another week come and gone. i think most other missionaries would agree with me. pdays keep popping up. it seems like there are a million of them. and yet... sometimes the days seem to take years to go by. it is an interesting phenomenon - time on a mission. i think the lord may warp it a little so that you are able to get more stuff crammed into every single day.
this week. was a lot like the other ones.
so, i will try to recap the week adequately. monday we went to ayutaya. it was soooo funny. you'd be driving through the city... and then BAM! big, mossy waht. i was kinda expecting... like jungles. or monkeys. nope. just a huge giant ancient building in the middle of a city. kinda weird... but totally awesome. AND we got to ride an elephant. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D my life was complete at that moment. it's funny to see what they do... they have a sign that says (in thai - 10 baht) or something like that. but then in english, it will say 50 baht. so you only know that it's cheaper if you can read and speak thai. but then again... if you are a tall, white, blonde... they don't believe you then either. so they still make you pay 50 baht. hmpf. i tried to tell them i was thai. i guess you can guess how well that one worked out...
as we were leaving, the heavens decided to open. i've really only had 2 torrential downpours since i've been in this country... and monday was one of them. it was insane. i have never seen anything like it in my whole life! and i was going to film it... but... my camera died. perfect right? next time. because i'm sure it will happen again.
tuesday we had zone conference and mission tour. elder wilson is the area seventy over southern asia... and it was SO GOOD! i was taking notes all day long. it felt like a trip back to the mtc. i was definitely in heaven. i believe he is from pocatello. he said that he had to stand up and read something from his dad in front of the school board when he was younger... said he remembered grandpa ellis. small, small world.
we had TWO thanksgivings this year. yes, i know. i am spoiled. i'm pretty sure that missionaries outside of bangkok do not get thanksgiving. because it is only the american people that celebrate it... and there aren't a whole lot outside of the city. but we got two. the one was with a less active that (every single time we called him) would tell us about the HUGE turkey that he was going to deep-fry. i'm not going to lie. it was a stinkin good turkey. i thought that he and uncle dave wallis would get along well... it was really nice to eat a thick, hearty american meal. and potatoes! i didn't realize how much i missed them! idaho is a great place to live... i tell you what!
so this month we had a goal to have one baptism per companionship. and boy were we close! we only had one companionship in our zone that didn't have one... and i'm not sure about the whole mission yet. we had boat and lipi last week, and the rest of them happened on the 30th. talk about cutting it a little close. good thing no one got stabbed! to celebrate, we had tim tam slams! (thank you harmon for introducing me)
thai father's day is this thursday. (because it is the king's birthday) so HAPPY FATHERS DAY to all you amazing fathers! and especially mine. i love you so much dad! thanks for everything that you do for me... and for sacrificing to help me be out here and serve the lord!!!
you wouldn't think we would have pizza here. but we do. i think pizza once a week is a little excessive... but that's what has happened for the last 3 weeks. and... weirdly enough... they give you ketchup packets with your pizza. i think i'll pass on that one. but the pizza is pretty good.
oh boy. i don't even know what else to say! i feel like nephi... and all the other prophets that say that they can only say a hundredth part of the things that they experience!
so i have a couple of scriptures for you. :)
always.
psalm 46:5 (for all my ladies out there)
1 timothy 4:12 (whether that means greenie, youngin, or just trying something new)
i love this work. i love thailand. i feel like i make mistakes... all the time. but i take a lot of comfort in knowing that i can't mess up heavenly father's plan that much. it is all going to work out. even if i'm like the little kid in the kitchen that makes messes as much as they help... i think he would want me there helping more than doing anything else. i know that he needs me here. i know that heavenly father needs us all exactly where we are. he plans things so perfectly! i am always amazed at the people we will meet, the things that people say, how prepared they are to receive the gospel... it shows me how well the lord can do his own work. i just feel blessed to be a part of this.
i hope you all have the best week ever! (and that they keep getting better and better and better!)
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