This week we got our transfer calls! I will be leaving Pakkret and Elder Sumsion and moving to Phuket with Elder Manwaring! I'm very excited about the chance to serve in Phuket but I'm really going to miss everyone from Pakkret. There's some amazing people here that have changed my life. I'm so grateful for the chance that I've had to serve here and to learn and grow and hopefully I'm leaving Pakkret better than I found it!
A really cool miracle from this week came before English class. We were walking to the church after eating dinner and we saw a guy walking in front of the gate to the church. Elder Sumsion, who still has 2 broken knees from the trampoline place we went to last week, said "Let's invite this guy to English!" and started to run, or waddle, over to him. I followed right behind him. He was a little surprised to see two white guys running towards him but he was really nice. We told we were having English class right now and asked him if he wanted to go learn. He said yes and came inside with us! Turns out he lives in the other area but the other Elders are now teaching him and he is so prepared for the gospel! I am so grateful to Elder Sumsion for his diligence! We've seen so many miracles like that this whole transfer. I also know that God puts people right in our paths who are ready to hear the gospel.
We've been teaching this family from English class. The mom's name is Tip and her son's name is Window. They've been off and on investigators for a really long time. We've really felt like they're getting close to baptism and they had a really cool experience that solidified that. Sister Tip was praying and asking if the Book of Mormon was true and if she needed to be baptized. She kept praying and wasn't feeling too much but then she started to feel good and something told her to open her eyes. She did and saw a bright white light above her bed. It stayed there all night until she fell asleep then when she woke up it had turned golden. She called Window in and Window saw it too! After that they knew they needed to be baptized. They told is that in our lesson that day and told us they were ready. I was blown away! It was such a neat experience for them and so cool to see how getting that answer completely changed them. I know that God answers our prayers and wants to let us feel that He is there. We just need to be willing and ready to hear him.
One thing that has stood out to me this week is the concept of repentance. Most of the time I think of repentance as saying sorry for things I have done wrong and then not doing them again but repentance is changing our lives to become more like the Savior. So yes, we do need to say sorry and not do bad things anymore but we also need to repent and change for things that we can be doing better. For example I read my scriptures everyday but I can always repent and improve my scripture study. We should always be steadily repenting to improve and become more like the Savior. This has also helped me while taking the Sacrament is to not just look at the things I'm doing wrong but the things I'm doing ok that I can improve. And Ether 12:27 always gives comfort when I feel like there's too much that I'm not doing right. "27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them." I know He truly can turn our weaknesses into strengths if we will just come unto Him.
Funny things from the week: we met with a LA member and he was eating ketchup with his cake(?), he then started drinking coffee and we told him he shouldn't so he said he would stop but then he forgot and kept drinking it so we threw it away for him. We were riding a taxi home and as soon as we sat down the taxi driver yelled that we were white and started singing a song about a white girl he loved. Halfway through the song he reached over and grabbed my hand and squeezed it while he sung so that was fun. Another taxi driver had set up a way to watch movies while he drove!
I absolutely love being a misisonary and love all these awesome experiences! I have loved serving in Pakkret and will miss it tons. I know that this is God's work and I'm so glad to be a part of it. Love you all!
-เอ็ลเดอร์ บอร์ก
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