It's been a great week!
OK so I think I found my new favorite Karen word: ကံးကူးကံးကူး it's pronounced gee goo gee goo and it means "wiggle like a wounded worm" haha! We found it in the Bible of all places (haha let me know if you can find in English the Bible ever saying "wiggle like a wounded worm" haha) We sing it to the tune of "shake it shake it shake it like a Polaroid picture" and I think it is the funniest thing! 😂
OK so we had some awesome things happen this week!
> One of our friends that we just gave a picture Book of Mormon to read to chapter 5 on her own!! We were astonished but so stoked!
>We are making a music video for Facebook with a member in our ward and it is going to be so good! I love our members! I also think it is so cool how we ALL, every single person, have talents and skills to bring to the table and help others! So cool! And so cool that the church brings it all together!
>One of our other friends that we are teaching read in the picture Book of Mormon all the way from the Tree of Life to King Benjamin! (6 chapters!) Again we were astonished! We had to send her like a million Book of Mormon videos all at once because she just blew it out of the water!
>We had a little lesson out on the porch again with one of our little Karen grandmas and it was so cool! We were filming her testimony and at first she was just kind of talking and not really sure where to look but then there was a point where a switch just flipped and she zoned in on the camera and bore her testimony and it just really struck me that the Holy Ghost was working through her in that moment! It was really cool!
That same lesson we were sitting out front and decided to sing a song called "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" and as we were singing, police pulled up across the street and arrested someone and there was yelling and shouting and chaos but we just kept singing (Pee didn't seem to notice), and it just really struck me right then and there the stark contrast between the world and sadness and chaos verses God's love and power and it also struck me how we can be surrounded by that chaos but if we are focused on the Savior, we can feel the spirit so strong and almost be in this little bubble!
> We had a solid lesson with one of our friends this week & read 2 Nephi 31! She LOVES the Book of Mormon! She told us about her experience when we first brought her the Book of Mormon & it brought her so much comfort right when she needed it! Wow the Book of Mormon has POWER! Even just by holding it! There is power in that book. She reads it whenever she is down and it makes her feel better! She was just glowing during that whole lesson! She also said she knows God sent us to her and I definitely know that that is true! *Stay tuned 'cuz we had a bomb lesson with her at the temple this week too!*
> We were filming a members testimony on her front porch this week for a Facebook video and then a guy in the place next door in the middle of the video opened his door and popped his head out and had the funniest smile on his face and then went back in his house and closed the door and it was the funniest thing! So random!
> We started reading the picture Doctrine & Covenants with Dah Wah! Yeah kinda random, didn't even know that was a thing but he is super stoked to learn more about Joseph Smith! Also we had such a cool lesson with him where at the end we just asked him what he has learned from our lessons and he just went off! He talked about Jesus and the Book of Mormon and kept wanting to say more because he didn't want to leave anything out! Wow he is amazing! Also my favorite Dah Wah quote of the week was when we asked him a question and then he just started singing "FEELING GOOD LIKE I SHOULD" haha! I don't think either of us have actually heard that song but we just have that one line stuck in our head all the time now but it's true we're "FEELING GOOD LIKE WE SHOULD" *because of this wonderful gospel!
> OKAY we had the COOLEST lesson with a member! We did this thing where we ask a question and then flip and point to a scripture in the Book of Mormon and then find answers to our questions! Sister Norton and I went first and I actually got a good answer to my question that I really needed to hear randomly! But THEN the member went and she asked her question and then we flipped and pointed and started reading and explained the scripture a little bit and how it could answer her question and then we realized that she was crying! She said it really helped her! She way opened up! It just so hit me how the Book of Mormon gives us such personal and unexpectedly perfect answers! The Book of Mormon is so powerful! (I don't think I've said that enough in this email and I don't think I'm done either haha.)
>OKAY now for another BOMB lesson! We got to go to the TEMPLE for a lesson with our friend! It was amazing! She said it looked like a castle and that she was so happy! She wanted to know what the inside looked like so we showed her the virtual temple tour video and it was awesome! Later on in the lesson we started talking about life and what not and she talked about wanting God to answer her prayers and that sparked a little thought in my head that reminded me of the lesson we had had the day before with the member flipping and pointing in the Book of Mormon so we decided to do it again! So we went first again and asked our questions and I got another unexpected answer to my question which made me so happy! It was so cute, every time we flipped and pointed we would all gather in so close to see what the answer was! Then our friend asked her question and I was just praying so hard as she flipped and pointed and read and holy moly! So cool! It was perfect! I mean at first it seemed a little weird but we just kinda talked about it a little bit and she was just glowing and said she thought it really actually applied to her life right now and how she was feeling and what she was experiencing! It was WAY COOL! After that we kind of jokingly asked, "When can we come to the temple again and go inside" and then the verse we flipped to was Ether 14:31 and it talked about a lot of deaths and losses and then they returned to their camp and we were like... Uhhhh haha what? And then we related it to Corona and how there are a lot of losses but someday we will get to return! It ended up being really cool! We were all like woahhhhhh haha anyway 10/10 recommend the Book of Mormon flip and point!
OK then we went into the church with her and got to go in the chapel! Wow that was a special feeling! So peaceful and happy! Then we went in the hallway and looked at pictures! There was one picture from when Christ came to the Americas (it's in the front of the Book of Mormon too) and she recognized it right away and remembered it! She LOVES that picture! I remember when she lighted up the very first time we showed her that picture in the Book of Mormon months ago! Wow can I just say I love the Book of Mormon? It is such a powerful witness of Jesus Christ! Oh and did I mention the literal POWER it has?!
>OK last thing! I found a verse this week that I LOVE in Romans 8:28!
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God..." I love this so much! No matter what we do, we can't ruin God's plan! He takes our mistakes and allows us to repent and build from them! Oh what joyful news that is! It is so comforting to know that we have a loving Father in Heaven whose one desire is our happiness and joy! That's all he wants for us and He is on OUR TEAM AND OUR SIDE! I love the joy this gospel brings! I'm definitely not all sunshine and rainbows all the time but I know that without this church and the truths that it teaches life would be a lot more bleak and quite frankly unhappy! Because of Jesus Christ we have HOPE! Even when the sunshine and rainbows are out of sight, the Son can shine bright in our souls and the HOPE of seeing Him in eternal life can keep us moving forward! So when life gets dark, remember where true LIGHT comes from :)
I love you all!! Sending love and hugs!
Love Sister Freeman ဖီပြံဝါ
Pictures:
1. We got HAPPY meals! I mean the Book of Mormon is a happy FEAST but these made us pretty happy too!
2-3. We found a snow cone stand on our way doing something & just had to stop (we follow those kind of prompting all the time now hehe)
4. Elder Morris' Birthday!
5. Ice cream :))))
6. Lesson with our Pee (Grandma) (*yes Pee is a term of endearment in Karen)
7. "they're BROWNIES"
8-9. Sister Norton had us all wear party hats for her District Council training & we looked pretty funny.
10. Sister Rick's joined for a lesson with TH Blay and Ya Kho!! After we took this picture Ya Kho goes "everybody Law Eh right?" hehe which basically means everybody looking cute right?" For some reason it was really funny... Also this lesson was just so funny! Th Blay (speaks mostly Karen) kept singing,"I am a gummy bear a yummy yummy gummy bear" and it was the cutest & funniest thing! I love them!!
11. Got to skype in for Th Blays birthday Bahywah!
12. We played memory with quarters & it was pretty fun.
13. Temple trip with our FRIEND :)))
14. Old picture with Pee from a couple weeks ago I forgot to add!
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