"First to answer some of your questions, I would love CTR rings in Thai. That would be the best thing ever! I want a lot of them because there are so many kids here that would want one. Maybe even half of them in English would be cool too. The ward here is a branch, but it is really big and I think could easily be a ward. The members help out the missionaries as well. They take care of us a lot! The church building is about the size of the gym back home. And yes, we do gather after church and eat together. The food here is so good because it is Esan food! haha"
"This week was exciting and fun. Not much happened on Monday for p-day, but we went over to Brother Bees house for family home evening. We played Signs and I won!!! That's right, haha!!! It was really fun and there was a member there who's name is Brother Oh. He gave me the nickname Elder Law which means, Elder Handsome, so hahaha!"
"Tuesday was really busy, but it was my favorite day. We taught 4 lessons! It was awesome because I felt that we were doing good missionary work. We also had district meeting where we talked about sharing testimonies to help teach people to come to Christ. We then taught English and one of my investigators showed up. His name is Brother Adule and he brought his daughter, Dangmo. They are both solid. They think that I am a good teacher because I make English fun and they laugh while I teach and they love it. The ward mission leader wants us to get a lot of people at English class, so that is what I am working on. I love to teach English!"
"Wednesday, we went to the Mall to buy a book for Elder Sanguansak. After that we got on our bikes and took a very long ride to a referral who ended up not even being there. I was upset because I even risked my life to get there. I was chased by dogs three times! Plus my seat was hurting really bad. haha We went home and taught one of our investigators that lived an hour and a half away by bus. We teach him on the phone a lot and he said that he would come to church on Sunday. Then we taught Sister Jeep who is our recent convert."
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| Elder Smith's Johnny Lingo moment |
"Thursday was a huge bummer. This morning we went to the hospital to visit a member's mom that is really sick. I don't like going to the hospital in Thailand. Everyone just looks so sick and dying. Then we had a bunch of lessons scheduled in a row and would you believe it.., they all didn't show up! We waited at the church for the longest time. It was very disappointing. We finally got one lesson with our investigator, Brother Sun. He is really cool, but I'm not sure he has a desire to change his religion. He likes both Buddism and Christianity. I just keep bearing my testimony to him. We then headed to Sister Gode's house and taught her family and then went to teach Sister Jiji. She was suppose to get baptized on Sunday, but she couldn't get to church this week."
"Friday we planned together for the first time. I have been expressing the importance of planning together and I think Elder Sanguansak finally got the message. haha We had plans to go teach Sister Dukdaa, but she was looking so sick. We gave her a blessing and I led. It was nice to lead, but it was hard to see her this way. It reminded me of Grandpa Lloyd. I told Elder Sanguansak that we need to take her the Sacrament on Sunday and he agreed. We then went to teach a new investigator, Brother Gone. He is very interested in the church and we invited him to go to church and straightaway he said he would be there."
"Sunday we had four people show up for church! It was awesome and even the girl that we met contacting came. She lives right next to the church and she loved going. She is golden! We then took the Sacrament to Sister Dukdaa and she really appreciated it. I really want her to be happy and to start getting better. We then went to teach Brother Sun and had a long discussion about Buddism and Christianity. I think it was good because he is starting to like Christianity. We are going to take a member who use to be a strong Buddist to help teach him. We then headed over to Sister Gope's and I actually made Somtam. It was awesome and very good! haha"
"That was my week. I love and miss you all. I am doing the Lord's work and he will bless us all!"
