The Lord's Mission

Now you would think that 140 a month should be enough for food right? well it's not. Because we don't just use that money for food... We have to pay for car wash, all the cleaning stuff, and anything that breaks.. So it adds up. Also you don't always get paid on preparation day. So sometimes I have to use my person money. Also we sometimes pay for ourselves when we go out and eat.. with members.. See The Jeffries wants to feed us (the Recent convert) but Indiana isn't the richest place on earth so members don't have that much money so we don't feel good letting them pay for us.

I mean it's just a scary thought when I think back in my life when I think that I really know what I wanted to do with my life. The mission really have given me a better perspective on the things that I need to do and what I really want to focus on. 2 years are not that long if you really look at it. I'm happy that I chose to come here but now that I have been here in Kokomo for almost 6 months I don't want to leave Kokomo. I mean I love the people here they are all great and I have gotten to know them really well so now I don't want to start all over... I mean you would think it would be easy for me right? since I move all the time.. well it's not.

I'm actually excited for winter.. I think fall is my favorite but I wouldn't mind a little snow here and there. I just don't want to leave Kokomo just before the holiday season starts... Unfortunately I can't dictate what I want to do.. It's not my mission but He that sent me.

So this week has been pretty fun, I can't remember much but I know it went by really fast.

hmmm so we taught a lot of lessons this week and we had a lot of "stress" preparing people for baptism. Jacob, Frank and Katty are getting baptized this week so we'll have to buckle in and start working hard. Although it might look like we're getting some what of a success but it troubles me that Sister Murphy isn't retaining much of the information we have taught her... She's 76 but she can't remember too much I mean she's so smart and all but it's frustrating when you do everything that you could possibly think of but she forgets the next day. Although that has been the issue from the beginning, we have seen a lot of progressions. It was pretty sad when I was on the phone with her. I told her that I'll probably be leaving this area soon, approximately 2 weeks she mentioned how much she loves me and how much she'll miss and how much I meant to her.. I think it was the sweetest thing ever but I'm not sure if it's the kind of impact I wanted to leave this ward. As bad as this will sound, My companion and I have gotten a lot of hugs this week... well of course from older people. For instance, yesterday sister Dwigin was feeding us Lunch and she was giving the sisters hugs and I reached out my right hand to give her a hand shake and she just came up to me and give me a hug and said "I don't care anymore, I'm like your grandma" hahaha. In a way that's a good thing because the ward is trusting us now and the missionary effort in Kokomo is hastening because of it. However, now is that breaking the "rule" perhaps it's breaking the letter of the law but I don't see any issue with the spirit of the law... It's not like we go around offering hugs.

There are so many people I want you guys to meet! These are great people whether they're LDS or not... Anyway I can't remember much of what I did but I know it was productive hahaha

Love

Elder Uthaichai