick it till kingdom come.” Luckily I didn't have to and just
rode away. The mosquitoes here like me more than any other crawling
thing. I have about 20-ish bites everywhere. We bought
a mosquito net and a plethora of bug spray. The Benadryl
stuff we bought come in handy a lot so I don't scratch.
Before I
forget, this month our specialized training is about Family History. That
was the only thing I forgot to bring with me. If it's okay, could you
send me a copy please? If you scan it and email it I can print it out
here at the cafe.
My second
favorite thing this week was แืืืจกing. Basically, handing out flyers
for English class. We go down to the market and it's soooo crowded… so
it's perfect. It's reminds me of that one market in Singapore; sadly, I
can't remember the name of it. English class is super helpful for finding
new investigators. And at the end of the night we get food for Sunday
and I ate the best coconut waffle ever! Again like the ones
Trav and I ate at the mall in Singapore but probably 100 times better.
My companion got a chocolate one and it was so good. Haha, Food =
Happiness here in Thailand. I'll make sure to make some when I get home.
I always
feel like I’m forgetting things but I will do better to write down little notes
throughout the week. The weather in Chang Mai is perfect. Bangkok
was super sticky but here it is heaven. So the nickname is fitting.
The members are amazing and yesterday one of the friends of our
investigator, Jollie (which is actually how our investigator learned about the
church) attended 2 blocks of church with her! That's 6 hours ... She is
amazing! I talked to them afterwards and Jollie said "Oh I'm going
back to China in 2 months so I want to introduce Bon to everyone so she has
lots of friends." SO AMAZING!! Every ward needs members like that.
It's even better because Jollie was baptized in February. It's seriously
so good. We visited Sister Mos yesterday; she was the one who was
baptized last week and so she will get confirmed this Sunday :-)
THERE'S A
HUGE COCKROACH ON THE FLOOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All is
well! I'm not sick or anything and I eat super good and exercise to work
it off. We are finding people every
time we go out to invite. I love it when we don't go home “empty-handed.”
Our investigators are progressing and we pray for them to progress
towards baptism; all on the Lord timing.
I love
you all. Thanks for all your support!!! :D
Love
Sister Yeo
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