Oh, boy, week #37 in Thailand

Hey,

Wow, does the time really go by. Just 2 weeks ago I was on the phone with the family for Christmas. Crazy I tell you. And now I am a solid 20 years old.

Monday: Good Preparation day. I spent the day in Surin. We had 3 lessons planned and they all fell through. It was bad. Yaw passed his interview to be baptised on the 8th of January. He passed with flying colors according to Elder Campbell. He was like quoting the Bible and scripture masteries during the interview. Way cool :)

Tuesday: Traveled back to Buriram in the morning to have the district meeting. Taught the usual English and we were able to get a couple good lessons in.

Wednesday: Well, another swell day. Got a couple lessons taught with members. Don't think much else happened that is notable. Oh wait! Got on a bus to go to Bangkok at 11pm. That was sweet. 6 hour bus ride!

Thursday: Got to the chapel at 430 am or so. Oh man. No one was there. We waited another 20 minutes or so and another companionship showed up. That was nice. Oh forgot to say. On Tuesday we also found out who would be moving. No one. It will be the same 4 people in our district which is way sweet! All Elder Chapman and I had to do was renew our visas. At least we don't have to leave the country. Traveled to Surin to stay the night. It was an earlier bus than the one to Buriram and besides, Elder Campbell and Elder Mondragon had packages.

Friday: Quick travel in the morning over to Buriram. We also did our weekly planning and got ready for the baptism on Saturday. Had to run around and do stuff and teach a couple lessons. Had a good coordination meeting with the branch as well.

Saturday: My birthday. Good day. Went and got ice cream. It was also Kids Day in Thailand so Swensons was way busy. Oh well. It was still way good. Got stuck at the church filling up the font. Mainly the main faucet didn't work for the font. We had to get a hose for another spigot and then make sure the hose didn't slide off (it happened twice). Oh well. Only 2 hours of work lost. We did get one lesson in for the day. The baptism went great. Very good service. Deang, Owns mom came as well.

Sunday: Good day. Yaw and Own were confirmed and given the gift of the Holy Ghost. No other investigators at church. Didn't teach any lessons during the day either. Those days just happen sometimes. Pretty good week I would say.

That is all folks!

Elder Ackerman