Heavenly Father, Earthly Father
06-22-14
Dear Family
and Friends,
How are you
all? This week went by so fast! Then again, I do say that a lot, don't I?
We had a
nice P-day last week with the Branch. The Branch President invited us all
missionaries to go to his house and eat and have family home evening. We had to
take a bus to get to his house since he lives so far away. The ride was at
least 30-45 min and when we got off, we hopped in the back of his truck to go
to his house. Yes, this would be illegal in the states but, it was so much fun!
We were WAY out in the boonies. Like, this is complete farm land with wooden
houses etc. It was kind of cool. A lot of recent converts came to the house and
we all sat on the floor. The food was spread out on the floor too and we just
ate on the ground! It's definitely different than your average American dinner.
But, that's the way Thai people eat :)
Speaking of
Thai food, the food up here in Khon Kaen is WAY more spicier. I think I have
been building a small tolerance for it or something because I think back when I
was at home and I'm like, "there is no way I could eat what I am eating
now!" It's pretty crazy. After the dinner, Elder Harris shared a spiritual
thought and then the Branch President took us back home in his truck. It was so
much fun to be in the back and look at the stars. You don't see too many stars in
Bangkok or Khon Kaen. But way out in the country, there are billions of them.
It was nice to say the least.
English
class was a blast this week. The District leaders have a recent convert that is
obsessed with Michael Jackson. He has dedicated a lot of time learning how to
dance like MJ and he loves to show it off. The District leaders promised him
that he could show off his moves in the beginning of English class. He even
brought his own CDs and danced two entire songs like MJ. It was one of the
funniest and craziest things I've seen! Man, this RC (recent convert) just
LOVES to dance. He was sweating bullets by the time he was done. The class
really enjoyed it and we played cool games and had fun learning English. Haha!
We had an activity where we partnered up everyone and told them to do a little
skit in front of the class. All they had to do was do a "phone
conversation" and they were hilarious! It was a little shocking to have
some of them say curse words in English though. We were like, "Ummm...
don't say that." They don't really understand since it doesn't mean
anything to them. Ah well. They will learn someday. :)
We went
contacting a lot this week. It's to be expected when most all of your
investigators drop themselves or don't have any time to meet. We decided to
explore our area and walked around different streets for about 5 hours or more.
It was quite the adventure. As we were walking, there was a lady that called
out to us and asked if we were lost. I told her that we were just inviting
people to be baptized and to go to church. She happily took the card and said
she would take her family! Even though she didn't, it still made my day.
Saturday,
we had a service day. We spent all morning cleaning the church. Only a few
members came but we got a lot done. It was nice to clean with the members
because there is this popular misconception that the missionaries are
responsible for cleaning the church... yeah...no, that's not how it goes. The
church will grow here, it will. And hopefully in the near future we can have a
temple here as well! They gave nice talks yesterday about Family History and
what a blessing it is to have temples. They pray and hope for a temple
everyday. Our investigators even look at the pictures of temples in the church
and say, "I want to go there! Where is it?" We tell them that they
are all over the world, but we don't have one in Thailand yet. They sort of get
put off by this but we assure them, "There will be a temple here in
Thailand here for sure!"
Anyway,
that's my week folks! I love you all so much! Count your blessings and be
faithful to the Lord! :D
I love you!
Love,
Sister
Carter
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The view from my apartment. This is Khon
Kaen!
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The day of service. We cleaned up the
church. In these pictures, the Elders are trimming the trees and working hard!
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Inviting at the Park! This place is
huge!
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Posing at the mall!
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Our district at the Pizza Company eating
Pizza with members
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My crazy hair after traveling!
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FHE at the Branch President's house
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| Sister Wan and I at the Branch President's house |
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| Going home in the Branch President's truck |
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"Hey, we hope you like this photo. We
made it so you can print it out and keep it as a reminder of what our purpose
is given to us from God and His called prophets. We know we will accomplish our
purpose as outlined in Preach My Gospel and what this photo indicates.
Remember, God WILL accomplish these things, and so we WILL too as His called
representatives. Let's continue working hard to the end of the transfer and
prepare our areas for the next transfer so that we can be accountable to God
for having done all our part. We love all of you and your faith that you've
shown in the zone. Thanks, for all you do. Keep lovin' it!
Love ya'll!
Elder Buehner and Elder Cox
PS. Udorn Zone Leaders can send it out
to your zone."
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