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| Meeting with Elder Allen and Elder Funk, Asoke meetinghouse |
Dearest Family Family Dearest,
Not a whole lot to report this
week...whoops. We were sick for a few days. Being sick as a missionary is
actually the worst thing in the world. We wanted to get out and work. Curse the
stomach flu. And we also spent a while traveling to Bangkok and back. But it
was still a good week!
Wednesday was Sister Speas' birthday! We
celebrated by eating real food for the first time since Sunday...but then it
made us sick again so we sat in the mall where we ate very slowly while trying to
not be sick. Happy Birthday, Sister Speas...... I bought her some new pens. It
was a good day.
We also had Coldstone ice cream while in
Bangkok because, hey, it's Sister Speas' birthday WEEK, you know. :)
We had a missionary conference this week in
Bangkok with Elder Stephen Allen of the Seventy. He is also the managing
director of the Missionary Department. Elder Allen was very direct; he let
us all know how well we are doing with many things, and then challenged us to
do better on many more. We were taught about what we can do to better serve
the way the Lord would have us serve. We were taught so many things that we can
do to improve as missionaries and together as a mission— we can better
recognize that members can be some of our greatest resources and great supports
and friends for our recent converts. There were so many good things; my head is
still spinning a little. I’m excited about making the changes needed to be a
better missionary.
So change is change. We can change on our own.
We can change anything and everything we want to.
And this week I have thought a lot about
repentance. What true repentance is.
Repentance is change through the Savior. It is
being humble and calling upon Him to help us change. This change is permanent
if we abide in His word. This is the type of change that enables us to become
like Him.
Here is the comfort I found this week as I was
contemplating how to repent, refine, and become a better missionary—and person—in
general. D&C 84.
77 And again I say unto you, my friends, for from
henceforth I shall call you friends, it is expedient that I give unto
you this commandment, that ye become even as my friends in days when I was with
them, traveling to preach the gospel in my power;
78 For I suffered them not to have purse or scrip, neither
two coats.
79 Behold, I send you out to prove the world, and the
laborer is worthy of his hire.
80 And any man that shall go and preach this gospel of the
kingdom, and fail not to continue faithful in all things, shall not be weary in
mind, neither darkened, neither in body, limb, nor joint; and a hair of his
head shall not fall to the ground unnoticed. And they shall not go hungry,
neither athirst.
As we work with Christ and become His friends,
we will become the missionaries He would have us be. He will make us worthy of
our calling. I am so grateful to have Christ as my Savior and as my friend.
I love you, family.
Love,
Sister Hughes
Quote of the Week:
Elder Brown called us and said, "I've just
come up with the most hilarious thing... Mind your Speas and Hughes!!!" We
all laughed so hard.
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| President Senior directing us all when taking the group photo. : ) |
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| Brother Sri Thai and his 100 year old framed Mother Mary. His mother brought this with her from Vietnam when she immigrated to Thailand. |
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| Sister Speas’ birthday lunch. |
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