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| My wonderful district |
Dearest Family,
OY! I wish I was there so bad! The graduation
looked so epic. I can't believe Walker is graduated. I can't believe he is so
big. I am so confused about where the time is gone...it blows my mind!
This week we had two really special moments. We
have an investigator named Prem who is so wonderful and sassy. I love that
lady. Her younger sister has been a church member for about 2 years and she is good
friends with another member here in Sisaket. She told her friend that she
wanted to learn how to stop drinking and have a better life, so here we are,
teaching her. This week we taught her about God’s plan for each of us. I think
it was a lot of information for her to process, realizing her true and divine
potential and finally beginning to understand who Christ is and what He means
to her. We read Mosiah 3 verses 7 through 10 with her. I love these verses of scripture that teach and testify of Christ's great love for each of us. I loved
watching the change in Prem as she realized just how much Christ loves her. She
said, "I can't believe that He didn't have to do that, but He did. He
suffered so much and gave so much...I feel like I want to cry." And then
she did. I have never had an investigator cry when learning about the Savior
before. It was such a wonderful moment. I wish everyone I talk to could
understand the Savior like Prem does. She wants to get baptized, but is so
scared of the big change it will be for her. Please say a couple of prayers for
her. :)
This week I also realized that I have a really
big problem with my Ls and my Rs. Even in English. Sister Croft and I have been
in laughing fits all week because we are catching our mistakes more and more
frequently. It happens too much for it to just be "an accident." Whoops.
We're struggling with The Engrish in these parts.
Speaking of Engrish, while teaching the 30
childrens this week, I got to take all the little kids (6 and under) to the
side and teach them the English alphabet and play games. They were so funny,
asking me questions like this: Teacher, have you ever eaten a red ant? Teacher,
have you ever eaten Somtam? Teacher, have you ever eaten a shrimp? Teacher, why
are your eyes blue? (One little girl answered this question and said,
"She's from America, of course. Everyone has blue eyes and speaks English
over there." I was dying.) Teacher, why are my eyes brown? Teacher, why
are you so pretty? Teacher, can I pretend you are my mom? Oy, it killed me.
They were so funny. I very much enjoyed myself.
This week we had an investigator get baptized.
Her name is Fone (her name means Rain). I love looking back on the change that the
Savior brought about in her life, too. Oh, she is so cute. When Sister Croft
and I first got to Sisaket, we met and started teaching a man named Kob
(pronounced Gope) who was so interested in the gospel. We taught him a lot, but
he didn't really progress because he couldn't get baptized. He is amazing,
though! Probably one of the saddest moments of my mission was when we had to
stop teaching him. Just before we stopped teaching him, though, he brought his
girlfriend to a lesson. She had no idea she was coming... They walked in
together and she looked like a deer in the headlights. She was so terrified of
us. He told her he had an appointment at the church and all she would have to
do is sit and wait for him to be done. Little did she know we would fully
involve her in the lesson and invite her to pray and read in the scriptures and
go to church and be baptized. She was so scared that day, but she said she
would come back. And she did, again and again.
The change in Fone is amazing. A shy and very
quiet young woman is now confident and happy. She had so much faith in the
Savior that she made every change needed in order to be baptized. She quietly
went about and changed her life. She saw what she needed to do and then did it.
She was glowing when she passed her baptismal interview. She was all smiles at
her baptism. I am so proud of her and I am so impressed by her faith. There is
a very special place in my suitcase heart for that girl.
6 of the 30 childrens got baptized this week,
and Elder Hartman and Elder Angkham baptized a third person who is originally from Cambodia this transfer. That brings us to a total of 8 baptisms in Sisaket for the week.
That has never happened before. It is a miracle! :)
So all in all, it was a good week. I thought a
lot about you this week, family. I told everyone that my brother was graduating
high school and that he was the coolest cat around (oops, no wildcat pun
intended haha). I love you guys all so much!! <3
All of my love (and there's a whole lot of it),
Sister Hughes
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| The little kidlets and the alphabet |
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| Family Home Evening—grilling pork! So fun and so delicious |
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| Elder Bassett at English class pretending to be a lost tourist so that everyone could give him directions in English. He did such a good job; ti was hilarious |
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| The most epic newspaper hat ever |
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| Out in the fields : ) |
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| The sunsets here never cease to amaze me |
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