I wrote a little list of things to tell you. We'll start from worst to best.
First. Missionaries in Thailand are now allowed to
have a facebook. I still have a little bit of a hate for facebook (I
really don't like it...) but... it is a way that we can effectively
contact recent converts after we leave an area. We have very strict
usage rules :) which is good! We can only be friends with people in the
areas that we have served in. Maybe good will come out of facebook...
:)
Second. This week I taught my first piano class in
Thai. :) Oh my goodness... it made me so happy... while lots of people
expressed interest in coming to a piano class... a grand total of... 2.
people actually came! :) It was so fun. A sweet sister and an
investigator (who you'll hear about further down) named Brother Noy
came. It was really fun to teach them! I love it so much. The next
day Brother Noy came to an appointment and told me he was even
practicing the piano in his dreams. It made me laugh a lot.
Third. Wow. Do you remember Brother Gop who I told
you about last week? He said that he wanted to help other people come
to church and know about God's plan. Well... he followed through with
his desires! It was so funny... he was kind of late to an appointment
one day... and when he came we found out why! He brought his
girlfriend! The poor thing... she didn't know where they were going...
and then they showed up at a church. Where she read in the Book of
Mormon and said her first prayer. She was so nervous. But... oh my
goodness! I am so thrilled for her... the next day the two of them came
to a baptism. They met members and had a great experience. She stayed
even after Brother Gop left, and then she came back a few hours later
and met with us again. She learned all of the commandments, eagerly
underlined them in her copy of the Book of Mormon, and confidently
closed the lesson with a prayer. What a change in literally less than
24 hours. She asks us questions like "Can I pray all of the time?" Yes.
Yes you can. I am so happy for these two incredible people. They
are such a joy to teach.
And finally... I want to tell you about Brother
Noy's baptism. Wow. You guys... Brother Noy is so amazing. He is a
very funny man with quite the personality! He's... probably in his 60s.
He was a soccer coach. The first time he saw us... he was exercising
at the park. He wanted to stop and talk to us... but he couldn't...
because he has to run his 20 laps. No exceptions :) When he was down
with his 20 laps we were already gone from the park. But... probably
close to the next day... I met him! He agreed to meet with us at the
church, and... oh man... he is just great. I can't adequately describe
him to you! He's kind of a funny man. But he is so willing to keep the
commandments and as he said when he bore his testimony yesterday he
feels like God has prepared him to come here. I am sure that is the
case. When we taught him the commandments...we would say "Brother Noy
will you live this commandment?" and he said something like "why do you
even ask me that? You already know I will!"
Anyway. I am so proud of him! And so happy for
him. Yesterday after his baptism... Sister Hughes was talking to him as
I finished some postlude. She asked him how he felt and he said that
he felt like... the beauty of a rainbow after the rain. I don't know
where he got that comparison from... but needless to say it was perfect.
Then later as Sister Hughes and I were riding our bikes to go visit a
member after a small rainstorm... we saw the most strange and incredible
sky. It was honestly like a rainbow painted across the sky. What a
wonderful day!
I love you all so much! I am so grateful to be a
missionary. I don't even know... what I did to deserve to be here in
Thailand. :) But I love it so much. There really are miracles. God
really does prepare the elect. Repentance really does bring so much
happiness. Christ is our Savior!
I hope you have a wonderful week this week!!! :) I love each of you so much!
Love,
Sister Croft
P.S. Brother Noy is the thumbs up man in the middle. There were two other people baptized. So wonderful!
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