Alright, if you must know, we've just been up to baptizing our investigator Bo this week. Yeah, she was baptized on Saturday and then confirmed in sacrament meeting yesterday. Her name is actually Amornrat Cheewasopit, but she's from Thailand and everyone here calls her Bo. Her English is very limited, but it's much much better than my Thai. We had been teaching here several months ago, but her visa was up and she had to return to Thailand. But she came back a month or so ago and we picked up where we left off and she was baptized! It was super exciting. Pics included...
Also, I had my first experience with roadkill this week. It's all over the place here in Tennessee, but still, I had never before in my life ran over a small animal in the road, but this squirrel saw me coming a mile away and didn't move!!! I felt very sorrowful and my companion just laughed as he looked behind and saw the furry creature flying around in the air. I humbly ask for your forgiveness.
What a broadcast last night, huh? I enjoyed the soccer analogy that was given. It's true, we do missionary work out here (and I would guess most everywhere) like a 5 year-old soccer game where everyone just converges on the ball. We will be much more efficient if we each take the time to understand our own role, and then the other players roles on the field so we can make a point without everyone running all over the field. Well said...
Crazy experience. We got a referral this week for a couple of investigators who went to sacrament meeting last week in the Farragut Ward. It turns out that they live in our area and were just ecstatic when they found that there's a meetinghouse just a couple of miles from there home here in West Knoxville. They came to church yesterday and we had a wonderful lesson in gospel principles about The Church of Jesus Christ in former times. She is in love with the church and practically espouses all of the beliefs and her sister is a member over in the Maryville ward. He is her fiance I believe (or at least boyfriend) and he is super interested as well and the more they learn the more the hunger for truth. It's marvelous.
We did indeed get half price shakes on Thursday. It was glorious.
I will leave you 1 Pet 2:9 to ponder on. It's a scripture that has spoken to my heart recently and I really appreciate it. I miss you bunches.
Love
Elder Grabinger
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