Never Too Old to Learn

Well another month is over--where is the time going?

The work is progressing. I've realized that everyone has ups and downs in the work. And some days you have investigators and other days no one listens. But I've found peace and better confidence in finding my success not through asking myself whether or not we met the mission standards for balance, but when I self-evaluate my obedience and my love for the work. Every day I repent and pray to be more obedient in order to please God, and every day I pray to enjoy the work that I do. Everything else is just extra blessings.

Such as....

Yesterday we met an old grandma who at first thought she was too old to learn. Well perfect, because we taught the lesson with a 76 year old convert to the church so she had no excuses. But it was way cool to teach her, and to tell her that she was a child of God. Her face lit up during the lesson, and you could tell our message was certainly something that she has been waiting to hear. By the end, she accepted the challenge to be baptized! When we asked her to pray for the first time, she asked God to help her follow all the things that He wants her too.

Also! While we were teaching this girl named มาย [My], she had a lot of questions about religion and she still hadn't received an answer to her prayer about whether or not the Church was true. Our next meeting with her we taught her about the Plan of Salvation and the way she can return to live with her family forever. We also read in the Book of Mormon together. After reading, and asking her how she felt about all the things we were teaching, she told us that she just received an answer to her prayers through the scriptures--which blew my mind because here I am thinking, wow I am not very good at explaining this in Thai. But because of the Spirit she felt, she received a witness from God that the things she was learning were true and because of her faith she received an answer.

This week I'd like to share my favorite testimony in the Book of Mormon! Alma 5:48

"I say unto you, that I know of myself that whatsoever I shall say unto you, concerning that which is to come, is true; and I say unto you, that I know that Jesus Christ shall come, yea, the Son, the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace, and mercy, and truth. And behold, it is he that cometh to take away the sins of the world, yea, the sins of every man who steadfastly believeth on his name."

I leave my testimony as well. I know that this gospel I share with everyone in Thailand is true and complete, that it was once lost but today is restored on earth through the power of God. I know that Joseph Smith really received an answer to a sincere prayer he uttered one spring morning and was called to restore the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Because of this incident, I know today that Jesus Christ lives and is the Savior of the World.

 I LOVE this gospel and I love Mormon Tabernacle Choir too.