WEEK 31 - FEBRUARY 5, 2017 - PAK KRET

This was a crazy week! We have seen tons of miracles and I'm loving every second of it! Well, mostly. The sisters in our district were talking to one of our investigators and discovered that this woman actually lived in their area. After further examination, we sadly found out that all but 2 of our investigators live in the Sisters' area! So disappointing. We quickly turned them over to the Sisters and wondered why this had happened. My companion and I felt like we knew our boundaries well, but we see that we were a little off and it really impacted us and the people we were teaching. We kept praying and asking for help and continued working hard and we were blessed with lots of new investigators this week that came from all different sources. We got referrals from English class and we even had people just walk into the church on Sunday! It was awesome too see how the Lord blessed us after we had a trial. 

I recently enjoyed reading a verse from D&C 64:33. "Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great." I love this verse! This helps give me comfort when people don't want to listen to us. When they don't want to listen we try to just leave a good impression on them so maybe in the future they will be more willing to learn. By doing this we lay a foundation for people to open their hearts in the future and the small things will turn into the big things.

This past week I went on a switch-off with Elder Hafen, who came in the group after me, so it was my first opportunity to be the Senior Companion in Pak Kret and it was great! I truly felt the Spirit guiding us to talk to people and helping loosen both of our tongues. In one of our lessons on the switch-off we gave someone a baptismal date and they accepted! It was so awesome! At the end of the switch off Elder Hafen said a prayer and I instantly felt the spirit enter our small apartment. It truly felt like he was really talking with our Father in Heaven. I was so impressed by that.  I am going to work on making my prayers more personal. I'm grateful for Elder Hafen and his example.

Last Sunday in the International Ward sacrament meeting we had a Thai brother show up. His name is John. John is a little crazy. He's told us he's a bishop and pastor in other churches but he is doing that just to bring people to our church. In the fast and testimony meeting nobody got up at the start of bearing testimonies for a few seconds so Brother John took it upon himself to start the meeting. He bore his testimony for about 20 minutes sharing a story in broken English that nobody understood. At the end of his testimony he gave a prayer for the congregation. Everyone was a little confused but the meeting proceeded. Although he was a little “out there" and not sharing too much I learned to not be afraid to share my testimony from Brother John. He looked around the group with a look as if to say "Really? Nobody is getting up? Alright, I got this!" I love that about the Thai people. They don't need to be told twice to share their testimony. They understand the importance of sharing a testimony and love sharing it with others. Sharing your testimony doesn't need to have some amazing story or need to be eloquently delivered. It just needs to be from the heart. Nobody can deny a personal testimony, that's why it is so important that we share it with others. Especially our friends and family searching for the truth of the Gospel.

I'll hop off my soap box now! Hahaha. I love you all so much! Thanks for all your prayers and support. I love hearing how you are all doing! I'm so grateful to be a missionary and have the opportunity to share this amazing message with the Thai people.

         -Elder Borg

Pictures are from a “wat” we visited yesterday (old Buddhist Temple) and the little boy is Mipu, my buddy who loves to eat my Tic Tacs, wearing the tie I gave him :)