Dear Family and Friends, How's it going? It's pretty good over here in
Buriram. Super crazy that October is almost over (as a few of you made
mention in your e-mails already). Time is flying by! I'm almost done
with my fourth transfer (on Nov. 8). That's a quarter of the way done
with my time in country! This last week was a pretty solid one, got
some good things done. Monday, we had the opportunity to teach Sis.
Ooy's daugher, Mai. She is an awesome investigator, and should be able
to be baptized pretty soon, especially with the support of her mom. We
taught her how to pray, just kept it simple for the first lesson.
We're going to have to keep it simple. Sometimes Sis. Ooy and the
members that we invite to the lessons try to shove too much info. at
her at one time, so we'll have to be careful with that so that we
don't overwhelm her. We got to see her again on Tuesday, taught about
the influence of the Holy Ghost and how to receive answers to prayers,
and committed her to pray to know if Heavenly Father was real or not.
English Class was pretty good. A couple of less-active members came
and helped out. Definitely the key to getting LA's back to activity,
make them be ACTIVE. No one new came to the class, but it was fun
anyway. At the end, a few of us sang hymns while I played the piano.
Even Ay joined in! It was a good time. Wednesday was another hospital
day. Elder Segura had to go in for a check-up, so we spent most of the
day waiting in the queue line. Man, that place gets old. Thursday, we
went to Surin for District Meeting, and then me and Elder Adams came
back to Buriram to do switchoffs. We had a good night. We first taught
Sis. Mai half of the Restoration lesson. I got really excited when we
first got there because Sis. Ooy's husband was home (he's never home)
and came and sat with us. But when we started talking to him about
prayer, he "had to take a phone call" and never came back. Bummer, but
we'll get him sometime. The lesson with Mai was really good, and I
think she understood it all. She still hasn't prayed to know if
Heavenly Father is real yet, but we told Sis. Ooy to stay on her.
After that lesson, we went and taught Sis. Mii. We covered the Law of
Tithing, which she is totally willing to obey. Then we talked about
Baptism. She still isn't legally married yet, and now she's saying she
"hopes to do it by the end of the year." What the heck?! She is SO
ready! As ready as any investigator that I've taught (if not more),
and this is the one thing that is stopping her. I think it's just her
husband won't take the time to go and do it. Just a few hours off of
work is all it takes. Hopefully a miracle happens soon. Pray for her!
After we taught her, we went over to the night market and handed out
some mormon.org cards. Did I tell you that the website is all in Thai
now? They just barely finished it a while ago. So sweet! It's going to
make the work progress so much here. At the end of the night, we
celebrated with some hot bread and green coconut sauce. So good! The
food is Thailand is ridiculous.So many snacks and so cheap. I'm
putting on a little bit of a gut and some slight love handles, but I
work out hard in the morning to try to keep it under control. Friday
after studies, we drove back to Surin and switched back, then came
back to Buriram. Elder Segura wasn't feeling too well, so he took a
nap for a while, and then we went and saw Fuy and had him help us make
a new flier for the Q&A activity. I really hope it's a hit this next
time around. Saturday we went out inviting at night. We went and
knocked on a bunch of student apartment doors, but of course most
weren't home on a Saturday night. Sunday was really good. We got up
and got ready quick so that we could bike out to an LA's house. His
name is Golf. We invited him to come to church, and he did! Church was
great as always. Great way to start a new week. At night, we we and
visited another LA, Pian, with Sis. Rose. He definitely has a crush on
her. It was a good visit, hopefully he comes back to church soon. When
we got home we had an awesome experience. We were writing in our
journals and what not, and the power went out. So we lit a bunch of
candles. About 20 minutes passed by when we decided to pray. We both
said one, and when we were done, the lights immediately came on! So
sweet. Faith works! I can testify of that. Today is a chill P-Day.
Kind of a sketchy story, we were walking down a grass path that leads
to our gate when we were headed to e-mail. There were some stray cats,
so I chased them with my bike. Elder Segura was following me when I
heard him yell. I turned around and saw him running toward me, and saw
a big snake tale go under the fence. It was HUGE! And it tried to bite
E. Segura, it just missed. He said it came from the spot where I
pushed my bike when I was chasing the cats. SKETCH! We'll have to
start carrying a flashlight at night. So that's my week! Transfers in
less than two. I think I'll stay here in Buriram, just get that
feeling. It's tough, but a fun area. I just really hope I get another
good comp.
Favorite Scripture of the Week: 3 Nephi 15:9
Well, gotta go. The Church is True!
Love, Elder Sharp
Monday, October 29, 2012
October 22, 2012
here in Buriram. Still kind of slow, but we had some very good things
happen this week (as I'm sure you can tell by my subject line).
Luckily, nobody was sick this week! That's probably the first time
since me and Elder Segura have been in Buriram. Why? I have no idea,
but I'm not complaining. Tuesday was good. We went and handed out more
fliers for the Q&A activity with Sis. Rose at the University. It
really doesn't work as well when all of the students are on break in
between terms though, just saying. That night around 5:30, we went and
started setting up for English class at the church. This family walked
in, a mom, dad, and 3 little kids. I'd never seen them before, and I
was so stoked! Finally! A family we could teach and baptize. I went
into a room for a second and said a quick prayer asking Heavenly
Father to help them feel the Spirit and become interested in learning
more about the gospel. About two minutes after that, E. Segura comes
up with kind of a bummed out face. He said he was really excited to
teach them too...then he saw the church logo on the guy's laptop. They
were members from Bangkok who had come up here to interview some CES
teachers and decided to stop by the class. So I guess Heavenly Father
did answer my prayer, just a long time ago ha. Wednesday was pretty
uneventful. We were supposed to meet with the Branch president and
that fell through, and so did all of our other plans basically.
Thursday, we went to Surin for District Meeting. The Zone Leaders were
there as well, and taught a really good lesson. It was all about
learning and lining up with the Lord's Will for us. I got that out of
a lot of conference talks as well, so it was good to have it stressed
a second time by them. Once we got home, we were supposed to go and
teach Sis. Mii, but the Branch Pres. cancelled on us last second, and
no other male members were free. So we decided to go and visit a
member who had called us earlier. She's having a tough time, and I
think we helped her out quite a bit. Friday, we had to go and clean
the baptismal font. It was pretty nasty, especially since it was
outside, but we did work and got it done. After that, we were going to
go and visit the Branch Pres. again, but he cancelled (again).
Frustrating. So we went and ate dinner, and then went with Bro. Diaw
to visit Sis. Bad. He's her brother, and the 2nd counselor in the
branch presidency, so it helped. We hadn't seen her and her family for
a while, so I'm glad that we got to visit. She still isn't married to
her boyfriend, and that's the biggest obstacle. But we got our foot in
the door again, and we'll be working hard to help them prepare for
baptism. After that, the branch pres. was finally home, so we went
over there and talked with a bunch of members about the questions we
would cover, and who would teach what for the Q&A activity, which we
had planned for the next night. People were very excited to help, and
it was cool to see. The next morning was probably the most stressful
morning I've had on my mission. We went to start filling up the font,
and the font spigot wouldn't turn on, so we had to rig up a hose
coming from inside the church, but it kept popping off of that spigot.
We finally got it to where it was working alright, so we had to fly to
the store to see if E. Segura could get his camera fixed (no luck),
then we flew back and saw that the font was only about half full and
there was only 30 minutes until the baptism, so we started using big
rice cooker pots to speed it up. Then a member broke the hose off the
spigot again, so that slowed it down even more. Sis. Rose rigged it
back up nice and tight with some wire (sad she could do it better than
two elders). After all was said and done, it was finally full enough
to where it would work (just a few minutes late). We had a solid
number show up for the service, and Sis. Ooy was so happy. That made
everything we went through totally worth it, easily. I'd do it over
100 times to see someone that happy. I was so stoked! That's where the
joy in missionary work is, when your investigator who you've come to
love finally comes out of the water, totally clean. That night, we had
the Q&A activity planned. All the members showed up ready to go,
and....nobody came. Yeah, that was super disappointing. Ay eventually
showed up, but we decided against doing it for one person. We're going
to try again in a couple of weeks and stress having the members bring
a friend. Sunday was really good. Sis. Ooy was confirmed. It was
awesome being able to use the priesthood and be a part of it. After
church, we went and visited a couple of Less-active members, which I
think really helped them. They just need to take the next step and
come back to church now. Today is a chill day. Haircuts and what not.
Sounds like everything is going good back home.
Well gotta go! The Church is true! (No matter if you're in Grants
Pass, West Jordan, Thailand, or wherever.) Love you all!
Love, Elder Sharp
Pics of:
Eating ice cream with Fuy, Sis. Rose, Sis. Tengmo at Swensen's
Baptismal service
October 15, 2012
Hello Fam and Friends! How are you all? I'm doing great here. This was
kind of a different week, but I loved being able to watch conference.
I didn't have the chance to watch it all on Saturday and Sunday, so we
got permission to finish up what we missed today. Just barely
finished. I'll tell about the week, then talk about conference.
Tuesday and Wednesday were pretty much spent at the hospital. Elder
Segura had an intestinal infection during the floods last year and was
really sick. He's felt better for a while, but now he thinks it's
coming back, and the doctors think so too. So we'll be back to the
hospital again in a couple of weeks for tests. Those were LONG days.
Tuesday night we had English class. It was fun, but only about 7
people came, and they were all former students. It's a major bummer
that the class isn't helping bring in investigators, but as soon as
somebody new comes, we'll be right on it. Thursday night, I had to go
to the dentist to have a chipped tooth repaired. Big hole chipped out
when I was eating a pretzel, weird. Anyway, it wasn't too bad until
they started working on me. They put a cloth over my face with a hole
where the mouth was, so I couldn't see anything. I was TERRIFIED! You
know me. Luckily nothing hurt, and no needles (thank goodness!). I now
have a pretty new molar. Friday, we went to Surin to interview one of
their investigators for baptism, she passed. Saturday, we watched a
couple sessions of conference in the morning, then went inviting in
the afternoon. We got one less, a 17-year-old kid. He seemed pretty
interested, we're going to try and see him again. Sunday, two more
sessions of conference (for some reason the members didn't want to
stick around and watch the last session, weird), then we went with
Sis. Rose to visit a guy named Pian. He's an LA who could be a
potential ward leader in the future. Sis. Rose bore a very powerful
testimony, and I think he might come back to church next week. Pray
for him! Conference was AWESOME! My favorite talks were Holland's (of
course), Eyring's about the pavilion, Bednar's, and Pres. Monson's
about looking at all of our small blessings and "never post-poning a
prompting." Holland's was so great! It's like he was chastising me and
"my soul was harrowed up" (that's how it always feels when he speaks
right?) but I loved it! It makes me want to be a better disciple of
Christ. Eyring's really stuck out to me, but it's so apparent how many
pavilion's we can put in between us and God. We just need to change
our hearts to His will. Bednar's reminded me of another talk that I've
heard him give (can't remember where or when) but I love when he tells
us that we need to be converted unto the Lord, not just have a
testimony. Knowing the Gospel is true is a testimony. Conversion is
consistently being true to what you know. Pres. Monson's was great,
because we all have so many small blessings in our lives that we take
for granted. We need to appreciate all of them. Elder Andersen's was
also really good. Everyone has trials, but trials are meant to build
us up if we exercise our faith. Ether 12:6. Ah this conference was so
great. I can't wait until we get the Liahona so that I can read all of
the talks again. Carli, re-read Elder Nelson's talk as well as the one
I told you about. Ooy is getting baptized Sunday! Still not sure about
Mii.
Sounds like everything in Utah is going swell. I'm going to have two
new nephews/nieces within 6 months! Yeah buddy. Keep me updated!
Well, gotta go. Love ya! The Church is true!
Love, Elder Sharp
kind of a different week, but I loved being able to watch conference.
I didn't have the chance to watch it all on Saturday and Sunday, so we
got permission to finish up what we missed today. Just barely
finished. I'll tell about the week, then talk about conference.
Tuesday and Wednesday were pretty much spent at the hospital. Elder
Segura had an intestinal infection during the floods last year and was
really sick. He's felt better for a while, but now he thinks it's
coming back, and the doctors think so too. So we'll be back to the
hospital again in a couple of weeks for tests. Those were LONG days.
Tuesday night we had English class. It was fun, but only about 7
people came, and they were all former students. It's a major bummer
that the class isn't helping bring in investigators, but as soon as
somebody new comes, we'll be right on it. Thursday night, I had to go
to the dentist to have a chipped tooth repaired. Big hole chipped out
when I was eating a pretzel, weird. Anyway, it wasn't too bad until
they started working on me. They put a cloth over my face with a hole
where the mouth was, so I couldn't see anything. I was TERRIFIED! You
know me. Luckily nothing hurt, and no needles (thank goodness!). I now
have a pretty new molar. Friday, we went to Surin to interview one of
their investigators for baptism, she passed. Saturday, we watched a
couple sessions of conference in the morning, then went inviting in
the afternoon. We got one less, a 17-year-old kid. He seemed pretty
interested, we're going to try and see him again. Sunday, two more
sessions of conference (for some reason the members didn't want to
stick around and watch the last session, weird), then we went with
Sis. Rose to visit a guy named Pian. He's an LA who could be a
potential ward leader in the future. Sis. Rose bore a very powerful
testimony, and I think he might come back to church next week. Pray
for him! Conference was AWESOME! My favorite talks were Holland's (of
course), Eyring's about the pavilion, Bednar's, and Pres. Monson's
about looking at all of our small blessings and "never post-poning a
prompting." Holland's was so great! It's like he was chastising me and
"my soul was harrowed up" (that's how it always feels when he speaks
right?) but I loved it! It makes me want to be a better disciple of
Christ. Eyring's really stuck out to me, but it's so apparent how many
pavilion's we can put in between us and God. We just need to change
our hearts to His will. Bednar's reminded me of another talk that I've
heard him give (can't remember where or when) but I love when he tells
us that we need to be converted unto the Lord, not just have a
testimony. Knowing the Gospel is true is a testimony. Conversion is
consistently being true to what you know. Pres. Monson's was great,
because we all have so many small blessings in our lives that we take
for granted. We need to appreciate all of them. Elder Andersen's was
also really good. Everyone has trials, but trials are meant to build
us up if we exercise our faith. Ether 12:6. Ah this conference was so
great. I can't wait until we get the Liahona so that I can read all of
the talks again. Carli, re-read Elder Nelson's talk as well as the one
I told you about. Ooy is getting baptized Sunday! Still not sure about
Mii.
Sounds like everything in Utah is going swell. I'm going to have two
new nephews/nieces within 6 months! Yeah buddy. Keep me updated!
Well, gotta go. Love ya! The Church is true!
Love, Elder Sharp
Sunday, October 14, 2012
October 8, 2012
Hello Fam and Friends! Wow, what awesome news huh? The AP's texted all
of the Elders yesterday once it happened. I can't wait until I can
actually see the announcement next week. There are going to be SO many
missionaries, and I honestly think that the number of sister
missionaries will at least double. They won't have all this down time
to go to school or get married. I'm seriously freaking out right now!
Everyone is going to be gone! You know most of the 17-year-old high
school boys had anxiety attacks when they heard the news. You'll have
to let me know everyone that is now planning on serving.
This last week here was pretty solid, got some good stuff done. Monday
night once we started working again, we went to this big temporary
market thing that was out in front of city hall. We were planning on
handing out some pass-along-cards and trying to get some numbers, but
then we noticed that they were starting to do a bunch of Buddhist
rituals, so we peaced out of there quick. Tuesday was a bummer during
the day. We went out to lunch (at the hospital of all places), and
Elder Segura all a sudden got really sick. We hurried home and stayed
there for the rest of the day until English class. I like this area,
but it seriously is cursed when it comes to sickness ha. English Class
was good. E. Segura still wasn't feeling so hot, so I taught the whole
thing. I really do enjoy it. Ay was there again, hilarious as ever.
He's just so proud of the way he can speak. Still couldn't get any
priesthood there so we couldn't teach. Frustrating, but oh well.
Wednesday, we went to Surin for District meeting again. After the
meeting ended, we spent the time waiting for our tuk tuk trying to
catch a giant lizard in the kitchen. We failed, and I'm sure you can
all imagine how "brave" I was. When we got back to Buriram, we picked
up mail, ate, and then went to teach Sis. Ooy. We had to wait for a
little bit for her son to get home so that we would have a male there,
so in the meantime she fed us a giant plate of fried rice. I thought I
was going to puke, I was already way full. Elder Segura basically did
puke. He was drinking water, and I made him laugh, so it all came out
his nose. All over her porch floor. Don't worry, she didn't see haha.
The lesson was really good. We covered the Gospel, preparing her for
the interview the next day. Thursday, we did switchoffs with the zone
leaders in Buriram. I was with Elder Siperley and we went inviting all
day. It was fun though. We talked to this guy from the UK named Peter.
It's funny, all of the farangs here just don't like Thailand (except
the missionaries of course). Anyway, we talked to him for about half
an hour and invited him to read the Book of Mormon on lds.org. I home
he tries it out. That night Sis. Ooy got interviewed. She passed! So
stoked. We were going to try and have the service on Saturday, because
we realized that she wouldn't be able to get confirmed next week
because of conference, but it was just too much to get going in less
than two days, so we switched it to the 20th of this month. Mii didn't
get interviewed because she hasn't gotten legally married yet. Bummer
:( She'll get there though. Friday, we had Ooy come and try on suits,
then we went to a kid Fuy's house. He's an LA, about 20, he's cool.
He's made our Q&A flier for us. After that, I started to get really
hot and had a bad headache, so we went home about an hour early and I
crashed. Saturday we did long-planning, went to Fuy's again to get the
flier, and then went back home because I was feeling horrible again.
Cursed I tell ya. Sunday I was feeling a lot better. Church was good.
Got to play the piano and bear my testimony. Great blessing. That
night, we went back and tried to visit a guy we contacted on Thursday,
but he wasn't home. We ran to the branch president's house to get a
new key for the church (I broke the lock, whoops!), then headed home.
Tonight, we are going to take Sis Rose out to eat with some other
members. Today is her 2 year mark away from home in the Philippines,
so she's been kind of sad lately. We just wanna cheer her up a little.
Can't wait for next Sunday! Sis. Rose is downloading conference in
English so we can watch it.
Sounds like everything at home is going great. Sounds like conference
weekend was awesome. A couple of you have said Elder Holland's talk
was great, can't wait to hear it.
Everyone else, write me and tell me who's going on a mission. Love you
all!
Well gotta go. The Church is True! Love you!
Elder Sharp
Pics of me, Fuy, E. Segura, Sis. Tengmo (center), and Sis. Rose (far right)
of the Elders yesterday once it happened. I can't wait until I can
actually see the announcement next week. There are going to be SO many
missionaries, and I honestly think that the number of sister
missionaries will at least double. They won't have all this down time
to go to school or get married. I'm seriously freaking out right now!
Everyone is going to be gone! You know most of the 17-year-old high
school boys had anxiety attacks when they heard the news. You'll have
to let me know everyone that is now planning on serving.
This last week here was pretty solid, got some good stuff done. Monday
night once we started working again, we went to this big temporary
market thing that was out in front of city hall. We were planning on
handing out some pass-along-cards and trying to get some numbers, but
then we noticed that they were starting to do a bunch of Buddhist
rituals, so we peaced out of there quick. Tuesday was a bummer during
the day. We went out to lunch (at the hospital of all places), and
Elder Segura all a sudden got really sick. We hurried home and stayed
there for the rest of the day until English class. I like this area,
but it seriously is cursed when it comes to sickness ha. English Class
was good. E. Segura still wasn't feeling so hot, so I taught the whole
thing. I really do enjoy it. Ay was there again, hilarious as ever.
He's just so proud of the way he can speak. Still couldn't get any
priesthood there so we couldn't teach. Frustrating, but oh well.
Wednesday, we went to Surin for District meeting again. After the
meeting ended, we spent the time waiting for our tuk tuk trying to
catch a giant lizard in the kitchen. We failed, and I'm sure you can
all imagine how "brave" I was. When we got back to Buriram, we picked
up mail, ate, and then went to teach Sis. Ooy. We had to wait for a
little bit for her son to get home so that we would have a male there,
so in the meantime she fed us a giant plate of fried rice. I thought I
was going to puke, I was already way full. Elder Segura basically did
puke. He was drinking water, and I made him laugh, so it all came out
his nose. All over her porch floor. Don't worry, she didn't see haha.
The lesson was really good. We covered the Gospel, preparing her for
the interview the next day. Thursday, we did switchoffs with the zone
leaders in Buriram. I was with Elder Siperley and we went inviting all
day. It was fun though. We talked to this guy from the UK named Peter.
It's funny, all of the farangs here just don't like Thailand (except
the missionaries of course). Anyway, we talked to him for about half
an hour and invited him to read the Book of Mormon on lds.org. I home
he tries it out. That night Sis. Ooy got interviewed. She passed! So
stoked. We were going to try and have the service on Saturday, because
we realized that she wouldn't be able to get confirmed next week
because of conference, but it was just too much to get going in less
than two days, so we switched it to the 20th of this month. Mii didn't
get interviewed because she hasn't gotten legally married yet. Bummer
:( She'll get there though. Friday, we had Ooy come and try on suits,
then we went to a kid Fuy's house. He's an LA, about 20, he's cool.
He's made our Q&A flier for us. After that, I started to get really
hot and had a bad headache, so we went home about an hour early and I
crashed. Saturday we did long-planning, went to Fuy's again to get the
flier, and then went back home because I was feeling horrible again.
Cursed I tell ya. Sunday I was feeling a lot better. Church was good.
Got to play the piano and bear my testimony. Great blessing. That
night, we went back and tried to visit a guy we contacted on Thursday,
but he wasn't home. We ran to the branch president's house to get a
new key for the church (I broke the lock, whoops!), then headed home.
Tonight, we are going to take Sis Rose out to eat with some other
members. Today is her 2 year mark away from home in the Philippines,
so she's been kind of sad lately. We just wanna cheer her up a little.
Can't wait for next Sunday! Sis. Rose is downloading conference in
English so we can watch it.
Sounds like everything at home is going great. Sounds like conference
weekend was awesome. A couple of you have said Elder Holland's talk
was great, can't wait to hear it.
Everyone else, write me and tell me who's going on a mission. Love you
all!
Well gotta go. The Church is True! Love you!
Elder Sharp
Pics of me, Fuy, E. Segura, Sis. Tengmo (center), and Sis. Rose (far right)
October 1, 2012
Buriram! I'm still here, and happier than ever. And yes, I'm still
with Elder Segura. Not going to lie, I was kind of hoping that I was
going to move, because Buriram is a dang tough area (probably that
toughest in the area), but after this week, I'm super stoked that I
stayed. Tuesday, we were waiting all day for the call, the stress was
killing us. We went and taught Sis. Ooy that day, and had a great
lesson. We taught her 3 times this week, all about the Restoration. We
just took it very slow, and covered only 2 or 3 points a lesson. It
was so great to see the understanding come into her eyes. She totally
gets the need for the Restoration, the Priesthood, everything. It's so
awesome. We also taught Mii once this week on Friday night. She said
she had the chance to bear her testimony to her husband, and it went
well. The Branch Pres. and his wife came to teach with us, and they
made the lesson that much better. We talked about Baptism again. The
only thing holding her up is that she's still not legally married to
her husband. But me and E. Segura did a fast with her on Saturday and
Sunday, she talked to her husband about it, and he agreed to get
married! Hopefully they can do it soon (preferably this week). The
Zone Leaders are coming over on Thursday, so she could be interviewed
then. And we moved Ooy's date up as well, so they could both get
interviewed on Thursday and baptized on Sunday! So stoked! I think
we'll have at least one, hopefull two. Anyway, back to Tuesday. We
were still waiting for the moves call when English Class started, but
got nothing. It was review night, and we had 16 people! It was way
fun. After reviewing everything, we played a game. Me and Sis. Rose
stood behind a table at the front, and the class had to tell us, in
English, how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. It was
hilarious. They busted up when I started trying to spread the jar of
peanut butter on the bread. A guy named Ay (pronounced "A") was there.
We had met him at the hospital and gone out to eat with him once. He
speaks great English and had learned with the Elders a few years ago,
so hopefully he becomes interested in the Gospel again. He's a crack
up. Once we got home, we talked to the Zone leaders, but they still
hadn't heard anything. The next day, we went to Surin for District
Meeting. They called in the middle of the meeting and told us that
none of the four elders were leaving. Pretty shocking, we all thought
at least one of us was gone, but we're all happy. Nothing much
happened Thursday and Friday, just teaching Ooy and Mii, and some
inviting and visiting. Saturday, Elder Segura was feeling pretty sick
again (this area is cursed when it comes to sicknesses). We went and
taught Sis. Ooy at 2, and then tried to go and visit a guy from
English Class at his shop, but he wasn't there, so we headed home so
E. Segura could rest. At 6, we went and met with the Branch Pres. to
talk to him about some stuff. We have an idea to get some new
investigators (hopefully). We're going to hand out fliers at the
University or wherever and have people write questions they have about
Christianity. Then we're going to have an activity with a panel of
members and the two Elders to answer the 10 most popular questions. We
hope to do it in a couple of weeks. Pray for us! We need some new
people, especially with two of our current investigators potentially
getting baptized on Sunday. After the Branch President's house, we
came home early because E. Segura was feeling pretty horrible. He went
to bed and I went to work. I totally cleaned up the main area of our
house. You would be proud of me, Mom. Hope to be able to get some more
cleaning done today. Last night, we went out to see Bad, and talk to
her about Toto. He wasn't at church. She was just sitting on the
porch, but said she "wasn't free." She just has no interest in
learning with us anymore. So sad. We couldn't see Toto, but hopefully
he comes back to church next week. After that, we went with Sis. Rose
to visit an LA, Golf. He committed to come back to church next week.
He's the kid we played tennis with. We've also decided to work with
Sis. Rose a little more. She's a great asset to the work.
Sounds like everything at home is going great! We won't get conference
here until the next week, so no spoilers! Oh and I got a new camera,
it's sweet. Hope to hear from you soon!
Well gotta go, love you all! The Church is True!
Love, Elder Sharp
with Elder Segura. Not going to lie, I was kind of hoping that I was
going to move, because Buriram is a dang tough area (probably that
toughest in the area), but after this week, I'm super stoked that I
stayed. Tuesday, we were waiting all day for the call, the stress was
killing us. We went and taught Sis. Ooy that day, and had a great
lesson. We taught her 3 times this week, all about the Restoration. We
just took it very slow, and covered only 2 or 3 points a lesson. It
was so great to see the understanding come into her eyes. She totally
gets the need for the Restoration, the Priesthood, everything. It's so
awesome. We also taught Mii once this week on Friday night. She said
she had the chance to bear her testimony to her husband, and it went
well. The Branch Pres. and his wife came to teach with us, and they
made the lesson that much better. We talked about Baptism again. The
only thing holding her up is that she's still not legally married to
her husband. But me and E. Segura did a fast with her on Saturday and
Sunday, she talked to her husband about it, and he agreed to get
married! Hopefully they can do it soon (preferably this week). The
Zone Leaders are coming over on Thursday, so she could be interviewed
then. And we moved Ooy's date up as well, so they could both get
interviewed on Thursday and baptized on Sunday! So stoked! I think
we'll have at least one, hopefull two. Anyway, back to Tuesday. We
were still waiting for the moves call when English Class started, but
got nothing. It was review night, and we had 16 people! It was way
fun. After reviewing everything, we played a game. Me and Sis. Rose
stood behind a table at the front, and the class had to tell us, in
English, how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. It was
hilarious. They busted up when I started trying to spread the jar of
peanut butter on the bread. A guy named Ay (pronounced "A") was there.
We had met him at the hospital and gone out to eat with him once. He
speaks great English and had learned with the Elders a few years ago,
so hopefully he becomes interested in the Gospel again. He's a crack
up. Once we got home, we talked to the Zone leaders, but they still
hadn't heard anything. The next day, we went to Surin for District
Meeting. They called in the middle of the meeting and told us that
none of the four elders were leaving. Pretty shocking, we all thought
at least one of us was gone, but we're all happy. Nothing much
happened Thursday and Friday, just teaching Ooy and Mii, and some
inviting and visiting. Saturday, Elder Segura was feeling pretty sick
again (this area is cursed when it comes to sicknesses). We went and
taught Sis. Ooy at 2, and then tried to go and visit a guy from
English Class at his shop, but he wasn't there, so we headed home so
E. Segura could rest. At 6, we went and met with the Branch Pres. to
talk to him about some stuff. We have an idea to get some new
investigators (hopefully). We're going to hand out fliers at the
University or wherever and have people write questions they have about
Christianity. Then we're going to have an activity with a panel of
members and the two Elders to answer the 10 most popular questions. We
hope to do it in a couple of weeks. Pray for us! We need some new
people, especially with two of our current investigators potentially
getting baptized on Sunday. After the Branch President's house, we
came home early because E. Segura was feeling pretty horrible. He went
to bed and I went to work. I totally cleaned up the main area of our
house. You would be proud of me, Mom. Hope to be able to get some more
cleaning done today. Last night, we went out to see Bad, and talk to
her about Toto. He wasn't at church. She was just sitting on the
porch, but said she "wasn't free." She just has no interest in
learning with us anymore. So sad. We couldn't see Toto, but hopefully
he comes back to church next week. After that, we went with Sis. Rose
to visit an LA, Golf. He committed to come back to church next week.
He's the kid we played tennis with. We've also decided to work with
Sis. Rose a little more. She's a great asset to the work.
Sounds like everything at home is going great! We won't get conference
here until the next week, so no spoilers! Oh and I got a new camera,
it's sweet. Hope to hear from you soon!
Well gotta go, love you all! The Church is True!
Love, Elder Sharp
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