taryn 8.9.10

Oh man what a week!
we still havent had time to long plan, which is supposed to be done on thursdays. we have been teaching, biking, and teaching again. Heavenly Father is blessing us SO MUCH! I usually try to talk to everyone that i can, but it has gotten to the point that i dont know if i can handle any more potentials and more people to worry about, we are having a hard time keeping track of and calling the ones that we already have. i dont know why heavely father is blessing us so much and is trusting us with so many of his children. weve had to study at the church a few days last week because we had appts in the morning and didnt have time to go home and study. we had 8 people at church yesterday, it was insane! my comp cant do much so it was really stressful trying to get members to friendship them and getting them herded from place to place. im getting so tired! it is hard because i do most of the teaching and calling and just about everything, im trying to help her do more. i need to be better at that. i think im doing too much for her and not giving her enough room to grow. she is an incredibly hard worker and determined to succeed in this work, i couldnt ask to train a better person. we are good friends, a lot alike. im sad she wont be home for a long time! speaking of home, mom you asked about my homecoming, probaby the later date, give me some time to think and relax a little. i cant believe it is coming to that! we had zone conference and interviews last week, my last ones! they just changed it to quarterly conferences. ill be home for the next one. my interview was about how i was going home soon and how to keep up the hard work until the end and leave a legacy behind. he said then from that time on, you can expect that everyone that follows behind you will do the same thing. i hope so. i and so so many others want strong wards, not weak branches, and a temple here! with all the changes that president smith is making, the work has really picked up. what a day it will be when these amazing members here get a temple. we are so lucky to live by many temples. i miss them. i cant wait to enter into the Lords house again.
its been raining a lot lately, its been nice, but ive been freezing! we saw a byu student and his dad eating in a "restaurant" and they were saying how hot they were. funny thing is i was perfect, if not on the colder side that morning. my body has become thai.
we have some awesome investigators that are showing good potential. we have dropped a few (sometimes a very awkward experience) but are gaining more of those that have hopefully been prepared by the hand of the Lord. last week after dropping an investigator i had the best feeling that Heavenly Father would be watching over her and her time would come in the future.
wednesday was a fun day, we ended up getting 10 new investigators! we were all over the place, my favorite was at night when we went over to giants house. he is such a cute old man. we taught him outside his tiny wooden shack that is filled- inside and out- with stuff. right as it was ending a huge storm rolled in. he gave us ponchos so that we wouldnt get sick (they believe that if your head gets wet from rain you will get sick. when it starts raining, most people fun for cover, wear ponchos, or at least have a plastic bag on their head. its really funny... ) we got the giggles so bad as he was making us put these huge ponchos on and then tying the little string around our faces so tight that we could hardly see. i love thai people. absolutely love them. then we rode home in the downpour. hardly able to see, roads all flooded. so fun.
a few of our investigators are really making headway, they have such incredible questions and comments. one of those is kham, the one from burma. last week she told us about the feeling that she had as they were passing the sacrament, an intense feeling of grattitude and also pain in her heart for what Christ had to suffer for us. I would love to set a baptismal date with her, but im waiting for her to ask because were not sure what to do. she will go back to burma soon to an area without the church. lots of prayers and patience to see what the Lords plan is.
we teach a recent convert nong mai every week. such a cute girl. she is so sweet, a little slow, but one of my favorite people in the world. she is 19, lives in a tiny one room appt by herself, doesnt have much family and they dont do anything for her. she works hard all day everyday and gets pretty much nothing from it. we met her at the church last week, anytime we meet there she asks me to play the piano for her. she loves it, she thinks its amazing. i taught her the beginning of jingle bells (one of her favorite songs) and then we had to go. the next day we were studying at the church and all the sudden i heard jingle bells coming through the wall, over and over. she was in there practicing. it made me smile so big. i am so so so excited to see the family, but it is going to be hard leaving these people.
times up. back to reading:) my companion and i started today, were trying to read the bom in 1 week, well see how it goes! we started it this morning after running (yes, i finally have a companion who will run with me!!!!) stepping over dead birds, snakes, and frogs..
i love you so much! i miss you! cant wait to see you
love, sister young