Khrab Khrua (family!!!) I love you so much! And I love hearing
about your fishing, running, dating, sewing and everything! It is so
wonderful! You are the best family I've ever had!
Also.
I except my grammar/English skills to begin going downhill at this
point. (I'm in kind of a silly mood ;) so beware... this letter might
be kinda silly!) My grammar isn't good in the first place... but
hopefully my communication is! Haha... Sister Ference and I have
started accidentally speaking English with Thai grammar sometimes...
Thai is like caveman speak! It's very efficient and a lot of the words
are made up of other words. Soooo... if I start sounding weird, it's
because I'm learning to speak Thai, and learning to speak English
poorly!
This week has been a really good one! Both of our
investigators accepted a baptismal date! :) Hooray! I'm a little upset
because I didn't like... leap out of my seat for joy when they said
they would be baptized! I'm so happy for them... but I'm also not as
happy as I wish I was (I know! I'm weird!) But I just think... I can
still do a better job of loving these two! As I've mentioned before
they are so awesome! Phii Saamaad is so funny and so faithful and
willing! Caycay is quiet, and it's much harder to tell what his needs
are... but he amazes me! His parents are two different religions, and
he is choosing to join an entirely different one! Wowza! We asked him
if he'd be baptized in one lesson, in which he said he wasn't sure...
and the next lesson we gave him a lot of homework :) and talked to him
about using the scriptures to receive answers! We had him read...
Mosiah 3-5 (Man I love me some Mosiah! King Benjamin's speech is
amazing! General Conference session from however many years ago :))
Helaman 5 (I love this too... what amazing symbolism. I can't get
enough of the literal LIGHT that Christ brings into our lives!) annnnnd
also 3 Nephi 11! And I wrote the word "thammay" on the top of his
assignment :) to remind him that we wanted to ask himself why Jesus
Christ is important in his life! Sister Ference and I also read those
scriptures in our personal study! And I asked myself "why is the Savior
important to me?" It's incredible to consider that Jesus Christ, came
down and died for me, literally. He suffered for me. He knows me. I'm
working on that relationship alllll of the time :) it can always be
better! But I'm so glad that I do have a relationship with my Savior!
Ummmm. Thai continues to come... sometimes I'm not
sure how much better I'm getting! But every day we work on it! It's
kind of unfair... sometimes I don't understand why I am so blessed!
Buuuut... I feel like it's unfair because... I can usually understand
why my teachers or the investigators are saying (TRC is a little bit
harder...)! It's unfair because sometimes other people can't
understand... and man would that be a frustrating thing! But. I also
know... the frustration will come when I have no idea what is happening
in Thailand :) but I'm planning on smiling. And trying my best :) I'm
kind of excited for the confusion and the newness. And I have no doubt
that Heavenly Father will help my inadequacy. Maybe he will help the
investigators understand the craziness that is NOT Thai that is coming
out of my mouth! :) Buuuuut. He will help me and I trust in that
completely!
Annnnd. Just so you know. My companion is so
awesome! Sister Ference and I (true to my setting-apart blessing) are
becoming such good friends! We have a lot of fun together, and our
teaching and friendship improve all of the time! Hooray!
Annnnd. I'm trying to think of what else I can tell
you! This week our teacher taught me as an investigator, in front of
the class passa Thai. As the phuusoncay (investigator) I acted like
someone I knew... and it was really awesome to be able to feel the
spirit as an investigator, even though I was feeling skeptical about the
Book of Mormon or other things. I still felt the spirit and that was
really cool!
Also. This week was a little bit hard for me because I
sometimes fall into this "thinking about Sister Croft trap" where I
think about myself too much! Not even necessarily my life at home or
something... just me and what I can do better, or me and it's tricky to
get out of that... because then I think about how I think about myself
:) Crazy kid! :) But. Brother Burgess gave us an awesome and very
inspired lesson about how we can give our hearts to the Savior. I like
what one of the sisters said. We give our heart to the Savior because
He gave all of His heart. He gave everything! And I am working on
that. It's gonna be such a process. And I've been working on it since I
was born basically :) But. That process is ALSO possible through the
Savior. Wow the Atonement is all encompassing.
Also. I don't know what else to say... so this is all
random! There have been protestors around the MTC recently.
Don't imagine the torches and stuff yet... usually it's just a couple of
people during our temple walk or a couple other times. But they stand
outside with their crosses and some of them yell scriptures, which... I
feel like the spirit just flees when I start hearing them yell
scriptures... and I get really confused... because they're trying to
tell us about the Savior! Some of them are quieter and nicer... but
even so! I always get confused by them...
And. Also just another quick thought about how blessed
we are. The other day I just wanted to go to the temple SO badly! :)
And I was thinking about it... and wishing that we could go! Well...
it turns out that the temple opens on the day we leave (Aug. 12th)
and so... we think if our plane isn't until later in the day... we'll
be able to go ONE MORE TIME. That would literally be an answer to our
prayers. I asked Heavenly Father if maybe we could go one more time! I
told Him it was okay if we couldn't though :) but ALSO. Next P-DAY
we're going to get to go clean the temple for like 3 hours! So either
way... our prayers were answered. I feel so blessed. Honestly. I
don't think I even know the 1/4 of it. Heavenly Father is blessing my
blessings.
Also. I leave for Thailand in 19 days. Yep. I'm
counting down. And I was reminded in a devotional last night! I can't
wait to SHOUT WITH THE TRUMP of ANGELS! Why? Because the gospel is
TRRRRUE. And people need to know it! Hooray!!!! :)
Two more letters until you get a call from me in the airport! That is insanity!
Sorry
if I'm getting self-righteous! I certainly hope not :) always feel
free to rebuke me if I am! :) Hahaha. Gap khwaamrag mag mag mag mag mag
(oh... that reminds me... Thai is like an enormous #. You know the
kind? I never did them. But like... #Storyofmylife. That's how you
read thai. It's all one strand of thai. Hooray!)
MUCH LOVE,
Sister Croft
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