Another solid week in Phuket! They have finally started getting our new church building set up so we won't have to meet in a hotel anymore and everyone in the branch is so excited! We will be able to do our own activities and not have to get kicked out of our room! We also got hit with a huge rainstorm this last week and everyone was freaking out and saying it was going to rain for the rest of the month but ever since that day there hasn't been a drop of rain. The streets flooded in the city which left everyone in a panic but it all calmed down.
We had some cool experiences this week. First of all is one of our new investigators names Sister Ring. We met her last week and she is really outgoing and loves talking to people so she gladly accepted our invitation to come over and talk some more! The first time we met her it didn't go great. She talked nonstop for probably an hour. We kept trying to get into our lesson about Jesus but every time we did she would just talk louder and move into a different subject. Luckily I've been trying to improve my patience so this was probably a test. We sat and listened and taught a super short lesson about the Atonement and prayer and committed her to pray after her rant. Later in the week we went back to visit and this lesson was way different! She say and listened quietly but also gave really thoughtful answers to questions we asked her. She had prayed and felt really good while she prayed. After we taught her the restoration we wanted to commit her to be baptized. As soon as we showed her a picture of baptism she said "Nope. I don't do anything with water" and then she told us this story about how she almost drowned in a lake when she was younger. In the story she said once she hit the bottom of the lake a man dressed all in white with white hair and a white beard appeared to her and told her not to worry and that everything would be ok. That helped her feel at peace and so she waited at the bottom of the lake. Eventually someone came and rescued her. I had a thought and showed her the picture of the First Vision. She said the person who appeared to her looked just like the Jesus and Heavenly Father in the picture! Crazy!! We then told her that Jesus had helped save her then so she could be baptized and she accepted a baptismal date! So Crazy! The Thai people are really into dreams and miracles and visions so having something like that happen is really special for them! I know God is preparing people well before we meet with them so they will be ready to accept the Restoration.
Another cool experience includes the German man we met a few weeks ago who wants to drink a beer with us. He messaged us and asked if we could meet again. We went and met with him again and it turns out his mom is very sick and it's really worrying him. We tried to teach him the Plan of Salvation but he don't really believe it. He was very grateful that we were willing to come and talk with him and help him the best we could. He messaged us again the next day telling us his mother had passed away. I don't think it was any coincidence that he felt impressed to message us on that day. I still don't know how much of it he actually believes but I know we were able to share some peace that comes through the resurrection. He is heading back to Germany but he still plans on taking us out for a non-alcoholic beer in the future!
In Sacrament meeting yesterday the topic was missionary work and one of the speakers shared this quote from President Benson "We cannot do this work alone. This is His work. This is His gospel. We must have His help. Plead for it, live for it, pour out your soul to the Lord to receive it." I know this is His work that I am a part of and I love it! I know that if we all pray for missionary opportunities then we will get them and if we plead for His help then He will be there with and will tell us exactly what we should say and do as we share the gospel with our friends. I have experienced that many times and I know that help is available to all of us!
We run by this large silver man every morning. I really feel motivated to keep going when I see him. ;)
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