I Love My Life!

Friends and Family,

I'm kinda thinkin' life just doesn't get better than this!! I have a new companion. Her name is Sister Hulme from Houston, Texas and she is AMAZING!! We really have so much in common, both big time planners. Our nightly planning sessions are incredible. It's great how much we just instantly clicked! The other cool thing is that Sister Bradfield and Sister Hulme just switched places, so now Sister Bradfield is in Bangkok with my MTC companion Sister Young!! There will for sure be some awesome reunion parties after the mission!! :)

OK so moves meeting was awesome! It was SO good to see Sister Young, Sister Akagi and all my elders again... FINALLY! It's funny how the MTC seemed SO long ago, and yet once I saw everyone it seemed like it was just yesterday that we parted ways! As for the home front, (home being Korat) I can't even tell you how much I am being blessed. I was worried about leading the area... knowing everyone and everywhere to go... but I feel so much closer to all of the members now that they only know me and we haven't gotten lost at all! I really know my way around this place! I am talking on the phone and setting up appointments, which has always really scared me! I'm just doing way better than I thought I would be. I know the Lord is answering my prayers and yours too! Thank You all SO much! :)

OK. I just need to tell you about the amazing experiences we had on Monday when in district meeting Elder Lilly told us that President Smith wanted us to get off the bikes and start walking more so that we can invite. I'm not gonna lie, we don't do a lot of inviting because we are so busy teaching all the time, but we decided to walk to the church instead of riding our bike and it was so inspired! First off, this song came into my head that reminded me of this great investigator we have that we haven't seen in a while, Fern. We don't see her a lot because she doesn't come to church. But I thought, we need to call her and set up an appointment. She was very happy that I called and we made an appt. for Friday. About 10 min later as we were walking down the street, we see Fern on her motorcycle! (everyone drives motorcycles here) She told us how grateful she was that we called her and saw her because her daughter had drank lighter fluid and had to go to the hospital and Fern was just having a hard time. She told us how she prayed for her daughter and how much it strengthened her testimony to know that Heavenly Father would help her! She is so great! We never would have seen her had we not walked!

THEN!! We were inviting a woman with a baby on the side of the street and a man pulls up next to us and says (in English) Are you mormons? And I said yes! And he asked where the church was and for our number because his friend was coming from Australia and she is LDS and wants to come to church while she is here!! His name was Will and her name is Mary and she will be coming in about a month or so! He said I saw the guys with the ties riding thier bikes last week but I couldn't keep up with them! Haha. I just know that was right where the Lord needed us to be. I have such a strong testimony of following the spirit because as a servant of the Lord, if you will only be worthy of his spirit he will always lead you where he needs you to be!

Well life is just so good here. I miss you all so much! I wrote Robin! I am so excited for her!! AHH. The MTC is just great! I really really miss Brittany. (hope she is reading this!) How is William!? I want pictures! And I love how Tony and Eric write me (NOT)!!

Haha, ok until next week. Life is good. The gospel is everything.

Love,
Melissa