Hey everyone! I've been
thinking of this past week and I've realized that there's been a lot
that's happened! My companion, Elder Torres, was on bed rest for his
back and eventually ended up having to go to Bangkok so he could get it
checked out. It was still bothering him and so he went with one of the
other elders in the area. I ended up switching companions with Elder
Grayham from Tuesday to Friday. Elder Torres was given medicine and he
has to do physical therapy like once a week as well. There's a place
here so we're probably gonna try and find it for him today. I feel kind
of bad for him because of his back but hopefully he won't have to go
home to get surgery while here in Thailand.
That
left me with Elder Grayham for a large part of the week. Let's talk
about this missionary for a second. Elder Grayham is one of the most
focused missionaries I've ever met. Surin is a small branch with a LOT
of problems but he's been determined on helping this place become
better. He dies (finishes his mission) in October so this is his last
area. However, let's just say that when you're with Elder Grayham,
sometimes you don't know what'll happen. For example, there was one day
while we were eating dinner with some of the members and Elder Grayham
said hello to a lady that passed our table. For some reason, I was
laughing (maybe because of how he said hello to the girl out of nowhere)
and I made eye contact with the girl's guy that was with her. Whoops!
The guy came back to our table and asked Elder Grayham "Do you have a
problem??" and so Elder Grayham stood up with their faces about a foot
apart and told him he was just saying hello to the lady (and then he
also told him about our church). It was crazy!! Luckily they didn't get
in an actual fight but it was close.
Right
now, our companionship has two solid investigators- Sister Spider and
Brother Gaan. Sister Spider went out of town a few days ago so Elder
Grayham and I only got to teach her once this past week. She's seriously
way awesome! She remembers things really well and she speaks English
like a boss. When we went to teach her this past week, I thought it'd be
good for us to introduce ourselves with the Larsen's as well, but she
was like "we don't need to introduce ourselves, I already know who you
guys are!" I didn't expect her to say that, but like I said, she
remembers things really well! Brother Gaan is an investigator that came
from our free English class that we have every Tuesday. He's seriously
way awesome as well! He's about 20 years old and he's one of the most
humble persons I've ever met. Honestly, I could learn a thing or two
from him. But really though, Brother Gaan's been prepared by the Lord
and he has a baptismal date for this upcoming Sunday on the 21st!
I
just want to close this with my testimony. I know that Jesus Christ
lives and that Heavenly Father loves us. The Book of Mormon is true and
the church has been restored.
Elder Rawlinson
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