Hello Family!
This week I felt an outpouring of the Spirit. I know
this work is God's and it is true. His work will continue on.
Always.
No I have not yet cut a new suit. We have had a couple
crazy weeks.
Big news...We got 2 more assistants. E. Campbell and
E. Saunders are now going to be helping E. Harris and I as we train and manage
the mission. This is going to be an adventure. I think they will
move in with us too. Oh Baby! I'm pumped. We've never had 4
assistants before, so it will be new territory for all of us. This is an
inflection point for the mission. We either keep going up after these
past 2 big months or we slide back into the rut we just escaped. This
mission has changed a lot in the 2 years I've been here. It has grown.
The faith of the mission has increased exponentially. I feel like
mine has grown with it. What an exciting time to be in Thailand. I
love being a missionary and doing the Lord's work.
So last Sunday 2 people that E. Harris and I taught entered
the doorway onto the path of Salvation. Aka B. James and S. View were
baptized. Yes! Our district had 8 baptisms total! Amazing.
2 more of our investigators have passed their baptismal
interviews as well. One, Pla, is going to be baptized tomorrow. The
other one, Pu, will be baptized next Sunday. The story of how we met them
is pretty bizarre. We were walking to the church and saw these two girls
staring and pointing at a bush. So we approached them and asked what they
were doing. They were looking at caterpillars. Uh...alright.
We invited them to come and check out the church and the baptismal font.
They agreed and we gave them a quick tour and introduced them to the
members that were there. 3 weeks later they are prepared to be baptized.
We are being blessed. The Lord is blessing Thailand, He is
preparing the hearts of the people to receive His word.
Monday. President held a Family Home Evening. He
invited us and the zone leaders some of our investigators. We had a brief
lesson about baptism and played a game where you had an animal written on a
card on your back and had to ask questions until you guessed it right. It
was way fun. We also had some cake and ice cream because it was E.
Campbell's birthday. FHE is an inspired program. Even when you have
it with people that are not related it invites the Spirit and promotes love.
Humorous Story of the Week: Thursday. E. Harris and I
are teaching this investigator at the church. On exchanges with members,
E. Harris had given her a date to be baptized this Sunday. So in this
lesson we were reviewing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. At one point in the lesson
I asked why she wanted to be baptized. No answer. We sat in silence
for a moment, so I asked again. She gave a half-hearted reply,
"Because I have faith in the Lord." Well she certainly didn't
say it like she did. So after reviewing the principles of repentance, E.
Harris asked what she thought about getting baptized this Sunday. She
paused. Then said, "If I get baptized it will only because you gave
me candy." Nuts. Thats what we call เกรงใจ. Ridiculous.
Nutshell: She is not getting baptized on Sunday.
To answer your question, Dad, Thailand's moral code is bad
news bears. I've had multiple taxi rides in which the driver tells us he
has a wife out in the country and a girlfriend in the city. So we spend
the rest of the ride calling him to repentance. But Thai people
frequently live together before marriage and rarely get married according to
the law. You meet people who have 3 siblings all with different moms.
It is sad stuff. The correlation between happy familys and the law
of chastity is clear in Thailand. So many families are broken or barely
limping along as a result of a poor moral code. Commandments help not
hurt.
Well I know God lives. He loves us.
Much Love!
Elder M. Riley Creer
The Only
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