07-07-14
Dear Family
and Friends,
I swear the
weeks fly by faster and faster. The days seem to drag a little bit but then it's
Monday again and I think, "Shoot! Where did the time go?"
This past
Monday, we had another FHE at a member's house. Brother ต้ะ (Da) had a soup/crock pot thing going for us. You just dump
in the water, noodles, meat, and vegetables and you get suki! It's really
yummy. Sister Sawangwong (a Thai Sister I live with) gave a really nice
spiritual message about the priesthood and priesthood blessings. She is so
awesome with people. I love her. After, we were all on the ground outside,
enjoying dinner and talking with each other. We start hearing these weird
sounds. I'm like, "what is that?" They tell me that it's a dookae and
I get a little scared. I know that those things bite and they bite hard! You
would have to kill it if it bit you since it wouldn't let go! The members kind
of laugh at me since I'm a little nervous. They're like, "What? You're
scared of a little lizard?" But suddenly, we see the biggest, scariest
dookae I have ever seen in my life! It's crawling on a wall near us and
everyone freaks out. Even the guys scream and jump to their feet! It was the
funniest and scariest thing of my life. The lizard is HUGE! Seriously, I thought
it was going to jump out at us or something! Nothing happened, but we were all
a little spooked.
When we got
home, we found a baby dookae crawling on the walls. I was like, "C'mon.
Another one?" It was way smaller than the big one, but it's pretty big
compared to any lizards I've seen crawling around in America. It was hiding
behind the bookshelf and we set up a plan to catch it. It took a while, but we
finally caught it. It has no teeth yet since its a baby but it was trying to
hiss at us with its little mouth open. It was kind of cute.
We've done
a TON of contacting this past week. We are out and about, exploring the whole
city. It's been fun, but really tiring. I feel so tired and sore when I get
home. The good thing is that I'm getting crazy muscles in my calves and I think
I might be tanning! Haha! Or maybe that's just the sunburn that is roasted
permanently in my skin? Who knows. I think rainy season is starting to kick in
a little bit too. While were were walking around, it started to pour. And I
mean POUR. I have never seen it rain so hard in my life! It was windy and
crazy! I couldn't believe it! But, we took shelter in this random clinic and
made mud puddles wherever we went. I felt bad for the janitor lady.
Friday was
Zone Training and 4th of July. It was so awesome. My whole district got all
festive. I even got out my small American flag that I brought from home.
Everyone got a kick out of it. Sister Sawangwong was confused why we were all
wearing red, white and blue. We told her, "It's Independence day!"
She joined in and wore red with us. It was really cute.
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I'm all ready to go for 4th of July!
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A miracle
happened this week. We contacted a lot, as I have mentioned. But, in the week,
I wasn't able to get a lot of numbers from people who were interested. Sister
Stevenson is a pro at getting numbers. I thought that I was just dragging us
down. We contacted at Big C for about 2 hours. Sister Madsen was with us
(switch off) and they (Sister Stevenson and her) were on fire. They got a lot
of numbers! I felt a little crummy as I got only one number from a lady that
was only interested in English. We were about to leave before I stopped this
girl and asked if she was interested in going to church and learning about
baptism. She just looked at me and said, "Yeah." I was so surprised.
I asked if she was free on Sunday at 9:00 am. She said, "Yeah, I'm free,
I'll go to church." I got her number and I was so excited. We had a lot of
people who promised that they would go to church. When Sunday came around, it
was 9:00 and none of our potentials came or answered their phone. Finally, the
girl I met, แนน (Naan), came! We had her sit to one of
our RCs (recent converts) and they became fast friends. She stayed for all 3
hours and I could tell that she was really interested. We taught her the
Restoration, Law of Chastity, Word of Wisdom, and keeping the Sabbath day holy
in one lesson. She accepted everything! She already keeps those commandments
and she wants to go to church every Sunday! It was too good to be true! But, it
happened! And, she's free every day to learn! AND, she wants to be baptized
next Sunday. Can I say prepared by God, much? Wow. God is good. We said a
"thank you" prayer after that lesson with her. I was so
grateful.
Later that
day, we went contacting at the park. There were a lot of people with their
families exercising, etc. It's a really nice park. I walked past a man and his
toddler and waved to them. The next thing I know, the wife comes up to me and
asks what I'm doing. I tell her that I'm inviting people to go to church and be
baptized etc. I ask if she's interested and she says yes! In fact, she said,
"You know, I was thinking about finding a Christian church this morning. I
will go next week with my family." I was in awe. God sure knows how to
prepare people. The funny thing was, after that small conversation and exchanging
phone numbers, she wanted to take pictures with me on her phone! It was pretty
funny.
That's my
week, folks. Wonderful blessings are abound. God is wonderful. He is marvelous.
Anything is possible! I love you all!
Love,
Sister
Carter
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We made brownies! They were delicious!
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A pretty white wat (Thai temple) that we
found contacting
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Some funny places I found. The
"baan" means home in Thai. Get it? Like Bed, bath and beyond? Haha!
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| And yes, that is a cowboy riding on a T-rex with a fishing pole |
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Pictures of Sister Broeder and I after
we got our hair and make-up done for that Thai photo shoot
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A pic of me and Sister Stevenson posing
so that we can make pamphlets and boost our Book of Mormon class. Haha! We look
so funny!
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A district picture for the BOM class we
have
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And the house we live in! It's huge! We
only live on the bottom floor though
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