Great week over here. Lots of fun.. kinda crazy but really good. Kinda surprising at the end of the week to see that our week wasnt as bad as we thought it was going to be.. we both got pretty sick (again) and mine came back worse than before.. i was down and out for a good day and a half.. on wednesday i woke up around 5 clock.. yeah, Elder Furr was pretty bored of all the phone cals by then haha. My fever was pretty high, but we didnt have a thermo so i dont know what it was at. Im good now. Ate some antibiotics and boy! That cleared me out nicely! Never gone to the bathroom so many times in an hour! Too much info? oops
Even though we were sick since tuesday and out on wednesday we still made it out to work in the evenings as much as possible. Theres not like a ton to report but lets just go over investigators shall we? Well, Nog and Tam are doing superb as always.. so prepared, so golden. At one point we were talking and saying we were kinda worried that they might be losing interest or something like that.. nope. First lesson that we taugth them after that little concern of us.. BOOM golden responses to everything. For example.. he wants to get the triple combination and a full copy of the bible (old and new testaments) to study together because "without all 4 it just isnt complete.". Wow. I didnt even come to that realization until like.. just then! Kidding. But that was just one response of theirs. They have both started to repent already from their past sins, and they were pretty adorable about it.. they asked if they were allowed to talk to God even thought they arent pure or if they havent been baptized yet.. put it sipmly, they felt godly sorrow! They felt super bad about some of the things theyve done before and felt ashamed.. but hey! They took it and went to God with it. Perfect. Repentance is a process of hope! They read the Book of Mormon like champs and their kids? Oh my! So adorable. Mom you would have stolen these kids before they awoke in the morning.. i know you would because i want to! So cute. They are name Fino and Pheonix.. Fino just sits in his dads lap and stares at everything.. so funny. He also farted. I laughed. Pheonix is almost 2 years old and just loves to speak in her own language.. doesnt make a bit of sense but who cares right! She is super used to us and love when we come over.. she runs to the door and slams it open and says what im assuming is the equivalent of "come in!". Yeah, we are totally proud of that one.. gained her trust. They're legit. Not really any concerns.
The next woman.. wow. They just keep getting more and more prepared! This woman is named Sandy. She has a Mormon friend. Sees her once a YEAR. Said she was impressed by her and wanted to learn more. Went to conference broadcasts at Church. Told her us that she was really impressed and touched by President Uchtdorf.. yes.. you are reading that right.. she remembered HIS NAME. Like, maybe that is just us, but hearing that from an investigator on the first lesson? Never seen it before. She wanted to know about commandments (After she has already prayed and knows everything is true) so we told her about the Word of Wisdom. Actually, i take that back, we gave her a pamphlet to read after out visit.. called her the next day: "Ive quit coffee already!". Yeah. Epic. No desire to drink it. Unfortunately she is in rangsit, which is north bangkok, and she is just here escaping the water... we will teach her until she has to go back home. Water.. she will get baptized.
So other than that... oh yeah. You will notice that there are 2 pictures attached.. you may remember him and i hope you do. Its Yong from up in Warin. I got a call from Brother Ice in Ubon telling me that Yong passed away on Friday of Last week.. he went to sleep on Thursday night and didnt wake up Friday. He had been working really hard and they said that it was lack of sleep and too much fatigue. It was pretty shocking to me and i didnt really know what to say...but it was true that i wasnt that sad.. i mean i miss him and its really sad of course, but you cant just not think of Alma 40:11 or anything like it.. "all shall rise" from the dead and be brought back to Heavenly Father. I know he left this world with a testimony and he will be ready to meet God. He was great..
Love this work. Its true. It is God's. Love you all
Elder Gudmundsen
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