This week we went on switch offs and I was in Buriram while the other Elders went to Surin. I swapped bikes for the day with Elder Rawle. The story gets real fuzzy after that. Somehow my bike ended up with not one but two flat tires. Elder Wilcox and I had no idea where to go to fix my bike and luckily our neighbor owned an extra bike which he graciously let me borrow. This bike was made for a 12 year old. IT was half as big as my bike and one of the pedals would fall off every few minutes so that was an adventure for this week. Our landlord was way nice and took my broken bike to be fixed! So all is well now with my bike. I also got to wear Elder Rawle's bike helmet which is shown below! Hahaha
This week I've seen the tender mercies from the Lord a lot. Every day when I write in my journal I find something from the day where I saw the Lord blessing me with a tender mercy. At the beginning it was really hard to find something but the more I look for things the easier it becomes. The Savior is in all the small things of our lives. We just need to look for Him! One awesome tender mercy was from yesterday. Usually the members feed everyone after church but yesterday there was no food. It had been a long day and not all of our investigators came to church so we were a little bummed. Right after that we had a less active member call us and ask if she could bring us food and then right after that the Branch President told us to come over for food with his family. It was such a simple and almost childish problem but God saw our small problem and blessed us with more than enough food. It was an awesome experience!
I broke down and tried this mini KitKat which was 15 Baht. It looked so good and I'm a sucker for snack food so I had to do it. After 2 tiny bites was it worth it? Unfortunately no, no it was not. One thing about Thailand is the portions are made for Thai-sized people and Elder Wilcox and I are for sure not "Thai-sized!" We are always looking for food and places that serve big portions!
Scripture I liked from this week is from Alma 10:5 and it relates to tender mercies. This is when Alma and Amulek are preaching to the people in Ammonihah.
5 Nevertheless, after all this, I never have known much of the ways of the Lord, and his mysteries and marvelous power. I said I never had known much of these things; but behold, I mistake, for I have seen much of his mysteries and his marvelous power; yea, even in the preservation of the lives of this people.
Sometimes we think God is so far away from us. Sometimes we think we are all by ourselves in this journey through life like Amulek thought. But we are all mistaken in that moment. All it takes is to slow down sometimes and think of how God had blessed us. It might be as simple as having a bed to sleep in or as simple as the Branch President inviting you over for lunch but He is always there!
Fun Thai names from this week: Fresh, Bossy
Transfers are November 30th.
Yes, I have to iron every day! It's good though I'm getting really good at doing it really fast ;)
Yes, we are still teaching Wiw and a few other new members! We teach them all the lessons again to make sure they understand everything.
Thank you all for all you do! Love you all so much!! Missionary work is amazing! Always look for ways to help spread the gospel and I promise you will find ways and will be given words to speak!
-Elder Borg
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