From Karsten Hinckley
Teaching in Thailand
On our way home last night we were walking by this abandoned market. I
saw man who was sitting there and felt impressed to go talk to him. As we
talked I asked if he wanted to go to church 20 yards away and he said yeah.
This man is homeless, but he was willing to come. We showed him around the
church and asked if he liked to read. He said he did, so we gave him a Book of
Mormon. We invited him to come to church this next Sunday. If he takes some time to
read he will come to know that Jesus is the Christ. He was a really humble man
from everything he told us.
Today at church one of our investigators brought
her daughter. She came up to us after and asked for the Book of Mormon so she
could read it. This little 10 year old girl came up and asked for a Book of
Mormon! "I want to read it," she said. Wow! Never had that happen
before. She is a really smart! In primary she listened as they read and liked
it. She wanted it, so we gave it to her.
We went to this market last P Day. When we were about to
head home we went into this gift shop because there was AC [air conditioning].
We were just walking around when a lady asked what we were doing. We told her
who we were and so forth. She said, “I haven’t seen the Elders for 20 years
now." She is a member of the Chruch. As we talked to her she said she hasn’t
been to church in a long time. She didn’t even know about the temple. She said
she might not be able to see the temple because of her cancer. I don’t know if
she was happy to see us or not.We told the Elders in that area
about her and told her she needs to be visited. Heavenly Father will put us all in situations
that we need to be in for whatever reason.
