leaving emailing last week... epic nerf fight at the church...
getting transfer calls. i'm moving!
packing all night. (i'm glad i did.)
turns out with mlc on tuesday, training meeting on wednesday (yep. i'm training again!) there was no more time to pack. transfers on thursday.
my new companion is sister remington! she's from canada. (i've realized how very many "american" comments i've made in the last few days... oops.) she's awesome. makes me realize how very much less than her i knew coming into thailand. she's WAY gang. (that means "skilled" in thai) she's pretty gangsta too... i guess... ;)
after transfers got over - life just explodes. WE'RE GOING TO CHIANG MAI!!! yeah. the land of the white people. i've actually seen more white people in the past 3 days than i probably have seen the rest of my mission... it's interesting. i also don't know how to invite them. it's weird.
so we got on a train. the kind that have beds hanging off the walls. that you sleep on! that was a fun experience. i'll have you know that EVERY day is an adventure. so we spent about an hour of that ride talking to the italian lady and her friend about the church. you really can teach any where you go! even if people are sleepy and want to go to bed...
since then it's been a constant stream of new names, new faces, random people that i met once in kamphengphet... that are members now! that was a cool moment. i think i kind of scared her when i started talking in a strange, excited mixture of thai and english... excitedly saying something about you. me. remember? chowguay! (it's a dessert that she brought us.) sister mullen! it was nice. eventually she DID remember. so i didn't have to be too embarrassed...
training is so fun. i love the faith that sister remington has. and she deals with ME. (another plus.) sometimes i feel like the trainer is being trained more than the traineeeeee....
i love this work! it's so good.
i was reading this morning in 1 nephi. he tells his brothers to be "strong like unto moses". i thought it was weird. because then he talks about parting the red sea. i'm pretty sure that his muscles had nothing to do with parting the sea... (1 nephi 4:2) but then i read the footnote. and it talks about those who are able to endure trials. i liked that.
sometimes we want to be strong but don't really know how. sometimes we want to endure but it seems to hard. sometimes... all we have left is simply to rely and god and know that he will take care of us. i know that is... probably the hardest part of life. to give up what WE want, and have faith in what HE has in store for us. but i promise you that it is ALWAYS better. i've never regretted a single day of my mission. i've had good ones and not-so-good ones. but i know that every day i try is a day that i succeed!
it's amazing. i love it so much!!!!
and i love christmas. in the form of a tiny tree from home... that represents so much more than a tree and a light ever could!
merry christmas every one!!!
love you!
sister ellis
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