Sister Phelps: The Land of Smiles: Miracles keep pouring out in Chang Rai

MARTIAL LAW BABY... Stop it... I'm having the most firsts in chiang Rai with sister Holmes than anywhere else We made a list.....

Rode an ostrich, elephant, anaconda, earthquakes, ate weird fruit that the natives didn't even knew existed and it made me sick haha, Martial law, Ate sticky corn, taught member lessons over the phone, taught a gospel principles class in thai, gave a talk in thai...... I swear there was more but thats all I can think about!

Martial law. Literally. not dangerous here. BUT we can't be missionaries... literally. I've been a little depressed thinking about that. I've had too much time to think and be distracted. we cant go contact on the streets and we can only go to appoitments and home. Nothing else... it's a bummer. But the lord still loves us. We still haven't gotten our three baptisms. But we had two investigators pass their baptismal interviews... they will probably be for next sunday. which we aren't sad... definitely excited for june. we have a ton getting baptized next month so it's exciting.... and the investigators we were teaching we felt sick about them like... we were in it for the numbers more than making sure they were ready kind of a thing.... I had a really weird experience... REALLY WEIRD....

I'll get to it in a sec though. First we had 8 investigators at church yesterday (miracle... most I've ever gotten.) with the Elders we had 19 investigators at church yesterday.... We were stoked. We beat the record for the most people ever at church on sunday. 70.... 3 months ago there were only 35 in church. huge deal. But yes. Seriously a miracle. all of us were stoked... We had investigators that kept coming in and there were no room for them... so we had to get primary chairs to sit on... it was insane.... so fun..... 80 people at church for 6 months and we can build a church building... we are excited.

Back to my weird experience.... One of our investigators was going to get baptized that day. and he hadn't learned everything and we were going to get his interview that day and baptize him. But I was feeling sooooo sick to my stomach about it all sacrament. I didn't even know why. He was a nice boy.... wanted to be batized and knew he was going to be baptized and we were teaching him over the phone for a couple lessons. But Like i said. i was super uneasy baptizing this kid. And so I just prayed for a good time during the talks in sacrament. Like please help me feel better Heavenly Father I don't know why I was so unesasy. And the second I finished my prayer he gets up and runs out of the sacrament room...... Then I felt this huge burden lifted off of me. He never came back. Haven't talked to him since... I just knew that was an answer to my prayer in that moment..... Phew....

I'm just glad I didn't have that over my head of baptizing someone who really wasn't even ready or even knew about Jospeh Smith for a number..... the day of his baptism.... So I felt better... and We rejoiced in our successes. It definitely sucked not getting baptisms but we are just seeing miracles and stoked for june... we have a TON of good investigators... I love this work. It's true. I know once those soldiers back down a bit we are going to hit those streets hard... exciting..

Funny story about my companion.... in our lesson she finally learned the vocabulary for the law of chastity... and so she taught it for the first time ever. Did it perfect....then.... she accidentally tells our investigator that importance of church and coming is to (what she meant to say was the sacrament but instead she said. "The ordinance of pornography." Our poor investigators face.... I LOST IT........ I felt so bad.... and our member lost it... it was so hard to get back on topic... I love that girl so much hahaha..... today we are getting an ice cream cake from dairy queen... and we are not sorry......

DON'T worry about me. Literally... totally fine.... Just loving my life. Just enduring to the end. Hitting it hard. sprinting the last part of the race and I'm glad i have a legit comp...

I love you all and pray for you daily.

Sister Phelps