Hello Everybody! thanks for all your emails!! i really enjoyed them. gp if chan doesnt want the thing i will take it when i get home!! haha.
well the first week with my new comp was really interesting. I was warned a little ahead of time that he suffers from depression every once in a while. well, it is pretty evident that he does. The first few days in particular were very rough. i just contantly felt like i was going to cry. his depression was wearing off on me a little bit. i would seriously just get down on my knees and plead with God for help. I would spend like a half hour of lunch just praying and asking Him to help me to be more happy so that we can teach with the spirit in our companionship. The first couple days Elder McMullin was here he had a little problem with obedience. he wouldnt be in bed on time, he wouldnt be at studies on time and one morning he didnt set the alarm after i reminded him that night. luckly i woke up at 6:45 or we wouldve slept in a long time!! So i kinda told him he has gotta step it up. it is helping a lot. I have to remind him every once in a while to be in bed and to set the alarm but it is a lot better now. it is so much easier to feel the spirit when you are obedient! he still has little problems with depression but not quite as bad. he just gets really stressed out really easily.
Okay so this week in Nîmes there are the roman games in Les Arènes. so there are SO many people dressed up as romans to like roll play battles in the arena or something.. haha i am not even sure what they do in there.
Me and Elder McMullin are trying to set up a saturday sports thing at the chapel for all the young adults. thatd be so fun!! i NEED to do something sportive!! neither e. christensen or e. McMullin like running in the morning. so it is just a lot of sit ups and push ups for me. the first day i saw e. McMullin the first thing he told me is that him and his family take there video gaming seriously. Great... haha. he really likes talking about his games. He was telling me tuesday night how he met these girls he knew "online". AHHH!!!! haha the computer RUINS LIVES!!!!! But lately me and him have been getting along so its all good.
well is richy married yet?? sounds like jon is doing well!! Sam or Chan or Aust??? any news on your mission papers?? The mission seriously changes lives! Not only your own life but the lives of other people that no one else would be able to change besides you. like Bridgitte this week, she is usually looking for ANY excuse not to come to church. we got a call Sat. night at like 10:20 right before bed and she told us that lilly or alexis didnt want to come to church so she needed someone to wake her up, so she wanted us to call her at 8. haha i was amazed!! she has changed SO much!
well hopefully this week is better than last week. it took a lot of patience last week with my comp but hopefully it will be better this week. I love you all thanks for all your support!! Talk to ya next week.
Morgan
4.19.2010
taryn 4.19.10
Hello!
What a crazy week full of water and powder. monday through thursday it was hard to work, no one available, no wanting to listen because they were all out playing, and it took a loooong time to go anywhere, and then when you finally were at your destination you were soaking wet. im sad its over.. it was ridiculous! haha in the neighborhoods about every three houses people would run out into the street, blowing their whistle stopping you, rubbing white baby powder all over your face and pouring water on you. then out on the streets trucks everywhere throwing water everywhere. i dont think a single thing was dry in the whole town! on our pday we went to the park. they were pumping the water out of the lake and spraying it everywhere. my favorite was when we helped a less active member who was selling at her little stand who we helped wash her dishes in the brown water. i think they were cleaner before being washed!! (mind you a thai lake, not clean america lake. more like utah lake but much worse...) im so grateful for the blessing of being a missionary, there is no way that i could survive this! (but, i actually do think that i have my first worm at the moment . ive been really lucky not to have one yet!)
after only getting a few lessons in during those days, it was nice to get back to work, having lots of people to see, and being able to show up dry to the appts (ha well not soaking, but atleast now it is our sweat) our area is doing really well, we had 5 investigators at church on sunday which is awesome!!!!! we also have a lot of potentials pending that we will hopefully turn into progressing investigaors. our goals for this next week are super high, they are really going to stretch us. im excited! we can do it. we are going to get 7 with a baptismal date, 10 progressing, teach 20 sitting in the house lessons, and 5 new investigators. we are surpassing the mission 'standards of excellence' and i know we can do it with the Lords help!
i just beat the elders in a soft-serve ice cream eating contest. i think im going to die, but it was so worth it beating them:) hah i think the only 'big' accomplishments ever talked about or passed on as missionaries are the records of eating. good thing we bike a lot!
yesterday, about 30 seconds before the second round of church's sacrament meeting started, the branch president came up to me and asked me to speak! scary! during the first few talks i looked up some scriptures and then stood up and gave a talk about faith in thai. i didnt think that i could do something like that, especially in Thai! Heavenly Father really helped me, it was a neat feeling. i wasnt nervous at all, my mind was crisp and things just kept coming to me to say through the Spirit. after many people thanked me and commmented on how good my language was, saying it was probably as good as my english (absolutely exaggerating, but it was nice of them to say) It was one of the first times on my mission that i was able to recognize the gift of tongues. i didnt have to think about translating it, and reading the scriptures in Thai(which is so hard!) came easily and just flowed at that moment. It was a neat experience, and then having so many investigators there just topped it off.
I know i say this often, but i really dont know why i have been so blessed. in udon we have a few town 'bums', one which we call the string lady. all around town she has these piles of string that she has collected. she is even string- her hair is all dreadlocked and her clothing consists of strings draped everywhere. im not sure exactly how she does it, i think she ties a few around her body and then hangs the strings off of those. a few days ago in teh middle of the day we passed her asleep on the ground. the problem is, when you sleep on the ground with strings, the strings dont cover much. she was naked to the world. at first it was a pretty funny sight to see, but then i got really sad. realizing this is a daughter of God who was not nearly as fortunate as i have been. Heavenly Father loves her just as much as me. we are so immensely blessed. we have a lot expected of us because of this!
yesterday we taught the cutest lesson. one of the members just got her 8 yr old daughter back. she has been fighting for her for a few years now, her sister has been raising her because she used to be wild, but the church 180-ed her life. the church is amazing. she has been raised muslim, it is amazing how close our religions are, even in the way we pray. we had three little girls, one 9 (jen- a recent convert as well who lives with her grandma taht we teach every week in their one humble tiny room apt on the ground in the blistering heat with one crickety fan trying to work. i love that little girl), and the other two about 7-8 yrs old help us teach about the godhead and prayer. it was darling! i cant wait to teach her again.
family, i miss you so much. life is really really good right now, but a big piece of me is always missing. i am so thankful for you and that i have such an amazing family to miss. not a better immediate or extended family in the world. i love you! recently ive realized how short of time i have left. im down to 6 months. i remember when jan and ryan only had 6 months left, that was just barely and they are going home soon. i really am going to be home in no time, ive got to make the best of every day! that is good advice for all of us though, no matter what is going on in our lives. as prez monson once said something like, 'time is a steady constant thing and will always pass'. i hope that i can remember this for the rest of my life. to make the best of every part of life, no matter how hard or easy (is life ever easy?). we only have one chance! make the best of it, no one ever has regretted making the most of life...
i love you
love,
ซิสเตอร ยัง
ps..inviting the other day we came across a couple and their little boy's first name was jamesbond. it was wonderful in their thick thai accent. oh, and we also have a skywalker and a giant in one of our branches:)
pps..dad, its been three weeks now that my ankle has been bad and it is still pretty swollen. its driving me crazy cuz i cant run in the mornings. i put it up at night and sometimes ice it when it starts aching. any suggestions?
What a crazy week full of water and powder. monday through thursday it was hard to work, no one available, no wanting to listen because they were all out playing, and it took a loooong time to go anywhere, and then when you finally were at your destination you were soaking wet. im sad its over.. it was ridiculous! haha in the neighborhoods about every three houses people would run out into the street, blowing their whistle stopping you, rubbing white baby powder all over your face and pouring water on you. then out on the streets trucks everywhere throwing water everywhere. i dont think a single thing was dry in the whole town! on our pday we went to the park. they were pumping the water out of the lake and spraying it everywhere. my favorite was when we helped a less active member who was selling at her little stand who we helped wash her dishes in the brown water. i think they were cleaner before being washed!! (mind you a thai lake, not clean america lake. more like utah lake but much worse...) im so grateful for the blessing of being a missionary, there is no way that i could survive this! (but, i actually do think that i have my first worm at the moment . ive been really lucky not to have one yet!)
after only getting a few lessons in during those days, it was nice to get back to work, having lots of people to see, and being able to show up dry to the appts (ha well not soaking, but atleast now it is our sweat) our area is doing really well, we had 5 investigators at church on sunday which is awesome!!!!! we also have a lot of potentials pending that we will hopefully turn into progressing investigaors. our goals for this next week are super high, they are really going to stretch us. im excited! we can do it. we are going to get 7 with a baptismal date, 10 progressing, teach 20 sitting in the house lessons, and 5 new investigators. we are surpassing the mission 'standards of excellence' and i know we can do it with the Lords help!
i just beat the elders in a soft-serve ice cream eating contest. i think im going to die, but it was so worth it beating them:) hah i think the only 'big' accomplishments ever talked about or passed on as missionaries are the records of eating. good thing we bike a lot!
yesterday, about 30 seconds before the second round of church's sacrament meeting started, the branch president came up to me and asked me to speak! scary! during the first few talks i looked up some scriptures and then stood up and gave a talk about faith in thai. i didnt think that i could do something like that, especially in Thai! Heavenly Father really helped me, it was a neat feeling. i wasnt nervous at all, my mind was crisp and things just kept coming to me to say through the Spirit. after many people thanked me and commmented on how good my language was, saying it was probably as good as my english (absolutely exaggerating, but it was nice of them to say) It was one of the first times on my mission that i was able to recognize the gift of tongues. i didnt have to think about translating it, and reading the scriptures in Thai(which is so hard!) came easily and just flowed at that moment. It was a neat experience, and then having so many investigators there just topped it off.
I know i say this often, but i really dont know why i have been so blessed. in udon we have a few town 'bums', one which we call the string lady. all around town she has these piles of string that she has collected. she is even string- her hair is all dreadlocked and her clothing consists of strings draped everywhere. im not sure exactly how she does it, i think she ties a few around her body and then hangs the strings off of those. a few days ago in teh middle of the day we passed her asleep on the ground. the problem is, when you sleep on the ground with strings, the strings dont cover much. she was naked to the world. at first it was a pretty funny sight to see, but then i got really sad. realizing this is a daughter of God who was not nearly as fortunate as i have been. Heavenly Father loves her just as much as me. we are so immensely blessed. we have a lot expected of us because of this!
yesterday we taught the cutest lesson. one of the members just got her 8 yr old daughter back. she has been fighting for her for a few years now, her sister has been raising her because she used to be wild, but the church 180-ed her life. the church is amazing. she has been raised muslim, it is amazing how close our religions are, even in the way we pray. we had three little girls, one 9 (jen- a recent convert as well who lives with her grandma taht we teach every week in their one humble tiny room apt on the ground in the blistering heat with one crickety fan trying to work. i love that little girl), and the other two about 7-8 yrs old help us teach about the godhead and prayer. it was darling! i cant wait to teach her again.
family, i miss you so much. life is really really good right now, but a big piece of me is always missing. i am so thankful for you and that i have such an amazing family to miss. not a better immediate or extended family in the world. i love you! recently ive realized how short of time i have left. im down to 6 months. i remember when jan and ryan only had 6 months left, that was just barely and they are going home soon. i really am going to be home in no time, ive got to make the best of every day! that is good advice for all of us though, no matter what is going on in our lives. as prez monson once said something like, 'time is a steady constant thing and will always pass'. i hope that i can remember this for the rest of my life. to make the best of every part of life, no matter how hard or easy (is life ever easy?). we only have one chance! make the best of it, no one ever has regretted making the most of life...
i love you
love,
ซิสเตอร ยัง
ps..inviting the other day we came across a couple and their little boy's first name was jamesbond. it was wonderful in their thick thai accent. oh, and we also have a skywalker and a giant in one of our branches:)
pps..dad, its been three weeks now that my ankle has been bad and it is still pretty swollen. its driving me crazy cuz i cant run in the mornings. i put it up at night and sometimes ice it when it starts aching. any suggestions?
4.17.2010
jordan 4.12.10
hello
we got transfer news this morning. i am staying in amstedam! and with the same comp. i will be his last companion so that means i will probably stay another 2.
this week was a good week we did service for Jasons mother and found out alot of information about her. she is actually a member. we didnt know that. she is actually super nice. she is ok with jason getting baptized and is ok with it. we are hoping to reactivate her. she has had a wild past. she said she will come back sometime. we are starting to meet with some new people. its going super slow though. nobody want to keep their comitments and come to church. thats the hardest part is getting them to come to church.
my companion and i have created a super good bond with all the young adults in the ward. there are some great young adults. the president has asked us to open a young adult centrum. its where the young adults come together once a week and have a spiritual message and play games. its targeted to bring more young adults into the church and strengthen the ones that we have. they were supposed to get a centrum a while ago but i think pres was waiting for the right moment and elders. we are going to play sports at Vondel park today with all of them. Vondel park is one of my favorite places in A dam . its where the Rijks museum is and the van gogh. plus some more modern museums. plus its got a skate park an basketball courts.
Chan i hear you have been skating lately keep it up! mom the language is about the same. yes i smell weed everywhere. there are coffee shops everywhere. the other day it was freezing and cold and rainy and we walked by a coffee shop and happened to notice a baby stroller parked outside in the cold rain and the mother was conveniantly inside smoking the good stuff while watching her kid through the window. i got a good pic. we dont really see the red light district. we avoid them pretty well. we teach a lady who lives across the street from one though. there are tourists everywhere. its sad you see families walking through the red light district and down some scetchy roads. little kids and all.
Cam, chris keep painting and keep dreaming you will beat me in a pull up comp. well ill see you later.
tot maandag. 3p
we got transfer news this morning. i am staying in amstedam! and with the same comp. i will be his last companion so that means i will probably stay another 2.
this week was a good week we did service for Jasons mother and found out alot of information about her. she is actually a member. we didnt know that. she is actually super nice. she is ok with jason getting baptized and is ok with it. we are hoping to reactivate her. she has had a wild past. she said she will come back sometime. we are starting to meet with some new people. its going super slow though. nobody want to keep their comitments and come to church. thats the hardest part is getting them to come to church.
my companion and i have created a super good bond with all the young adults in the ward. there are some great young adults. the president has asked us to open a young adult centrum. its where the young adults come together once a week and have a spiritual message and play games. its targeted to bring more young adults into the church and strengthen the ones that we have. they were supposed to get a centrum a while ago but i think pres was waiting for the right moment and elders. we are going to play sports at Vondel park today with all of them. Vondel park is one of my favorite places in A dam . its where the Rijks museum is and the van gogh. plus some more modern museums. plus its got a skate park an basketball courts.
Chan i hear you have been skating lately keep it up! mom the language is about the same. yes i smell weed everywhere. there are coffee shops everywhere. the other day it was freezing and cold and rainy and we walked by a coffee shop and happened to notice a baby stroller parked outside in the cold rain and the mother was conveniantly inside smoking the good stuff while watching her kid through the window. i got a good pic. we dont really see the red light district. we avoid them pretty well. we teach a lady who lives across the street from one though. there are tourists everywhere. its sad you see families walking through the red light district and down some scetchy roads. little kids and all.
Cam, chris keep painting and keep dreaming you will beat me in a pull up comp. well ill see you later.
tot maandag. 3p
taryn 4.13.10
Hey family!
sorry the letter is a day late, our was changed to tues this week because of songkran. hah we got a call early this morning telling us that all missionaries had to email first thing this morning because parents had been calling the office worried about their missionaries. i guess the redshirt thing is starting to get out of hand in bangkok and lots of people have died!
holy cow songkran is the most crazy holiday ive ever seen! the official days start today until thurs, but i had people throwing water on me on sunday. it is the new year for thailand, the holiday started out by sprinkling water on people to bless them, but it has evolved into a nationwide waterfight. yesterday branch 2 had their activity. it started with us kneelng down, pouring cold, scented water in the hands of the old people, and then them putting the water on our heads and back and blessing us, and putting white paste on our faces. after that the war broke out and it was just a big water fight for every age, no one was safe, pouring huge buckets of ice water even on the ancient and the little kids! lots of ice cream, hot soup(thais are a little confused about the concept of eating soup when its cold..) and mangos and sticky rice. after that we tried to go out and proselyte, no use. everyone on the streets and in the back of trucks throwing water. at zone conference president said that this week is always a huge drop in the numbers, he started laughing at trying to explain it to the brethren. he told us to try, but said we will be using a lot of study time this week, especially at night when all the alcohol comes out. its going to be an adventure of a week!
general conference was amazing!!! every speaker was so inspired. i was sad when it was over, though i already have it on my ipod and have been listening to it. the priesthood session is awesome, i think that all missionaries should be able to go. elder rasbands talk was so cool. im excited to get the talks and be able to really study them. a lot of it was amazing parenting advice, mom and dad i couldnt stop thinking about you and how incredible you are at being parents. thank you for raising me the way you did/still are, i dont know why i was so blessed. i love you so much.
the branch president of branch 2 went to utah, what a blessing! mom and dad, they were sad that your werent able to make it over.. they have been talking about utah, byu, and temple square non stop. they got so motivated and and even more determined now to help the church grow. it is so funny to hear him explain things like food at caferio, the churches everywhere, the y, boys going around to collect fast offerings, welfare square, the houses, the programs handed out before sacrament meeting, and the ym/yw mutual activities every week. life is just so different here. he got to see how the church is run in the states and what we can do to improve. every member should have the opportunity to see utah atleast once. i am so blessed to have been able to grow up there, where so many around the world just dream of getting to visit. i didnt know utah, byu, and temple square was so exciting until i came to thailand..
we went to roi-et for switch offs. it was really fun and good to learn from other missionaries (both from thailand). it is a little smaller city than udon, with a HUGE buddha statue in the middle of the city that rises above all the buildings. i got to meet more amazing people, seeing the love of Christ working miracles. the only bummer part of the trip was the bus rides, 7 1//2 hours on a packed, stinky, humid, hot, rickety bus! bless american transportation systems! though it is always a fun adventure/story for later...
we set 2 more baptismal goals last week! we have 5 right now!!!! i really hope and pray for each of these investigators, that each one will keep growing their testimonies and get the opportunity of becoming a member and enjoy the blessings of the true church. its a hard thing sometimes coaching from the sideline, watching satan, my investigator, the Hold Ghost, and the Lord on the field, only being able to offer my testimony and the knowledge, leaving it up to the Spirit and their agency. how amazing it is when you can see the light in their eyes grow and their lives change when they start letting Christ into their lives.
well, its time to write president our weekly email (the new thing taht they just started, no more hand written presidents letters). i love and miss you all so much! thank you for your love and for always being there for me. thank you for your examples. thank you for your support. catch you next monday
love, sister young
sorry the letter is a day late, our was changed to tues this week because of songkran. hah we got a call early this morning telling us that all missionaries had to email first thing this morning because parents had been calling the office worried about their missionaries. i guess the redshirt thing is starting to get out of hand in bangkok and lots of people have died!
holy cow songkran is the most crazy holiday ive ever seen! the official days start today until thurs, but i had people throwing water on me on sunday. it is the new year for thailand, the holiday started out by sprinkling water on people to bless them, but it has evolved into a nationwide waterfight. yesterday branch 2 had their activity. it started with us kneelng down, pouring cold, scented water in the hands of the old people, and then them putting the water on our heads and back and blessing us, and putting white paste on our faces. after that the war broke out and it was just a big water fight for every age, no one was safe, pouring huge buckets of ice water even on the ancient and the little kids! lots of ice cream, hot soup(thais are a little confused about the concept of eating soup when its cold..) and mangos and sticky rice. after that we tried to go out and proselyte, no use. everyone on the streets and in the back of trucks throwing water. at zone conference president said that this week is always a huge drop in the numbers, he started laughing at trying to explain it to the brethren. he told us to try, but said we will be using a lot of study time this week, especially at night when all the alcohol comes out. its going to be an adventure of a week!
general conference was amazing!!! every speaker was so inspired. i was sad when it was over, though i already have it on my ipod and have been listening to it. the priesthood session is awesome, i think that all missionaries should be able to go. elder rasbands talk was so cool. im excited to get the talks and be able to really study them. a lot of it was amazing parenting advice, mom and dad i couldnt stop thinking about you and how incredible you are at being parents. thank you for raising me the way you did/still are, i dont know why i was so blessed. i love you so much.
the branch president of branch 2 went to utah, what a blessing! mom and dad, they were sad that your werent able to make it over.. they have been talking about utah, byu, and temple square non stop. they got so motivated and and even more determined now to help the church grow. it is so funny to hear him explain things like food at caferio, the churches everywhere, the y, boys going around to collect fast offerings, welfare square, the houses, the programs handed out before sacrament meeting, and the ym/yw mutual activities every week. life is just so different here. he got to see how the church is run in the states and what we can do to improve. every member should have the opportunity to see utah atleast once. i am so blessed to have been able to grow up there, where so many around the world just dream of getting to visit. i didnt know utah, byu, and temple square was so exciting until i came to thailand..
we went to roi-et for switch offs. it was really fun and good to learn from other missionaries (both from thailand). it is a little smaller city than udon, with a HUGE buddha statue in the middle of the city that rises above all the buildings. i got to meet more amazing people, seeing the love of Christ working miracles. the only bummer part of the trip was the bus rides, 7 1//2 hours on a packed, stinky, humid, hot, rickety bus! bless american transportation systems! though it is always a fun adventure/story for later...
we set 2 more baptismal goals last week! we have 5 right now!!!! i really hope and pray for each of these investigators, that each one will keep growing their testimonies and get the opportunity of becoming a member and enjoy the blessings of the true church. its a hard thing sometimes coaching from the sideline, watching satan, my investigator, the Hold Ghost, and the Lord on the field, only being able to offer my testimony and the knowledge, leaving it up to the Spirit and their agency. how amazing it is when you can see the light in their eyes grow and their lives change when they start letting Christ into their lives.
well, its time to write president our weekly email (the new thing taht they just started, no more hand written presidents letters). i love and miss you all so much! thank you for your love and for always being there for me. thank you for your examples. thank you for your support. catch you next monday
love, sister young
morgan 4.12.10
okay so transfers is today. i am in montpellier waiting for my new companion who is coming from bordeaux. I am staying in Nimes but with a new comp. it will be good for me to be able to show him around the ville and so i need to take charge a little bit for the next couple weeks. I still havent met him yet but i guess we will see in a couple more hours. there are always strikes with the trains here so transfers is always crazy. but it is good because now i can e mail again tomorrow or later tonight. so if you read this try to respond so i have some emails to respond to tomorrow.
so this last week we got a call at like 10 pm and it was bridgitte crying. it finally hit her that one of us is going to leave. it was sad. but yesterday she took it well.
Yesterday we finally got a baptismal date with Mme Laurent, after fasting almost everyday last week. it was so funny because we went there and just taught the law of chastity and she said "wait so it is bad to sleep with someone before marriage" and we said yes, then she said "well i better be baptized then", at first we thought it was a joke but then she said the date. we asked her again just to make sure it is what she wants and she confirmed that may 22 is when she wants to be baptized. oh it was so cool because it definately was not us fixing that date. may 22 is the last day before next transfer to. so that was kinda nice how it worked out.
well this week we went over to some crazy dude who we contacted last week to give him a lesson and he made dinner. he first asks us if we want wine, we said no. then he slaps down a whole lot of something on my plate. I wasnt sure what and i didnt wanna ask. but then he started explaining. turns out that i was eating little baby squid, whole! like you could see the little head and the body and the tenticles and all. haha then there was just a lot of sea food. like muscles and all that stuff. it is called " la fruit du mer" haha fruit of the sea. yum. it wasnt bad, just really rubbery.
well thats all i got for today. i will write you tomorrow.
i love you all!!
Morgan
so this last week we got a call at like 10 pm and it was bridgitte crying. it finally hit her that one of us is going to leave. it was sad. but yesterday she took it well.
Yesterday we finally got a baptismal date with Mme Laurent, after fasting almost everyday last week. it was so funny because we went there and just taught the law of chastity and she said "wait so it is bad to sleep with someone before marriage" and we said yes, then she said "well i better be baptized then", at first we thought it was a joke but then she said the date. we asked her again just to make sure it is what she wants and she confirmed that may 22 is when she wants to be baptized. oh it was so cool because it definately was not us fixing that date. may 22 is the last day before next transfer to. so that was kinda nice how it worked out.
well this week we went over to some crazy dude who we contacted last week to give him a lesson and he made dinner. he first asks us if we want wine, we said no. then he slaps down a whole lot of something on my plate. I wasnt sure what and i didnt wanna ask. but then he started explaining. turns out that i was eating little baby squid, whole! like you could see the little head and the body and the tenticles and all. haha then there was just a lot of sea food. like muscles and all that stuff. it is called " la fruit du mer" haha fruit of the sea. yum. it wasnt bad, just really rubbery.
well thats all i got for today. i will write you tomorrow.
i love you all!!
Morgan
taryn 4.5.10
hello family!
well i really didnt think that the earth could get hotter, but Thailand is proving me wrong! i have never felt such heat in my life, hah this is nothing compared to the heat i was in during the "cool" season. It feels like when you stand in front of a fire and your skin starts getting really hot, but anywhere you move, your skin is still sizzling, the fire just follows, and then the wind is like a heater added on top of it, blowing hot air constantly! ha i get home to study in the afternoon and my clothes are drenched. i didnt know that my body could down so much water, we are drinking all day! last night we got home and our bedroom was 105, not including humidity. in there was cooler than outside.
Zone conference was wonderful. its so nice to get with others, knowing we're all in this together. its always a good spiritual and motivational boost. our focus was "my purpose" i was reminded how great this work is, that we really are doing the work of the Lord. Sometimes it is so easy to just focus on the numbers and all the stress, you forget to step back, take a breath, and realize that you are working alongside Christ, that it is all really in His hands, we are just his instruments.
last week we went to a restaurant with a thai man singing. oh i wish you could have seen it! he saw us walk in and started trying to sing american songs, like john denver and james taylor, but with a thick thai accent. it was priceless, i was just shaking in my chair. i love these people.
Most of our investigators are progressing right now. we are still working hard helping them realize the importance of our message, trying our hardest to work with and follow the Spirit.
yesterday drained me! the first branch was awesome, though hot. our investigators and LAs showed, we actually had 80 people at church! right after that branch ended we took the half motorcycle-buggy (saamlaw) to pick up an investigator and then hurried back to the second round of church, leaving puddles of sweat at our feet in the saamlaw. the second round didnt go so well. that branch is stuggling so badly, it is really stressing me out! i dont know what else to do to help it. we had 40 people come, mostly old grandmas. right after church we taught Ah a chastity lesson, booked it out to another LA's across town, and then hurried back to A-pun's (apple-our new investigator who lives in the way high-so house.) we taught the restoration, which is always powerful. she is awesome-im really excited about her! by the end, my brain and body we done. it took everything i had to pedal home. it was a little after 8 by the time we got home, the longest i have ever gone without eating a single thing all day! hah we were supposed to break our fasts earlier, but never had any time! we tried coloring easter eggs- we didnt evern realize it was easter until night when we remembered my companion's package- we did a few with the elders, which i can hardly remember because i was so tired, and then headed to bed. i woke up this morning still so exhausted, i think my body is extremely dehydrated!
How was conference? im excited to watch it this weekend! im going to try and get it downloaded onto my ipod in english:) crazy, ill be coming home soon after next conference!
my body is showing the signs of having served for a while now. my feet/andkes have wierd calluses on the sides like the rest of the Thais from sitting on the ground so much. my hands have calluses from the bike, my knees from kneeling so much. my tan line on my feet, arms, and wrist from my watch is getting even darker. the best part though is that my mind and spirit are stronger than ever. This has been the most dificult 10 months of my life, but i have been stretched and grown more than i ever thought i could! im so grateful for this experience.
ive seen lots of elephants walking the streets lately, hah almost hit one the other day. theyre never free and roaming, always have someone walking them, but still crazy every time i see one. they are so big!!!
paigey, yes i need one of your paintings!!!
well its that time again.
the church is true. it really is. i love the scriptures and prayer is the way that i get through every week, day, and hour. i am so grateful to Christ for his sacrifice so that we can all be perfected through him and live together as families forever!
i love you all so much!
miss you
love, ซิสเฅอร ยัง
well i really didnt think that the earth could get hotter, but Thailand is proving me wrong! i have never felt such heat in my life, hah this is nothing compared to the heat i was in during the "cool" season. It feels like when you stand in front of a fire and your skin starts getting really hot, but anywhere you move, your skin is still sizzling, the fire just follows, and then the wind is like a heater added on top of it, blowing hot air constantly! ha i get home to study in the afternoon and my clothes are drenched. i didnt know that my body could down so much water, we are drinking all day! last night we got home and our bedroom was 105, not including humidity. in there was cooler than outside.
Zone conference was wonderful. its so nice to get with others, knowing we're all in this together. its always a good spiritual and motivational boost. our focus was "my purpose" i was reminded how great this work is, that we really are doing the work of the Lord. Sometimes it is so easy to just focus on the numbers and all the stress, you forget to step back, take a breath, and realize that you are working alongside Christ, that it is all really in His hands, we are just his instruments.
last week we went to a restaurant with a thai man singing. oh i wish you could have seen it! he saw us walk in and started trying to sing american songs, like john denver and james taylor, but with a thick thai accent. it was priceless, i was just shaking in my chair. i love these people.
Most of our investigators are progressing right now. we are still working hard helping them realize the importance of our message, trying our hardest to work with and follow the Spirit.
yesterday drained me! the first branch was awesome, though hot. our investigators and LAs showed, we actually had 80 people at church! right after that branch ended we took the half motorcycle-buggy (saamlaw) to pick up an investigator and then hurried back to the second round of church, leaving puddles of sweat at our feet in the saamlaw. the second round didnt go so well. that branch is stuggling so badly, it is really stressing me out! i dont know what else to do to help it. we had 40 people come, mostly old grandmas. right after church we taught Ah a chastity lesson, booked it out to another LA's across town, and then hurried back to A-pun's (apple-our new investigator who lives in the way high-so house.) we taught the restoration, which is always powerful. she is awesome-im really excited about her! by the end, my brain and body we done. it took everything i had to pedal home. it was a little after 8 by the time we got home, the longest i have ever gone without eating a single thing all day! hah we were supposed to break our fasts earlier, but never had any time! we tried coloring easter eggs- we didnt evern realize it was easter until night when we remembered my companion's package- we did a few with the elders, which i can hardly remember because i was so tired, and then headed to bed. i woke up this morning still so exhausted, i think my body is extremely dehydrated!
How was conference? im excited to watch it this weekend! im going to try and get it downloaded onto my ipod in english:) crazy, ill be coming home soon after next conference!
my body is showing the signs of having served for a while now. my feet/andkes have wierd calluses on the sides like the rest of the Thais from sitting on the ground so much. my hands have calluses from the bike, my knees from kneeling so much. my tan line on my feet, arms, and wrist from my watch is getting even darker. the best part though is that my mind and spirit are stronger than ever. This has been the most dificult 10 months of my life, but i have been stretched and grown more than i ever thought i could! im so grateful for this experience.
ive seen lots of elephants walking the streets lately, hah almost hit one the other day. theyre never free and roaming, always have someone walking them, but still crazy every time i see one. they are so big!!!
paigey, yes i need one of your paintings!!!
well its that time again.
the church is true. it really is. i love the scriptures and prayer is the way that i get through every week, day, and hour. i am so grateful to Christ for his sacrifice so that we can all be perfected through him and live together as families forever!
i love you all so much!
miss you
love, ซิสเฅอร ยัง
morgan 4.5.10
okay i dont know what i just pushed but my letter just sent. but what i was saying... sox 9 yanks 7 that must have been a sweet game to watch!! you better be saving that game on tivo till i get home!! CC vs becket!! sweet! i cant believe i missed it!!
and to think i was just busy preaching the gospel and watching a prophet of the lords mouth move while some other dude translates it into french. lame!!! haha okay it was actually really good! i am just bummed there was no english or they couldnt get it to work. but i understood most of it. so good!! priesthood was amazing and pres hollands talk on pornography was sweet!! we as missionaries definately needed that.
well still no date for Mme Laurent. she said she doesnt feel ready quite yet. we have tried everything so now we just gotta keep teaching her and pray hard. she is so ready!!! it is amazing how many people there are in the world who have no idea that we have a prophet on the earth today. we are so blessed in Utah to grow up with the gospel! the church is so small here everyone thinks we are a sect just because we walk around in suits. but little do they know that we have a message that will change their lives.
so this week we were talking to some dude on the bus. he knew of our church through généalogie and wants us to come to his house next wednesday to talk about it. he was talking to us in some pretty broken english for some reason haha i think he just wanted to practice and was telling us how stupid we are in the states and how little we know. haha he was saying "here in france we study languages and history and things like that unlike you in america" haha wow. i wanted to talk some math or science with him and see what he knew. haha but yeah we are going over to his house wednesday to talk to him about généalogie and eat. but we will slip a little 1st lesson in there. haha.
well this is the last week of the transfer. crazy! i doubt i will go anywhere but i definately could. but yeah if you get a late email dont be suprised. i took those pants and my gray slacks in to get altered. its like 12€ each so not bad at all.
well hopefully next week Mme Laurent will have a baptismal date. mom i just sent a package home with some stuff for brig sage and sadie and skye in it. also my recorder and memory card. mom let me know when you are going to send packages so i can tell you what i need cause i dont want you to just keep sending packages for each seperate thing i need. its expensive!! but on the list of things is the conference talks once you get the ensign!!
dad that is cool that you went to montpellier for zone conference!! haha crazy!! well i love you all! peace!
Morgan
and to think i was just busy preaching the gospel and watching a prophet of the lords mouth move while some other dude translates it into french. lame!!! haha okay it was actually really good! i am just bummed there was no english or they couldnt get it to work. but i understood most of it. so good!! priesthood was amazing and pres hollands talk on pornography was sweet!! we as missionaries definately needed that.
well still no date for Mme Laurent. she said she doesnt feel ready quite yet. we have tried everything so now we just gotta keep teaching her and pray hard. she is so ready!!! it is amazing how many people there are in the world who have no idea that we have a prophet on the earth today. we are so blessed in Utah to grow up with the gospel! the church is so small here everyone thinks we are a sect just because we walk around in suits. but little do they know that we have a message that will change their lives.
so this week we were talking to some dude on the bus. he knew of our church through généalogie and wants us to come to his house next wednesday to talk about it. he was talking to us in some pretty broken english for some reason haha i think he just wanted to practice and was telling us how stupid we are in the states and how little we know. haha he was saying "here in france we study languages and history and things like that unlike you in america" haha wow. i wanted to talk some math or science with him and see what he knew. haha but yeah we are going over to his house wednesday to talk to him about généalogie and eat. but we will slip a little 1st lesson in there. haha.
well this is the last week of the transfer. crazy! i doubt i will go anywhere but i definately could. but yeah if you get a late email dont be suprised. i took those pants and my gray slacks in to get altered. its like 12€ each so not bad at all.
well hopefully next week Mme Laurent will have a baptismal date. mom i just sent a package home with some stuff for brig sage and sadie and skye in it. also my recorder and memory card. mom let me know when you are going to send packages so i can tell you what i need cause i dont want you to just keep sending packages for each seperate thing i need. its expensive!! but on the list of things is the conference talks once you get the ensign!!
dad that is cool that you went to montpellier for zone conference!! haha crazy!! well i love you all! peace!
Morgan
jordan 4.5.10
well its been another week in amsterdam.
general conference was really good. elder holland and bednar always give amazing talks.
this week the whole mission was planning on going to see all the flowers in keoukenhof on wed but they havent come up yet so it will be next transfer. flowers are coming up all over the city. its relly pretty
thank you for all the emails its always nice to get emails. this week was harder than other weeks. the work started to slow a little. it feeels like you are stuck sometimes. that is the time you just have to keep pushing through.
Jason is still doing good. its been hard to get him to church lately. he wants to but he always needs a ride. Eva one of the moms that we have been teaching was sick this week. but another mom by the name of gifty we have an appointment with tommorow. she is super posotive. im excited to see what happens.
it sound like Morgan and Taryn are dominating. keep up the good work.
chan how was cali? so more snow in utah huh? man. its been raining on and off for the past week here. dad how was the birthday? ok well i aint got much till next week. be looking out for some letters. mom can you send me an email with everybodies address? all my bros and sisters and others chad spiers, dustin and so on k thanks love you all elder robert
general conference was really good. elder holland and bednar always give amazing talks.
this week the whole mission was planning on going to see all the flowers in keoukenhof on wed but they havent come up yet so it will be next transfer. flowers are coming up all over the city. its relly pretty
thank you for all the emails its always nice to get emails. this week was harder than other weeks. the work started to slow a little. it feeels like you are stuck sometimes. that is the time you just have to keep pushing through.
Jason is still doing good. its been hard to get him to church lately. he wants to but he always needs a ride. Eva one of the moms that we have been teaching was sick this week. but another mom by the name of gifty we have an appointment with tommorow. she is super posotive. im excited to see what happens.
it sound like Morgan and Taryn are dominating. keep up the good work.
chan how was cali? so more snow in utah huh? man. its been raining on and off for the past week here. dad how was the birthday? ok well i aint got much till next week. be looking out for some letters. mom can you send me an email with everybodies address? all my bros and sisters and others chad spiers, dustin and so on k thanks love you all elder robert
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