Wow, I had such a good week! First off! How is everyone at home? I hope you all ate a lot
on Thanksgiving and on Mom's birthday! :-)
Speaking of Turkey day, I'm proud to say that I cooked a 6
pound turkey, 4 pounds of mash potatoes and made a Thanksgiving awesomeness
feast!! I shouldn't be too proud about it, but it was pretty awesome. Don't
worry, I’ll send a picture! I
asked everyone to share things they are grateful for because that something we
usually do in our family and so even though we are missionaries and we are in
Thailand, we still can celebrate our culture and holidays.
There was a miracle at church yesterday. The Elders had a
baptism that was scheduled for 12 after church but we had a major problem--there
was no water. It is kind of a necessary element for baptism. So for the third
hour of church, I went on splits with a member while my comp was in RS. Sister
Mink and I ran around trying to find every possible option for hoses and
filling up the font. I just have to say, faith is so necessary as a missionary.
The former branch president, President Swat is phenomenal! I have so much
respect for him. He did so much yesterday to get the baptism on schedule. The
baptism did happen and it was a miracle. Satan really does all that he can so
that people can't be baptized but faith is the first principal of the gospel
and the foundation of our lives. Like it says in the scriptures, with it we are
able to do all things.
In other news, our investigator is getting baptized on
Friday!!! :D We are definitely checking the font and amount of water before
then. She's really ready and prepared to be a member. The sisters in Relief Society
welcomed her in and are friendly to her. Tonight we are reviewing with her
about the restoration and the proper authority restored to the church as well.
I've been reading the Teachings of the Prophet George Albert
Smith and this past week, I was in chapters 5-15. In Chapter 5, I loved the
awesome discussion about the priesthood. There was a paragraph that I thought
was really profound. I didn't' write it down but essentially it said, “Without
the power of the priesthood all the blessings we've enjoyed, the knowledge of
being an eternal family and the door to the celestial kingdom would be closed
to us. How blessed we are to have the priesthood power restored on the earth.
Don't trifle with such a privileged.” Although I don't have the
priesthood, the last line really struck me and it was really a serious
responsibility to respect God's power. Those who hold it and those of us who
are part of a divine plan to respect and honor the priesthood. I really liked
it so I thought I'd share!
Lastly, this morning I noticed something in my personal
study. Over the time that I have been a missionary, I have kept quote book;
specifically quotes from general conference. Every night, I'll read a talk from
conference and if I like it I'll keep it for later. This morning, I read over
in my book and the dominant three people I've kept quotes from are President
Monson, President Uchtdorf and President Eyring. I didn't realize it till just
now. So I thought, there must be something coming up in the world that we all
need to prepare for. We don't have the Ensign yet, but I'd encourage/commit all
of you at home to spend time re-reading conference in FHE or whenever the family
has time together. Talks from our First Presidency have saved me so much on my
mission. Along with the Book of Mormon it strengthens our testimonies and
really does make us happier.
Well I love you all. I hope you have a fantastic
week!
Always
Sister Yeo
