Big news. I moved. I moved to Bangkok. I'm in a place called Bangna. It
is actually a ward! And now I'm district leader. Oh boy. And next transfer
I'll be training a new missionary. Next transfer 35 new missionaries are
coming. CRAZY. So they told all the people who will be training next transfer
so they can prepare. Yeah I'm lowkey freaking out. The combination of all
three of these things (1. moving to a gigantor city, 2. becoming district
leader, 3. knowing I'll be training a new missionary next transfer) is pretty
overwhelming. Feeling inadequate doesn't begin to describe how I feel. But
don't worry, like President Monson says, the Lord shapes the back to bear the
burden. So everything will be great!
Leaving Nongkynonks was a bummer. I really loved that place. The members
were so great. I think the branch was just starting to really understand how a
branch needs to work too. But Bangna is pretty sweet so far. First of all, the
ward is one of the oldest in Thailand apparently. The thing I really love
though is the bathroom! In Nongkhai we didn't have flushing toilets and the
water pressure was pretty awful. I walked into the bathroom in our apartment
and almost shed tears of joy. The toilet flushes. HOLLER! The shower is
magical. It is one of those shower heads that is directly over your head.
Basically it is like being caught in a torrential down pour of rain, except you
can control the temperature and make it stop whenever you want. Heaven.
My new companion is E. Terry. He is hilarious. For some reason all my
companions are stinkin hilarious. Or I am just really good at laughing. But we
have had a pretty good time so far. E. Terry quote of the week: "Do you think
anyone has ever been killed by a Book of Mormon?" Classic.
Lately in my studies I have been dissecting my patriarchal blessing. So I
have been cutting the individual lines out with scissors and pasting them onto
colored paper depending on the relationship between word count and number of
punctuation symbols. It has been a really spiritual experience. PSYCH. But I
started making a cause and effect chart for my blessing. I wrote down a point
of guidance or instruction and then the promised blessing from following that
point. It is really neat. It really helped me understand what the Lord wants
me to do in this life. It also helped me see very clearly how the Lord promises
us blessings when we obey. There were a couple parts of my blessing where it
gave just instruction without linking an effect. I'm excited to see what
blessings I receive from following that instruction. I just hope I record it!
I know Christ is our Savior. He suffered for our sins. He suffered
because He loves us. If we want to show our love for Him, we need to obey.
Obedience is the first law of heaven. If we are truly thankful for Christ's
sacrifice and atonement, we will gladly obey Him.
Life is going good. Bangkok is real big. The Book of Mormon is
true.
Much Love
Elder M. Riley Creer
The only (district leader with a size 7.5 shoe)
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