taryn 4.26.10

Sin dxan laaw! iik may naan ca klap baan!
Hello!
Joe: Talking Queen With Dancing Twin Children= courtney:)
what a good week. it was nice to work extra hard after the crazy week before. The area is doing so good right now! we are rocking it! we were supposed to have a baptism yesterday, but Am's mom didnt give her permission until sat night when the relief society president called and talked to her mom. she is 18, but it thailand the legal age is 20. i think her baptism will be in two weeks. the the week after (cades birthday!) we have two scheduled:) its nice to see the blessings coming now from working so hard for the past 3 months. going from having 1 baptismal dater and 2 progressing investigators to now 6 with a bap goal, 9 progressing, and also many of our LAs came to church yesterday that we have been working with for quite a while!
this week is moves (transfers)! the past moves went by pretty quickly. an elder from my district is finishing his mission this week, it is the first time i havent envied someone going home, having to say goodbye to everyone and to thailand. some of the members took us out to a nice Vietnamese restaurant today for his last day. (we eat a lot of vietnam food in udon) i felt bad for him. it is so exciting, but at the same time so sad. i feel good about having 4 more transfers right now, but know that it is going to be here too soon. im getting a new companion!!! :) im really really hoping for sister christiansen who is from orem! there is a good chance she could be coming. it would be a dream! that means this i get the thai train ride adventure again this week, only this time two nights in a row! its been a long time (3 months) to be out in the boonies without any contact with sisters or many other missionaries. i cant wait to see everyone! also, we are finally getting one sister in this moves, we havent gotten any sisters since the group that entered right after me! we are getting so small in numbers, though we are having quite a few come this summer. man, i cant believe summer is almost here! (which means the incredibly hot season is almost over here, then it will just be hot:) ) it finally rained a few times this week. i love the rain. im excited for rainy season again!
we were teaching our golden investigator Guy (chicken) the other day, she really is so amazing, it makes me nervous that something is going to happen! she turned on the movie"Up" for her little boy in Thai to entertain him while we taught or else he is all over the place. that was the last movie that we went and saw as a family, the family night before i left. hah it was so hard to pay attention! i cant wait to get back and watch it again, i think i might buy it here in Thai.
in the middle of district development meeting last week i looked out the window and saw a crazy guy putting his face up to the window of the church. then a minute later he came into the church and into the room that we were in asking for money. we told him that we couldnt give him anything, thinking he would leave, but instead he just stood there staring at us. we tried to carry on with our meeting and then he sat on the ground for the majority of the meeting. it was super awkward we tried to carry on without busting up laughing. another day that showed me how grateful i need to be for all that i have. finally at the end the elders talked to him and convinced him to leave.
on Friday we taught the investigator that showed up drunk to her interview- A. she wasnt progressing at all. we talked about prayer. then later that night she called and said "God really does answer prayers if we have faith! i prayed after you left to get a better job and then today i got offered a very good job. it was a miracle! i am going to read and pray much more now. im determined." this was a huge step for her, i was so excited! she didnt show up to church on sunday which is a bummer, but at least she is slowly getting there. i just want her little girl to grow up in the church, her life will be so different. it will happen!
mom and dad, you sent my DEBIT card right? haha mom, not my camera card:) though i am appreciative of it, ive almost filled it all up. i am down to nothing. ive never been so poor in my life! as soon as i get some money ill send you a few cds from the past while, and might end up sending a big package if i move next transfer, which is likely because i think whoever comes here will train in june. my big suitcase is completely full already of just souvenirs. i dont know how im going to move my stuff! mom and dad, youd better be bringing some empty suitcases:) oh, did you end up getting tickets? whats the story with that?
sorry not too exciting of a letter, sometimes its hard to know what to write. i love you so much! ill be talking to you soon:) its already almost mothers day! miss you
love, sister young
ps andie brooke! you are HORRIBLE at writing! write me girl! now you dont have an excuse, you are out of school:)