Another fast week. We are still teaching Brother Jaycam! His
daughter is so golden, she's a lot of what really pushed him to go to
church and learn with us because she loves it. She loves praying for her
dad a lot! Which is why it was so sad when he told
us that her grandma told her she wasn't allowed to pray anymore.
Apparently she cried forever about it. It was so sad! We told him though
to tell her that she doesn't have to pray out loud but can pray in her
heart. That made him feel better. Such a cute family,
so lucky we get to teach them! Brother Santi's entire family was sick
this last week so we haven't seen much of them :( Since his kids were
sick we changed their date to get baptized for this week. Hopefully they
feel better. This cold weather up here is killing
everyone I swear!
This week we have Zone Conference! Yayyy. President always gives us
talks to read in preparation of it, which I always love because I feel
like they are so relevant to me not only as a missionary but the inner
struggles I have as well. Every time I ask
the Lord what I can do better, I usually figure it out in my personal
study and then I tell Heavenly Father that is what I will work on.
And then it seems that exact thing I'm working on is magnified in every
area and aspect of my life. Heavenly Father
is definitely giving me the chance to work on it, to turn that weakness
into a strength. Throughout this week, I have learned much about
repentance. The process is not easy, really it's painful. I read a talk
by Elder Holland where he said that when we are
feeling that anguish of our sins, we are feeling just a little of what
the Savior felt and ultimately what we would've felt for the rest of
eternity if we hadn't repented. I'm so grateful for the gift of
repentance. Christ suffered for us so that we wouldn't
have to suffer (D&C 19:17), so that we could change from our fallen
state. He made that change possible for us! I know that I have
weaknesses and that I'm not perfect, but I also know that I don't just
have to accept that's just the way I am. I have faith in
my Savior, and I have faith in His atonement. And I have faith that
through Him I can be cleansed and changed. As I always like to say, that
which we persist in doing and changing everyday becomes easier and
stronger and we become more "than conquerors through
him that loved us".
I probably have a couple more weeks here in Lampang so I've been
trying to take everything in. We were at the park teaching one of the
LA's we visit every week. I had a quick realization that I might only
have a couple more times teaching her. Someday
I won't be here in Lampang and that made me really sad. Time goes by too
fast! I'm grateful for the time the Lord has given me to serve Him and
serve His children here. I hope to be able to do everything I can the
next couple weeks to make it stronger and better.
So this week we have Zone Conference! And Sister Parker has to do
her visa so we'll be going to Bangkok tonight. Chiang Mai and Bangkok in
one week! Sister Parker says that I'm Dora the Explorer because I'm
Mexican and I'm on an adventure. You can all
just call me Dora when I get home ;)
Love you guys, have a good week! Don't forget to pray and read your
scriptures everyday! Spend some time with Heavenly Father :)
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Alma 36: 16-20
Lay's Chips! We had extra time during dinner hour
so we went to 7-Eleven and this is what we did.
A Wat!
This is Khao Soi,a curry soup.
And one of my favorite things to eat!
We went and ate Vietnamese food
as a district, it was so yummy!
We went and invited at a market and they
had all this yummy fish waiting to be bought.
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