They are out there. We did a lot of contacting this week in preparation for Sunday. Well the last half of the week we did anyways. The first half was a lot of traveling. My companion, Sister Stack, is sick so she is currently in Asoke recovering. I received my new companion on Wednesday, and after that we were off to work. I am companions with Sister Holmes from Sandy Utah. She just barely finished training, but she is so awesome. She motivates me, even though daytime contacting is just rough. There's no where to go that has lots of people, but we did it, and we will soon be reaping the rewards! We are not really sure how long this switch will take place...maybe we will know some more today? At first we were told 2-3 days and she was told she was moving permanently, then only for 2-3 weeks, then 2-3 days. It has now been, what, 5 days? Yeah, that's the life of a missionary for ya. Always on your toes yet trying to keep your feet firmly planted in the work or the area. It's an odd balance I don't know that anyone ever gets the hang of.
Investigators this week were great. We are really looking forward to having 3 baptisms this next week. Please pray for this! Our investigators are so good, they just need an extra little push...from above.
- Ched - He was going to get baptized yesterday, but he isn't legally married to his fiance and they are living together. He says to move out would be against Thai culture. I say that to live together without being married is against God's commandments. He knows the right choice, he just needs approval from his family first. Pray for him!
- Sing - He is a Cambodian man we met last week. He said that he had Christian friends in Cambodia but has since lost touch. He said he was lonely and looking for a place to belong. He's seen the missionaries around and always wondered what we were doing, but was too approach us and ask. Thankfully, the Spirit guided me to talk to him. It was a clear impression - "talk to him". And he wants to get baptized! His problem - he is picking up his visa on the 28th, so he couldn't get baptized this past week, but we are praying for this next Sunday to be his day!
- Gii - a girl that just showed up yesterday to church from a simple street invite to church. We are teaching her officially for the first time today! (She still has a date for this coming up Sunday! :)
Wow. Things are going good so far. We're praying hard and working hard - there's no better combination!
Funny quotes from this week:
"Can I give you my phone number?" - Street contact that works at Toyota. That never happens! He also bought us Nom Yen (pink bubble gum flavored milk) while we taught him the Word of Wisdom. In his own words: "How are you able to work if you don't drink Coffee every morning??"
"I want to help with your missionary work! If you ever need help just call me! I'll grab my Bible and I'll be ready to go!" - Kingsley - a guy from Camaroon that we met. He is here as an evangelist and he really wants to help us (missionary work is his passion!). He is having a hard time because he doesn't speak Thai, only English. Our reply to his question: "Well, you could start by getting baptized..."
"We are going the wrong way!" - Yeah, that's right we got kinda lost. I knew where we were, just not how to get back. I thought it was the right SongTaew! But nope, we were soon turning left and onto the freeway. We were in the middle of inviting people to get baptized, then I realized what was happening. We stopped the songtaew, asked people where to go, went across the highway, and headed back home. Yeah, exciting things. Of course they were all probably just judging the lost Furongs. And of course that would be right after the Zone Leaders called to check up on us to see how we were doing and if we were getting around okay... I guess I needed a humbling experience...
There are plenty more I am sure, but I'll save them for another day. I love you all!
Love,
Sister Norrell
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