This has been SUCH a hard week! OH my
goodness!! First off, how's everyone doing with school? It’s so weird that
it's already another semester! It's fun to hear about the updates at home and
about all the things happening.
So basically the pictures explain our week. We
went inviting because we need more investigators in our pool and to move away
from the Uhton ... (no idea how to spell that in English). Anyways, we knocked
on 250 doors and got rejected THE WHOLE DAY. It was the saddest thing! Sister
Carper and I are eating fruit and healthy business this transfer but we decided
to go get ice cream because it was just a sad week. Speaking of fruit, we've
had everything under the sun. Anyways, the area just needs some love. It's been
about a year and the branch has only seen one baptism. When Sister Monterrosa
shared that information with me, I was so shocked and when I told Sister
Carper, she had the same reaction. As solution to the problem, we're going to
get creative. This week we went and saw the branch president and his wife at
their home. Their story is amazing! They had been members for about 30 years
and they started small but they always turn it back to the Lord and acknowledge
that they are so blessed. His wife was pregnant and she would ride on a bike to
get to a bus station to get to work and they do they same thing to get home. So
many other experiences they've had but they really are the anchors in the ward.
Our one investigator that's been progressing
really well might be moving to Asoke! SOO sad when he told us! Currently, he's
not making enough money to make ends meet so he went to talk to someone in
Asoke about possibly selling there. I know his financial circumstance isn't the
best but he's seriously in the best location right now... his backyard is the
church and he reads and prays and he's been coming to church for a month. I
think I might cry if he does move. To be honest, I feel like I haven't made a
difference here in Bangkhae. I feel like we do all that we possible can and at
the end of the day the answer is still no. Last year, the flood hit this area
the hardest and so Sister Carper and I think that it's just that people haven't
bounced back from that. We think about this every hour of everyday and what we
need to do.
Speaking of Sister Carper, I love her. I'm
grateful that she has a hardworking attitude and wants to finish her mission
strong. She's in the same group as my trainer and so she'll “die” [finish] in
December. Funny story, I've actually adopted her. I'll write home and explain
that one. But today for P-day, we went to Asoke to celebrate Sister Senior’s
Birthday. We thought of inviting other sisters in Bangkok to come but we wanted
some time to get to know her and just have some time together. We went out to a
little Mexican restaurant called La Monita's by Siam and we talked
about what she does, where she goes, her responsibilities and our area and
brainstormed ideas on how to get the work moving. She's seriously sooo great!
She said that she'll be in a district meeting this Friday in Hong Kong so we
were grateful she let us take some time out of her day. (Oh yeah because
we were at the office I picked up some mail! :) Thank you for the sticky notes,
pens and treats!)
So last story. Even though we did get rejected by
just about everyone this week, we had a "last door" miracle at the
end of the soy it's called a .... street? Anyways, we've been
praying to find a family of four to baptize by the end of the month. So we go
knocking and everyone just tells us to go somewhere else. We seriously get to
the last door and it's them! They mom lets us in and she is so sweet and she's
just smiling and so willing to listen. It was the greatest tender mercy but we
still need to pray hard for them.
I'm sorry if this email sound grim but it's hard
... it's always hard but I love it! I've seen some really cool things happen
this week and Heavenly Father knows His work and tells us what we need to be
doing. I probably have a lot more to tell you but time
is twiddling away.
Randoms:
Lolee - if you're reading this, Thank you
for your letter! I hope things are well in Cali and you're still learning with
the missionaries!! Love ya.
For everyone: as you can tell, there's a lot of
work we need to do in BangKhae ... sorry if I don't reply or haven't replied to
letters but I will (eventually). Promise.
Member from Chiang Mai came down on Sunday!!! SO
HAPPY when I saw them! :D Bam got baptized on Sunday too!!! Not going to lie I
cried, but I'm glad she's made this important covenant with God. Now we just
need to get her parent on the happiness trail and to the temple!
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
Love always
Sister Yeo
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