Funny thing happened. . .

Hey Everyone!

So yeah, funny thing happened this last transfer. I moved!! Yes, only 6 weeks in one area of the mission. Not a very common thing. But it is okay. I have a pretty sweet new companion. I will tell more about him in a little bit.

So Monday: A very normal Prep day in สกลนคร (Sakon Nakhon). Did the usual washing the clothes and shopping and such. We had time for some inviting because our lessons fell through. Got a new potential.

Tuesday: A relatively good day. Then we got the call as we left the house that I would be moving. That was weird. I did not see it coming at all...We taught a lesson with a sweet new family for Elder Peacock and his new companion. Then we had the usual English class. Then I had some real fun. I got to eat heaven meat or dog meat :) It was actually quite good. I would eat it again for sure. Now that you are all grossed out...

Wednesday: Good morning. Had time to pack for moving. Got to the bus station at around 4pm to go down to Udon, then to get on another bus to go down to Bangkok. It was way fun. I got to see Elder Martin from my group and Elder Anderson and got to talk with them on the bus to Bangkok. It was a long ride and I got a good nap in. Then at about 7 in the morning, outside the church that we meet at, the bus sprung a leak and the engine died. Go figure it was a gas leak. Funny thing is, we had a huge tour bus, and the street the church is on is a one way, and the bus dies right in front of someones house. And they had to go to work. Needless to say they were frustrated. We got all the stuff off of the bus and the drivers were able to fix the problem. A fun experience.

Thursday: Well I talked a little about Thursday morning already. Moves was way cool. 16 missionaries going home and 18 coming in. 60% of the mission is now under 5 transfers. My group is now one of the older people. Way weird. So I got a way cool companion and I went Senior Companion, on moves number 5!!!! Way early. Everyone in our group went senior and Elder Larson is the senior in a threesome. Way cool. So I am now in Buriram ( บุรีรัมย์ ). It is a cool area. The house is pretty nice. So a little about Elder Leyva, my new comp. He is on moves number 3. He is from Sparks, Nevada. Right next to Reno. The second one in his family to go on a mission. I swear, he is my spirit world twin. We have almost everything in common. Our favorite movies are the 3 Bourne movies. We both like working out in the morning. It is going to be an awesome 6 weeks for sure!! We are both way excited.

Friday: We had our long planning for the week and I got to get more familiar with the investigators here. And then we got rained on. That was fun. Had a lot of time for inviting but did not get any potentials. We had our coordination meeting with the branch mission leader. He is pretty cool.

Saturday: A day full of zeros once again. We had a sweet day. Got trapped by the rain for like 3 plus hours though. Not a lot of success. We met a sweet white guy from Tennesse. That was cool. He is a Veitnam vet and after talking with him, he is so ready for the Restored Gospel, but he straight up told us he wasn't going to convert. He was still way cool. His nickname was Tank, that he has had since High School. Then we literally ran from the rain...We could here it coming and it was hitting house tops in the distance and moving closer. We ran to our bikes and the rain was right behind us. It really was a wall of rain. We barely made it under cover before it just poured. Literally milliseconds. We had a good laugh. Then we went to BigC to eat some dinner and got stuck there until like 830pm and then it stopped raining so we could go home.

Sunday: Church was really good. The members here are really fun and easy to get along with. We had some lunch at the church and went home to get changed and eat some more. Then it rained for an hour and we couldn't leave. Then we had inviting time and we got a lesson done! It was good. Now I know better how to help this couple.

That is all I got for this week. I am having a way fun time here. I love you all!!

Elder Ackerman
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