39% Left July 20

Well shoot....... this week was a crazy hard week! Some of the days it was all push.... We had a way hard time with the people, just being mean.... But oh well that is the life of a missionary some of the days. Some days people hate you and are ridiculous. Other days people are just way nice! We just worked hard and prayed that everything would work out! Well, Sunday rolled around and it was a feeling of somberness  that filled the missionaries, as all of the investigators we had planned on coming did not come. Some days you will face disappointment, even when you work as hard as you physically can.  The thing I have learned through my time being a missionary is that you cannot force someone to change. They have their agency. You cannot force someone to come to church and feel the spirit. You can't force someone to be happy.  You can only provide them with the most ideal environment and let the spirit do the testifying and have the faith that the person you are teaching is really feeling the things you feel! 

Well life always marches on no matter what.  You cannot slow down the march of time. You can only enjoy the ride! I did some calculations this week and I have about 36% left of my mission. I have 39 Sundays left. That is not enough time to teach I  need more time. Weeks go by way to fast now. Time is just sailing on. The transfer is almost over. We are on the fourth week of a six week transfer. Time is the enemy right now. It is just going to fast! 

Well at least you have a temple to go to. Remember that and be grateful. People take the temple for granted. They really shouldn't,  because when you live in an area where there is no temple, people are more hardhearted because the spirit doesn't have a as strong foothold. It will get harder the closer Thailand gets to having a temple, because evil will always try to crush goodness - no matter what we do. The more goodness there is in life  the more wickedness will rise.

Well the zoo was pretty sweet. It was way awesome being able to go and get in for less then 2 dollars!

It's a Zoo!!!!! July 13

Dear Motherus

well GERMANY WON WOO! It's a good day....Well it was a tough week we had a hard time finding people that  wanted to come to church. But in the end we were victorius! We got people to come to church. Only two people came, but we are planning to get them baptized in the end.

Well, this week we were just working and pushing to fight the devil all day long it was "fantabulous"!

Let's see-we have an investigator that who is so ready for baptism! We just have to make sure we teach with power and authority. Yesterday, Elder Kandun was sick. 

Some of the hard moments this week were.... people looking at me as if they are thinking that I have a demon inside of me .....LOL

The reason I am writing you so early is that we are going to a zoo. Well first we are teaching an investigator to help him get ready for baptism and help him change his path! 

Yeah its going to be one of those days!

 

Well mom, I want to let you know that I know this is the work of the Lord. The only way we can have true happiness is this gospel without it we are nothing but dust. We are here to learn good from evil. Some days the world says otherwise, but we need to rise above the world and overcome the evilness! 

Over 1000 baptisms for the mission! July 6

Well, we had 90 people attending church today, before we only had 60. The work is progressing very fast! We have hit over 1000 baptisms for the mission. We are at like 1050, at the half way point in this year. It's awesome! Our ward building was built by the church 7 years ago. I will take a pic this week and show how big it is! 

 

The kid that got baptized today, his name is J. He was a person that we "snagged" off the street. We invited him to "Sports Day" and then we started teaching him.It was awesome seeing the change of heart he had. When we first meet him he was wearing a very big amulet. Next time we saw him, he had stopped wearing it and he was already repenting.

 

You can always see the great and mighty change that people have. He was a prepared "vessel". We did the teaching. The the spirit did the testifying. Heaven.y Father gave the knowledge. And now he has been baptized! It is way awesome!  

 

Our branch president was the first stake president in Thailand. He is a champion! 

We have 6 Elders in one house. We all sleep on the floor on matresses. 

I really like my companion. He is way funny! All of us Elders go out inviting people. Sometimes people think we are CIA hahahahah. 

 

So our friend Kenny ran into him and took some pictures. Including what we used to call "Street Contacting" now called "inviting"- inviting people to come unto Christ!

Missionaries walk and walk and walk.....

Meeting up with Kenny

At the Church

LUNCH!

Teaching an English Class

Inviting people to come unto Christ

The Life of a Missionary is GRAND!

 

 

Bangkhae June 30

Well lets see.... I have moved to an area called Bangkhae. I am in the city still. Bangkok could be its own country, it is so big. Yeah it's kinda a big deal! So in the Bangkapbi ward, there are only 2 elders and 2 sisters now. I am in the Bangkok West District(the newly formed District.) President Senior has great plans for this area. He wants it to become a stake. Five branches have to be "ward" ready in order for that to happen.  There are 6 elders in our area and 2 sisters.  My companion and I have opened a new area within an area.  It is crazy! President Senior wants us to make this area ward ready before to long.  So we are going to be pushing ourselves to the limit all day, every day. The goal this week is having four people being baptized. We are going to make this happen! At the moment we have four investigators from before I got transferred here. I am not in the same stake anymore. I am in a different zone. It was tough to leave that area... but it was what the Lord has seen fit for me to do. It is going to be an adventure of odd proportions!

Well transfer meeting was fun. We got an inspiring message of just keep doing the Lord's work and helping the work grow in Thailand!

 

My companion's name is Elder Kandun กันดุล . He is awesome. He is from Udorn , Thailand. It's pretty awesome. He has been on his mission for eight months. All the Elders from the district are living in the same house. It is way fun! It is a way nice house. I knew one person. He was in the group that came after me.There  are 2 "greenies" (new missionaries) in this area as well. It's crazy!

 

Mum you are funny! Yes I am obedient . If not, what would I be doing here as a missionary! NOBODIES PERFECT..... I GOT WORK IT!(a song reference)

Bad days come but in the end I can only remember the good times I have had as a missionary.

 

Kenny ran into Aaron at the Transfer Meeting....gave him so real American candy!

Aaron and his new companion and good friend Kenny

 

 

 

ลาก่อน Bangkapi- unexpected transfer

It came as a huge surprise to all of us, the ward and the missionaries that 5 of the 6 elders would be transferred and one of the sisters as well. They would be replaced by only one elder and one sister. Although Aaron was only in Bangkapi for 9 weeks, the ward had such an impact on him and on us. Aaron made some wonderful friends there. We will miss the weekly pictures of our missionary. The members took so many of them. Now we once again have to rely on Aaron for them........ So thank you so so much Bangkapi ward!

 

All about food....... June 22

Well I am happy that you guys are out adventuring and having a fun time .Make sure that you don't like get stressed about the small and simple things! Have a fun time ya hear! (We were spending the weekend at Capitol Reef)

Hey, so just so you know I may be finishing my mission 2 weeks early- in April... it's possible...(we since have gotten official word that indeed he will be coming home in April instead of the beginning of May..... :-) )
 

I miss lemonade. There is no lemonade here in Thailand .......I miss delicious Swiss food and August 1st  is coming soon! (Swiss National Holiday! We always celebrate our heritage with Bratwurst and a lantern parade)

YEAH food is delicious ......steak I miss steak. It's a missing food kinda day! I did eat a soup with pigs blood though........

 

Well that is a a true story there....... this past week was just draining. We really don't know why. It's a little odd! But we had a way spiritual lesson with the catholic lady. It was hard core literally- the spirit made the room "burn". AAAAHHHHHH spirit teaching is awesome! 

 

Well, having the church meetings moved to another building,  actually did not hurt us as much as I thought it would! There were 109 people at church. It's pretty awesome that we had that many people come.  We will see what happen next because เราเป็นบางกะปี (We are Bangkapi- google translate....)Yeah it's kinda a big deal !

 

It's a hard thing being a white person some days, but we carry on carry on! 

Well we really don't have anyone to teach, except someone who has to get married before she can get baptized.... yep the same problem we had in the GUMPS AHAZHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!

We got rained on pretty hard.....

Having a Great Time at Stake Conference!

ON THE WAY TO CONFERENCE

SEEING FRIENDS.....