Sorry this one might be short, but
time is eating away more than ever before. But there are great things happening
all over the map in Pra Nakhorn Sri Ayutthaya. I sang in sacrament about
standing in Holy places - written by Sister Sowards herself (check it out on
youtube not me singing it: Stand Ye in Holy Places). I taught an Elders quorum
lesson on the same topic about putting on the full armor of God - that's what
the youth activity was about too and we dressed up Brother Arm, a funny 16 yr
old goof who's awesome. Our young 12 yr old investigator, Cake, is this little
sassy poop who's a riot as well. It really doesn't matter how old you are,
Thais still play together all the time and it's so fun. Brother Now is great
and we're working with his mother, Sister Mote and his younger Bro, Boon.
Please pray for them to have the strength to come to church as a family.
We've really been working with 12 yr
old Bah and her mom Boo. Boo came to church - a first time in a month! Also a
heavier lady named Phon came. She's a singer from Khon Kaen (Isaan), but I
haven't spoken Isaan with her yet. I do with Boo, which is super weird because
she's from the Center of Thailand, but she likes it when her friends speak (or
"wow gan") so whenever one of us answers the phone, the other answers
in Isaan in a horrible accent... We're a couple of 'posers', but it got us to
be good friends. We're just really trying to get Bah into the activities and to
church but her mom is really concerned about it for some reason. Please pray
for her (Boo) and her mother to have their hearts opened and feel good about
letting Bah partake of the strength that comes from being baptized and having
the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Our last adventure that I have time
for was with one of the former Branch Presidents, Brother Cherd-sak. He's been
inactive for a while (2yrs-ish?), and so has the 7 people in his family. It's
interesting how one man's actions can really take a blow on a whole family. But
when we went over there, I biked my viola over there too (which is not an easy
task) and brought the love of church and Christ to him because he couldn't come
to church. He engaged in scripture study discussions, etc and we, Elder Watkins
and I, really felt the spirit. I played How Firm a Foundation - which is like
my favorite hymn now and my Pump-up-go-to song in Thai or my iPod... So that
was sweet and really was cool. Another girl who hadn't been to church for a
long time came to the activity and saw my viola. She said she'd bring her
violin the next day to church, and she came! "She came just the same!"
(Grinch...)
Speaking of pumpin-up fun, every day
with Elder Watkins is a party. We have like a billion inside jokes and stuff
and we are great friends. We know each other well and love each other. He's
diligent but just so funny. We're really trying to find young single adults to
bring into the church for our friend, Brother Nong, and it's a blast doing it.
Please pray for us to grow this branch by finding Nong some friends. Yes, we
would like them to be lady friends for him... ;) And men too who can support us
here.
Well, that's all I have time for,
but I love you all and I wish you all well. Thank you for your prayers, as I
feel them every day.
With Love,
Elder Gibbons
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