Hey all!

Hey Everyone,

Well this week has been pretty cool. There is so much that happens around here. I can only tell so much!! Oh well.

Monday: Pretty sweet day. Did all the cool harvesting the rice and such. Then after I had sent my email, on the way home I got to feed an elephant! :) Yeah, it was way cool! Other than that, not too much. Just the normal everyday go out and find new people to teach.

Tuesday: The Elders from Surin came to Buriram again. Only a hour long bus ride between the cities. That is always fun. We have a great district! We all get along really well and have fun. Being a missionary is such a blessing. I am always glad to hear that I am not missing much back home.

Wednesday: Wow, this was a full day. We had 6 lessons planned, but only 3 of them went through. They all went really well. We have a family getting baptised on the 24th of December which is really cool. It would have been on the 25th, but the Branch is having an activity that evening. Oh well. Christmas Eve is just as good. This week has been really bad for finding new people to teach unfortunately.

Thursday: No work got done. It was a day of studying and traveling to Ubon for Zone Conference. It was fun. Elder Leyva and I got to stay in a hotel overnight. :) It was way nice and comfortable. A very good nights sleep for the both of us. Oh and had interviews with Pres Smith as well. The new Book of Mormon in Thai is out and for moves, President ordered all the missionaries a cheap triple combination. It is way sweet.

Friday: The fantastic Zone Conference. I always forget to bring my notes. We mainly talked about planning effectively and did some role playing for teaching as well. It was a great day. No work got done because of all the traveling. Oh well. There are days like this that happen.

Saturday: A day of a lot of walking around and not findng anyone. Taught only one lesson and that was at 800pm. Like I said, sometimes there are just really bad days.

Sunday: It was a better day. Taught 2 lessons right before rushing to the bus station to go to Surin for P-Day and District Meeting on Tuesday. Oh and it is the yearly really big Elephant festival in Surin :)

That is all folks!

Love,
Elder Ackerman
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