What's up?!
Questions: Sorry I didn't answer your question mom, I just need contacts.
I can get solution here. As for turkey, probably not. I don't know if Thai
people know what a turkey is...let alone eat them. Maybe we'll splurge and go
to pizza company. Pepperoni is close to turkey right? The language is coming
ok. I can understand most of what people say, unless they are speaking a lot of
Isaan or just straight Lao then I'm done for. People seem to understand me too
so that's pretty good. I'm definitely not pro, I still make mistakes when I
speak or mess up some words. But for the most part, the language is going
pretty well.
This week was pretty good. We had a mission tour meeting in Udornthani,
and then district conference right after. Elder Watson of the Seventy and Asia
area presidency came. He is pretty funny. But I learned a lot about how
important the Book of Mormon is in missionary work. I haven't been using it to
the fullest in my teaching. The Book of Mormon isn't meant to be something we
can use to spice up a lesson or as an optional side dish. The Book of Mormon
has the fullness of the Restored Gospel, so it needs to be the main course of my
teaching. They emphasized a sentence in Preach My Gospel that says the Book of
Mormon with the Spirit is our greatest tool in conversion. If we read the Book
of Mormon accompanied by the Spirit with Investigators, they will have to fight
to stay out of the font. The Book of Mormon is marvelous.
Oh no moment: E. Barfuss got back from the mission tour meeting Saturday
night. The investigator we had planned to meet wasn't free. Backup plan:
Soapbox. We went to a market not far from our house with the intent of
soapboxing. Looking back I realize we didn't think this plan all the way
through...yikes. But we get there and scope the place out looking for a good
spot to post up and preach the gospel. We couldn't find a good one. We decided
we'd bring something along to stand on next time (aka a box) and just talk to
the people by the scooter lineup. After talking to this cool cat, I turn around
and see a pullcart. My mind instantly flashed back to the picture in PMG of Dan
Jones standing on a too-similar-to-be-coincidence-looking cart preaching the
gospel. Perfect. This was it. I told E. Barfuss to stand on one side so it
didn't move as I stood on the other and valiantly proclaimed salvation. We
mounted the cart. It started moving. A thai lady started yelling. Everyone
else began staring. I got off. E. Barfuss regained his balance as the cart
came to a rest. I handed him the Book of Mormon and told him to go for it. The
thai lady is still yelling. He says, "We teach about..." The thai lady is still
yelling to get off her cart. So he gets off and we peace out. In the end, we
soapboxed 3 words. "We teach about!" Talk about a cliffhanger. I bet there
are twenty people who have been wondering what it is that we teach about all
weekend. They just have to wait until the next episode.
Well I love you all tons!! Life is good. Thailand is amazing.
Much Love
Elder M. Riley Creer
The Only
#Hashtags:
When your companion is holding a picture of President Faust and asks, "Who
is this guy?" #thathurtstheteam
#NextPdayactivity: Make a paper airplane. Fly it to Laos.
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