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
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