Hey (written Sept 26, 2010)

Hello Everyone,

So this was a pretty sweet week I have to say (as are all my weeks here). I will jump right into it.

Monday: Well the rest of the Preparation-Day was pretty uneventful. We didn't have any lessons to teach, so we spent the rest of the night inviting before we had to go home.

Tuesday: The usual Tuesday. We went to the hospital so I could get another shot of the rabies vaccination. Nothing too special. We were able to teach one lesson with a family that has been learning with the Elders for a while. I feel with them when need to help them understand our purpose more and why we are here to teach them about the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. We had our usual English class. It is always fun and a good break. Not really a break, but it is fun.

Wednesday: So we changed our weekly District meeting to Wednesdays now. At least it is for me and Elder Peacock. Tuesday's are already pretty full and we don't have a lot of time. It will help us manage our time more effectively. He had prepared a lesson to look at how Christ invited others to learn. So we learned some cool things that we can do to help our street contacting go better. Taught 2 lessons and found 4 more potentials for the week. One of our investigators we taught is doing really well and has a baptismal date for the 24th of October.

Thursday: A pretty slow day. We long planned as usual for the next week. Then we went out and went walking/biking/talking to people. It went well I guess you could say. We taught only one lesson, but got some new investigators out of it. It was pretty cool. It is a grandmother and her two granddaughters. They are fun and have some very good questions that we are always excited to answer.

Friday: A way good day. We had a member from Udon help us teach all day. His name is Brother Geng and he goes all around Thailand and always helps the missionaries wherever he goes. It is way cool. So he helped us teach 4 lessons. Before we went around with him, we went out inviting. Out of one of the lessons we got a new investigator. A fun day overall.

Saturday: Another effective day. We taught 3 lessons right in a row, but unfortunately did not have a member with us for any of them. And out of that we got 5 new investigators. 2 new families to teach. It should go well with them. We have faith that it will. It was a pretty normal day.

Sunday: Well we were able to teach all of our lessons with a member. Having a member at the lesson is excellent. It really helps us as missionaries to have a normal person present (not that we aren't normal), but I think you get what I mean. We taught some new people and got some new investigators. It has been going really well for us here. Unfortunately we had to drop a family. Riding a bike all day is not hard. Being stuck in the rain is not hard. Being chased by big angry dogs is not a problem. Being on a mission is not too terribly physically hard. The hardest part is when the people you grow to love do not accept the Gospel of Christ. And having to drop them and stop seeing them is the hardest thing we do as missionaries.

Well that is all I have for this week. Thanks so much for your prayers and all.
Love,

Elder Ackerman
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