"Mormon girls - how ridiculous!"

Hello world!

Those are the exact words that a weird white British man said as he walked past us at the Central Airport Mall where we were inviting people to get baptized.  Sister Ng and I, not being completely furong were able to pull it off okay where we just spoke Thai back to him.  Oh the joys of knowing two languages!  Thankfully, that's the worst we have encountered thus far.  The Elders have had people cuss at them at that exact same spot.  I guess Heavenly Father just pays special attention to His daughters, and lightens the sting, or just helps us avoid it all together!  We just laughed about it later, and now it has become the joke of the District.  Yep.  We are ridiculous!  Let me just tell you about our "ridiculousness"....

This week has been interesting.  Since mission tour, I have been having weird stomach pains, that actually became quite miserable at some points.  Normally after I ate.  After about a week and a half of enduring it, I decided to ask the Elders to give me a priesthood blessing.  The Priesthood is seriously the best thing on this earth.  I am so thankful for the restoration of the Gospel, with the same Priesthood that Christ held on the earth again.  Through it, the powers of Heaven are clearly made manifest.  How else can we be freed from sin?  How else can we be sealed as families for all time and eternity?  How else can we receive the ordinances of salvation necessary for us to return back to our Heavenly Father's presence?  I am so thankful for it.  I am so thankful that I was able to receive a blessing of health that has relieved me of that pain.  No power other than that from Heaven is that great.  

So after receiving that blessing, unfortunately, my troubles didn't quite stop.  I woke up Thursday with a sore throat, and then yesterday I woke up with a headache that turned into a fever.  But today I am feeling so much better after medicine and some rest!  So don't worry about me.  I am all better now!  :D

Oh, so something else that I want to tell you is something I found in a Liahona from Christmas 2007.  It was a story about a lady who took over a giant Christmas tradition of stuffing stockings for the whole extended family.  Her mom had arthritis and she wasn't able to do it herself anymore.  The lady was really stressed and wasn't able to find the joy in the stocking she stuffed herself.  And then she emptied the stocking and found a little mouse made out of walnuts and hazelnuts. It was misshapen and looked like a kindergarten art project.  Her old mother told her she wanted to help out but she was only able to make one.  She said she was so touched that her mother believed that she could look past the imperfections and see the hard work and dedication that went into making it.  Just like our efforts are imperfect, if we are able to find the beauty in small things, how much greater is our Father in Heaven, our Creator, able to see through our faults and see our good intentions and nature.  

I am grateful that even though I am imperfect, that even though I can't do everything right all the time, I am thankful that God can see through it.  He knows my capabilities, He knows my weaknesses, and He can see our joys.  He knows what we need, and is ready to give it to us at any time.  I am thankful for the gift of His Son that enables us to be able to return to live with them again and to experience even greater joy than I can even imagine in this life.  He has a plan for us and He will not leave us comfortless.

I love you all!

Sister Norrell 

·         With our new investigator - scheduled to be baptized on the 21st!

·         Brother Ford and Elder Harley.  The Elders gave him clothes...future missionary right here, folks!