My adorable companion. We went to the doctor and found out
she has pneumonia so she's been taking a lot of medication. Despite the health
problems she works so hard every day! So blessed to have her has my
child.
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Sister Jane's Baptism!!! (She's an investigator of the Elders)
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How is everyone doing? The weather is warmer and everyone is
almost out of school I assume? Yay!!
Well, the weeks fly by and they get busier and busier. For
starters, my companion is wonderful! She is such a phenomenal missionary and
the members and investigators are so impressed with how advanced her Thai is
for being in Thailand for just one week. I can't explain how blessed I feel to
work with her and train together. I'm learning so much from her and realizing
that I have even more that I need to improve on. This week, as we've been
training, we've been working on how to begin teaching and inviting others to be
baptized. We increased our pool of investigators with 3 more people, all with baptism
dates for next month. Also, yesterday we
had 6 investigators attend church!!! It was such a wonderful day yesterday. At
the end of the night, I felt a little flustered while accounting to the Lord
for the day. However, we gave Him everything we could and used every minute of
the day!
This week, we got the instruction that as Sister Training
Leaders, President would like us to call all the sisters every day and follow
up with how their day went. Furthermore,
on Sunday nights, we have to follow up with the junior companions about their training
and how they are adjusting. Yesterday was the first night that I made calls and
it was a little stressful playing phone tag with the missionaries. What’s more-- we still need to talk to the
District leader and be accountable to them. I mentioned this to President and told
him that it would be more efficient to make up a calling schedule so
that everyone can be contacted in time and also that we can all be obedient and
go to bed on time. If you have any ideas, changes and improvements, they are
always welcome! I think if the Elders can manage to do it, then it's possible
for us too. I also think I'll call the AP's and ask them how they like to do
their nightly phone calls. Overall, my responsibilities as a STL is to inspire,
uplift and build our sisters. First and for most is my companion; then, the
other sister here in Bangkok. We still proselyte as normal and invite others to
be baptized!!
Our investigators are progressing! They have all been a lot
more responsive to the gospel this past week. I firmly believe it is because of
the faith of Sister Mullen, (it’s the new missionaries in general, with their
greenie fire syndrome) which helps us all. On Friday, a sister from the ward
called us during companionship study and asked for the Elders’
number. Then 5 minutes later, the Elders called us and said that the husband of
this sister just found out that he has cancer. He asked for a priesthood
blessing and is beginning to open his heart and wants to start learning about
the gospel. He came to Sister Jane's baptism on Saturday and to church
yesterday. We are teaching him tonight and he has a date to get baptized next
month! It's really amazing to see how trials humble each of us and bring us
closer to the Savior as well as our families. Their 2 children are both members
but currently less active. This strong sister has prayed for 10 years that her
husband will open his heart to the gospel. She keeps saying that now is the
time and you can just see how much she trusts the Lord. The gospel truly does
unite families, whether in this life or in the next.
Well this week our investigator Sister Gradai is getting
baptized!! Yesterday, when we taught her after church, I was so touched
that she would even come to church. She's been out of town and got home at 5:00
a.m. When I called her in the morning, she sounded so tired and she looked even
worse (completely exhausted). However, she still came to church, and for all
three hours. She even stayed after the meetings to meet with us. Her fellow-shipper
Brother Bob, also a recent convert has been such a great help! He has only been
a member for one month but when he teaches, it's as if he's been a member for
years. He really understands the Atonement and repentance.
Well I love you all.
Have a wonderful week!!
Always,
Sister Yeo
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