*Note from the sister: Woah... Turns out, I totally forgot about posting letters here.My bad. So here's a whole bunch to get caught up. Sorry!
Sent December 5, 2011:
Fun day. Sorry to email so late. Now i have very little time :(
So, pretty okay week.. kinda tough, but it was another one none the less.
Nog and Tam are doing alright.. its the end of the year and so his work is getting super tough and busy and hes been praying super hard every day but doesnt really feel like God is helping him or answering his prayers all the time. It isnt breaking his testimony or anything, but its discouraging for sure. As we taught him i think he felt encourage to keep pressing on and he definitely wants to. He understands and takes it as a trial of his faith, but ill be honest.. ill felt kinda of inadequate in answering his questions.. i dont know what it was that day, but i felt helpless.. i was trying to find scriptures to share, but the ones we were sharing didnt seem to do much.. finally i just decided to relax and listen for the spirit to tell me what to do (huh.. whoda thunk that would be a good idea right?).. i remembered PMG and how it says that in order to invite the spirit we can do many things :Use scriptures, pray, and share personal experiences (to name a few).. felt that just simply sharing personal experiences about trials would be the correct path to take.. it was cool, as we started to share personal experiences instead of scriptures, since we clearly werent prepared, the lesson started to flow; my mind was clear and the spirit was very strong. Was a nice lesson. They didnt make it to Church though because there was so much work the previous night that he didnt finish and was up way later trying to finish.. just couldnt wake up. No worries.. we ride north! Gonna go see them tonight.
Nong.. well hes good. Doing a lot better but headed back to his family for a few days, maybe a week. Hes trying to find new work and so he was gonna look over in Korat (which is where Elder Clark is right now). If he cant find it, hell come back here. Good kid. Doing well. Will get baptized.
Sandy is still so prepared.. Golden as.. well i wont say that, but you know what i mean. She says this quite frequently on our daily phone call, "I love the book of Mormon!". So funny. She really does. And she totally understood all of Jacob.. like, really? Shows whos seriously trying to read the Book! We didnt get to meet her this week because, well.. we kinda blew at being missionaries.. kinda forgot that this is Bangkok and getting to 4 lesson an hour is a feat already, SOOO we decided to try and get 4 appointments in 3 and a half, with an exchange with other missionaries in at the same time.. smart no? Yeah that failed. Hard. Anyway, she made cookies at Church instead.. thats okay by me! Long as she got friends! Fail *face palm*.
Tuk.. have we told you about her? She is a former investigator.. shes learned in Australia and here as well. She has a lot of doubts and is just trying really hard to find the truth. The lessons with her are INTENSE. And somehow they are always driven by the spirit and end with her somehow progressing further.. its pretty cool. Shes getting closer..
Hey guess what.. i have a surprise for you... gotta go! Surprise!
Love you all. Gospels true. My little message today: Dont get offended! No one can offend you accept yourself. Choose to be not offended. Evar.
Elder Gudmundsen
PS: Would you like another pillow?
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