YOU are cordially invited to:
The 19th annual BIRTHDAY EVE celebration in honor of yours truly. Up on the menu
-riding elephants
-eating cake (and cake for the birthday event as well)
-petting tigers
-watching elephants play soccer, paint pictures, dance, etc.
-speaking A LOT of Thai
-encouraging my companion to eat beetles as a little birthday dare
Needless to say I'm excited for the events of today. Therefore the email will be short since I have elephants/good times waiting for me. The sooner I leave the sooner I cross something off my bucket list! Do the hustle!
Anyway, the work has been really really slow this week. We had three people last week with a baptismal date and today we have zero. It's okay though, God is just preparing us to meet the ready people. Soooo I talked to my zone leader (who puts up with my neverending questions) one way or another I got him to strike a deal. Here's the stitch:
If I had 30 other lessons in one day then he would get me a birthday present. 30. Hahahaha.... that's so many. Anyway, I did it. By talking to literally everyone I saw. For a little warm up I shouted "Repent!" from my rooftop to get the Samuel the Lamanite mentality going. But I was so content with that day of work and I'm much more willing to talk to people now. AND I get a present:)
My favorite phrase to write in my planner is "vomit the good word on everyone" instead of tracting or inviting or Dan Jonesing. (gotta keep it fresh somehow no?) But I've learned that it's much more effective if you don't so much vomit the gospel on people as much as make it look like a really appealing piece of candy. It's all about perspective.
Elephants are waiting.
Jesus loves you and so do I
Sister Speas
Yes. This would be me vomiting the good word on my friend Ronald. He want's to be baptized. Obviously.