Dear Mom,
This past week was super great, full of miracles, tender mercies, and good work. We were very blessed this week and were able to meet a lot of people. This past Sunday we were blessed by being able to see three people enter the waters of baptism. Truly a great miracle and experience. One of them have an interesting, unique story. One of them had learned with the Elders and had come to church for quite some time up until a few days before his original baptismal date. He got into an accident which prevented him from being baptized on that day. I'm not sure what happened, but a long time passed even after the accident with no one contacting him. One day, a member talked to us about him and took us to visit him. He suffered great memory loss from the accident, but the things that he could remember were God, Christ, and baptism. He is under the care of his mom who isn't a member, but she was more than happy to allow him to be baptized because it is something that he really wanted and made him happy. It was quite a miracle and wonderful to see how the Lord has a plan in everything. I'm sure that for some reason, he wasn't quite ready at first, but now his example is able to touch the lives of many people at church as well as his mom.
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The other people who were baptized were all referrals from members. I believe that the reason this area has seen much success is because of the diligence and desire of the members to share and help others. We have been working with numerous family members and friends to try to work alongside the members and help their friends accept the Gospel. Several members often say how badly they want their families to come to church, but they don't know how. We try to help them be examples, invite them, and always invite them to pray for the families, but sometime I feel that there's not much we can do if they don't open their hearts at first. It feels like there's not much more to do than to be patient and continue to show love.
One common concern that frequently comes up is respecting the family tradition and not wanting to go against what others may think. We have another investigator who was interviewed and was set to also be baptized this past Sunday, but Sundaymorning she said that she really wasn't ready. She has not yet elaborated why, but she has had problems with her family not supporting her decision to be baptized.
Earlier this week, Elder Tee gave us a talk on consecration and a talk on a successful missionary and told us to tell you what we thought. He asked us to come up with what makes a successful missionary in a sentence or two. We took some time in companionship study to review the talks and discuss consecration to the Lord and His work. It made me reevaluate the way that I've been thinking about missionary work. I believe that a successful missionary is one who seeks and does God's will. Being a successful missionary involves learning, repenting, and improving. The only real 'measure' of success for any individual rests with that individual and with God. It lies in our personal commitment and conviction to become what the Lord would have us become. Each of us as missionaries have to have a vision for our mission. What do we want to get out of our mission and then be committed. When we align our vision with what the Lord would in-vision for us, we can accomplish that thing and we will be successful. We will have the Spirit with us and we will be able to touch the lives of others. Exactly what PMG says.
We continue to help people build faith, invite them to repent, and try to do the Lord's will in all things.
ขอแสดงความนับถือ, Sincerely,
เอ็ลเดอร์ ซัน Elder Sun
ผู้สอนศาสนา Missionary
ศาสนจักรของพระเยซูคริสต์แห่งวิสุทธิชนยุคสุดท้าย The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
คณะเผยแผ่ กรุงเทพฯ, ประเทศไทย Bangkok, Thailand Mission
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