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| On the สองแถว back from Phibun |
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| Found at the local park |
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| A cool wat in Phibun |
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| Sitting on a slide |
Hey everybody!
I hope you all had a pretty fresh week.
This week was way good! We knew that we were
going to have zone conference this week on Thursday and Friday in Roi Et, so we
decided to get some work done in Phibunmangsahan on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
We had amazing miracles when we went there. On
Tuesday, we left our house in Ubon at about 6:50 AM with four Books of Mormon.
We gave a Book of Mormon out on the way over to Phibun and talked to a really
nice lady on the สองแถว that we took to get there.
We arrived at about 8:15 and got to work. We started riding around, trying to
find a less active member, and on the way met two other people. One of them was
a traditional Buddhist guru who was interested in learning, so we gave him a
Book of Mormon after sitting down with him and teaching a bit. We then found the
less active member’s house, but she had apparently moved to Bangkok. We did
meet with her sister who was interested, though. We sat down and taught her
some more. We then continued on in a neighborhood a little bit outside of
Phibun where we met two sisters: J and D. They were sitting outside of their
house and called us over. We sat down and talked with them and gave them a Book
of Mormon. They were wayyyy amazing. On our way back to Ubon, we stopped by a
smoothie place and talked with a worker there. He showed some interest, so we
gave him our last Book of Mormon that we brought. It was a really good
day.
On the next day we went back and followed up
with those that we met before. We also went to the house of J and D, and ate
and taught them. We were probably at their house for about 2 1/2 hours, because
throughout the time there, many of the 10 siblings stopped in and decided to
listen as well. That whole family is so amazing. J has also already tried
sharing the gospel with one of her close friends. and she wants to learn too.
On our way back, we were called over by another person outside of their house
and she wanted to learn too. So we gave them a Book of Mormon and taught her a
little bit.
Next we had zone conference! Zone conference was
really good this month! We had training on our desires and expectations. It was
so good! President Johnson shared a quote by Dallin H. Oaks that I really
love.
"Desires dictate our priorities, priorities
shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. The desires we act on
determine our changing, our achieving, and our becoming."
Whenever we don't know if we are doing the
things we should be or being who we want to be, we have to remember where all
of that starts from. When we want to change anything about ourselves we need to
start with our desires, because everything we do - all that we think, say,
prioritize, wish for - starts from our desires.
Another cool thing that happened this week!
President Johnson gave us the okay to start working more in Phibun and try to prepare
them for a group over there. I'm so excited for that, because the people of
Phibun have never really had an opportunity to hear about the gospel or see its
blessings in their lives! I can't wait to help the people over there come
closer to their Heavenly Father and their Savior.
I'm so thankful for all of the blessings that
I've seen this week! As well as for the blessing of being able to serve the
Lord.
Have an awesome week! I love and miss you all!
Elder Ridd
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Zone Conference in Roi Et
Photo credit: Sister Terri Johnson |
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Elder Ridd and Elder Larson
Photo credit: Sister Terri Johnson |
