but when you become a trainer it is like your mission starts all over again. it's true. you get super comfortable doing... stuff. you get into the routine. and than WHAM! it all changes. and it's the best experience ever.
it does feel weird to be the "experienced" one now. i never thought of myself as one that is really good at the language... or really good at teaching. but now... i'm the expert authority on the matter. (at least as far as SHE is concerned.) it reminds me of something that president said: "training is the only time when someone THINKS that you know what you are doing." it's true. we do this work... and it is so much about faith, not ability. i really can't do anything. it is all up to the lord. but i am so grateful for the wonderful new missionary that i get to help train.
speaking of which... we had some pretty great experiences this week. (i'm really trying to not say "greenie"... cuz we were told not to. sometimes it still slips out thought.) but holy smokes! GREENIE POWER! i felt it this week. it was awesome. there is something amazing that an extra boost of sheer faith will do. especially when you don't know what is going on and ALL you can do is have faith. we went out last night contacting... and had a really crummy start. drunk people. canadian people (that chewed us out because we were mormon) and a rude guy on a bridge... didn't make us feel the spirit very much. we just felt so angry/sad/depressed/fed up! and then we felt like we should pray again.
we had a goal to get 9 other lessons yesterday. that's 9 numbers. 9 people interested in baptism. that's..... a lot. usually we get like 1 or 2. but we had a goal. and we (probably mostly sister brown) had the faith that we could do it. we got the 9 numbers. we also got an extra 7 more. of awesome people that want to come to church and learn about jesus christ and baptism. it was.... a miracle.
and we came home feeling soooo blessed. i knew it was way more than i deserved. wow! i still can't believe that it happened! and we tried to figure out what made it different. whyyyyyyy.... and it all boils down to faith. faith... makes EVERYTHING happen.
we had a couple of investigators. that are a couple. and they want to get baptized SO BAD. it was then interesting... when we taught the law of chastity and told them that they had to be married before they could get baptized. i talked to him this morning and THEY DID IT! ah. i'm so happy. (that moment off of the incredibles when the kiddo plops down on the seat. "i love my mission!")
they're getting baptized this sunday.
other moments of note. walking home... there is always a bunch of chickens... or the thai version of a chicken wandering around behind one of the restaurants. hmmmmm. then sister brown - "oh look! the chicks! they're playing in the dirt..." you couldn't even see them because of how much trash was there... but occasionally you would see a little head pop up over the top of the trash. a bunch of little heads following the mamma chicken...
tuesday was mother's day in thailand. didn't do a whole lot. not a lot of people were out and about... so everything pit (fell through) sending us home at 9:00 with a brand new missionary with her first full day "everything pits". i forgot how that feels. it just seems to normal now. they flake... you move on. find new investigators. cross out the number. but it reminded me of how much we still need to love them all.... even if they decide NOT to accept our message.
the weirdest part of this week was my thai. the weird realization that.... i get it. at least most of it. that i remember words. that i learn them easier. that things.... are working! kinda freaked me out. i was talking to someone and using random words that i'd learned from the scriptures... like "root" and "pride"...
needless to say... it's not my doing. it's all heavenly father. he really does qualify those he calls.
sister ellis. signing off.
telling everyone that life... just keeps getting better and better. (i decided that was my motto this morning.)
love you all!
(i would send pictures... but i forgot my cord at home today. ooops!)
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