How is everyone??!!! Cold yet? Well, we are! Yesterday
morning I almost froze on the way to the church!
Good news first…JACK GOT BAPTIZED! :D He's so great and has so
much faith. Things all fell into place and his baptism was personally very
touching. He asked me to give a talk and so I decided it would be appropriate
to talk about Faith in Jesus Christ and baptism. I wasn't as nervous giving
this talk as I was when I was a greenie in Chiang Mai. Oh yeah, on the night
before, we had our Christmas party and this year I personally had two foci, the
Savior and the Thai people. Anyway, back to Jack…I brought him an early
Christmas present (a white shirt and tie). This was his first Christmas and Christmas
present. After opening it, he was quiet and looked at it for a few seconds. He
looked back at me and smiled and said “thank you.” His eyes were red and later
when we were standing in the foyer I asked him if he liked it. He pulled it up
to his chest, held it with both hand, looked me in the eye and said,
"Sister, this means a lot to me." It was such an awesome moment of
happiness.
The next day at church--NO ONE was there! Literally
depressing! The opening hymn started and I seriously would have cried but then,
Jack showed up in his white shirt and purple tie and came and sat by me. All
was well! Also, he shared such a solid testimony that I'm so happy that Heavenly
Father let us learn with him. Elder Khanakam, President Seniors first counselor
also attended our branch yesterday and was at Jack’s baptism. After Jack's baptism, Elder Khanakam asked
Jack if he wanted to be a missionary. Jack said “yes” and then they talked some
more about how to prepare and what he needs to do. Jack came and told me about
his conversation and I wish you could have seen the look of excitement on his
face when he talked about it.
I feel so blessed to know Jack. He has come a long way and
he knows the church is true and what we taught him is true just by his commitment
to live the gospel and how he is currently living.
This week, we also went up to Chiang Mai for zone
conference. I’ll have to show you pictures at some point. But we went up to Doi
Pui--the mountain where we dressed up in those colorful costumes. (I'm not sure
how else to explain it). Anyways, it was fun talking to Sister and President
Senior. Essentially, they took us out all day and spent time together with us for
Christmas. It was incredible! Sister Senior spoke for a while and she mentioned
a talk by Elder Bednar called the “Characteristics of Christ” that I really
loved from the MTC. She touched on a lot of wonderful things that truly help up
focus our Christmas on the Savior and on others. Last night, at dinner
Sister and Elder Harris were talking about marriage; because S. King is going
home and so like always people get teased about that. So Sister Harris always
has these amazing quote and this one was simple and true. JOY = Jesus, Others
and Yourself. If God comes first everything falls into place. In marriage (not
that I know but I assume so) in companionships and life.
Well in the spirit of Christmas, I learned from zone
conference, my district leader and other sources that when we think about Jesus
Christ and Others before ourselves (Yourself) then we will truly
find the JOY in Christmas.
Love you all always
Sister Yeo
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