Bit by a dog!

Hey everyone!

So this week I had a ton of pretty cool experiences. I will get to them all as I report the days! This was probably the coolest week of my mission.

Monday: Okay. So I didn't say anything about Monday last email for a reason. Monday at around 530pm, we got on a bus to go 3+ hours to Khon Kean to stay the night in a hotel. The next morning we were going to be having a meeting with Khon Kean zone as well as ours. Slept pretty comfortably. It was weird being in a hotel.

Tuesday: Okay. A very cool day! We get up at the normal missionary time to go to the chapel in Khon Kean. Our meeting was part of the mission tour of Elder Perkins of the Seventy. He is the area president for all of Asia. It was the most fantastic meeting. And before the meeting I got to interview with him for about 10 minutes. Just mainly wanted to talk to some Elders to find out what he wanted to talk about to the 2 zones. It was so cool! He is a great man. I felt very blessed to sit down with him for a few minutes. It was a little intimidating at first. I got told Monday night and my zone leader, Elder Dee told me not to lose too much sleep over it. I don't have my notes on me to share what I learned from the meeting. We were here from about 9 am to 3 pm. I just can't explain how cool it was. Then I got on a bus to go to Udon to do switch off's with the Zone leaders and Elder Peacock went back to Sakon Nakon with Elder Brown. I was in Udon until Friday morning.

Wednesday: Well I was in Udon. I don't remember much unfortunately. We had a district meeting with the Sisters and other Elders in Udon. What is way cool is that Elder Anderson in my group (in the MTC) is in Udon. That was way cool to see him for several days. The day was a fun day. We were able to teach a few lessons and find some potentials.

Thursday: Still in Udon. Taught some lessons and went out finding. We had a lot of time to work around. I also saw an elephant walking down a street!! I didn't have my camera to get a picture. It was way cool!

Friday: Got up at about 5am so we could get on a bus at 620 to get back to Sakon Nakhon. Took about 3 hours to get back. The Zone Leaders then gave a District meeting for me and Elder Peacock. It was good and then they headed back to the bus station to go back to Udon. We were able to teach 2 lessons the rest of the day.

Saturday: Well this was a fun day. I guess it depends on your definition of fun. It was a pretty rough day. All of our appointments got dropped and the only lesson we taught was about an hour before we had to go home and it was off the invite next to his house. It was a good lesson and we will go back and see them again. So on the way to go get food and go home, I was bit by a dog while riding my bike. I was pretty surprised as well! So we headed to the hospital and got home around 1130pm. It was a lot of waiting at the hospital to get the rabies vaccination. Don't worry, I am alright! I am not sick or anything. It really isn't that big of a deal. Just frustrating, a little frustrating.

Sunday: We went to church and it was pretty good. Were able to teach a lesson after church. We then went about from appointment to appointment for the rest of the day. Unfortunately, we taught only one more lesson. It went well. He was interested about the Plan of Salvation because his son had died 5 years ago at the age of 19. He wants an opportunity to see his son again. The rest of the day was normal.

Well that is all for this week. I am having an awesome time and I love you all!

Elder Ackerman
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