Transfer 6: week 4: South 2

อาดัม ตก^ข​เพื่อ​มนุษย์​จะ​เป็น​อยู่; และ​มนุษย์​เป็นอยู่, เพื่อ​พวก​เขา​จะ​มีปีติ.

Thai for "Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy." (Aka I don't speak Thai and I wanted to start off with a fun statement despite the lack of Thai sisters here on Temple Square.)

I love being a missionary here! You get to meet golden investigators from all over the world.... our most recent miracle group was a group of Thai students coming over to work and study English for 4 months. They were so prepared to learn more about the church. They felt the spirit and asked the most amazing questions and the best part is that they are here in the US for a short while, because the missionaries sometimes take months to reach them in Thailand. But they were amazing, they worked together to read some scriptures from the Book of Mormon and all of them wanted to have a copy of their very own and to meet with missionaries to tell them more about how temples allow people to be together with their families. We've also been teaching a lot of engineers from all over the US, but they don't seem to think that a God could exist, they're a tougher crowd than all of the Neuroscientists that we had two weeks ago, which I thought wasn't possible.

We also have been preparing like crazy for General Conference... even the guests who visit here can notice the building anticipation that is hanging on to every budding flower on every brown branch and green bud here. (The tulips have escaped from their dirt shells and decided to show their colors, which I am happy that I got the chance to see it) The church has as well, they've made a new version of the Joseph Smith movie especially for those who have never heard of Joseph Smith before. They use the same scenes, but they have Lucy Mack Smith narrating the whole movie explaining the background so that no one is confused about what is going on... which is nice I think. Sister Farmer and I are in charge of starting and stopping the movie and it is wonderful to see everyone have the chance to feel the love of God while they watch it. The restoration of the gospel is a miracle, isn't it? Centuries of nothing from

Heavenly Father and then a miraculous vision and everything is restored to it's fullness and everyone is welcome to learn more. I am grateful to be born at this time.

Nothing much else to report, except that I am excited to hear what everyone liked about General Conference and what specific questions you think will be answered for you this coming April (no worries, I'm not planning on pretending to be engaged this April Fool’s day, promise)

Have a wonderful Easter time, and remember that the Savior died for us because he wanted us all to have a chance to return and live with our Heavenly Father.

Sister Pielstick