taryn 9.27.10

Hi!
well, I cant believe that september is over. crazy.
the area is still doing so well, we're trying to place Heavenly Father at the head of everything we do. it can be hard sometimes, we as humans rely so much on ourselves. i think if we could remember to turn to Chrst and our loving Heavenly Father more, life would be so much better. the spirit would be incorperated into our lives. its a constant, lifelong struggle. haha maybe by the end ill have it figured out.
As we were leaving the church the other night there was an elephant on the lawn! our church has a big nice grassy area and trees, the 2 men decided to let their elephant have a break from the city on our lawn. only in thailand. im gonna miss this place.
We have a baptismal interview scheduled this week with pong and noi, a couple in their 50s weve been teaching for a few months now. missionary work in thailand is amazing, but much slower that most of the world. its such a different thing, it takes awhile. hopefully in the next couple of months they will be having a ton of baptisms! pong and noi will hopefully be getting baptized next week, the 10th:) they are awesome, they have started to sell things on different days so that they can go to church. they both drank a lot of coffee and 2 weeks ago we taught them the word of wisdom (we gave her a box of hot chocolate, her friend from taiwan gave her some and she loved it-hard to find here..). they both stopped that day, had horrible headaches the last time we saw them, but then by thursday it was gone, ma noi says because Heavenly Father helped them. These people are full of faith.
khaawfaang, the girl that is waiting a few months to get baptized because her aunt has to work a few things out first, has so much faith. she is 9 years old. her primary teacher told me that she told her she was at the zoo the other day and a little boy got lost. she prayed and then she was the one that found him.
saturday we taught another family, naam and dechaa. at the beginning of the lesson they were hesitant to go to church- they sell on the side of the street all day every day. at the end of the lesson naam, the mom said "if we work 6 days and give 1 to the Lord we will be blessed." the spirit works miracles. then she, her husband and 2 daughters showed up to church in their cute karian hill tribe dresses. during relief society as people were sharing stories, she started bawling so loudly. when she finally got control of herself she stood up and shared how much having us go over has helped their family and how they are going to give up sundays working. she loved church. missionary work is wonderful, getting to take a small part in these miracles wrought by the Lord everyday.
i read a talk last week, it fit perfectly with you dad. you mentioned how you took your 10 yr boards last week. the talk was from e cook about his brother who has taken the boards 6xs, (hes old) and how every 10 years the questions are the same, but the answers are different. it helped me realize how much the world changes, and how we have to constantly learn, study, and prepare ourselves our whole life. never finish learning, never finish growing.
I love you so much. stay safe. CTR and stay happy!
love, sister young