Week #69

Dear Everyone

This was a pretty good week. Two of our investigators were baptised.

Monday: Turned out to be a pretty normal preparation day. Got our ride out to Nong Jig to teach a couple of good lessons. The lessons were to the next 5 people to be baptised in this month. They are doing pretty well. It was a really relaxing day.

Tuesday: We were able to teach a few lessons in the morning and got ourselves a new investigator. We taught the usual English class with success. Umm yeah...

Wednesday: The only lessons we taught were the ones out in that neighborhood we go to a lot. And we go to that one a lot for a reason. Soon to be lots of members there! A good day missionary work wise. I went on exchange with Elder Christenson. He came to RoiEt and Elder Todd went to Mahasarakam.

Thursday: Oh boy. Did not get a lot done teaching and finding wise. We did have a great long planning session. A lot got accomplished and I was pretty pleased with how it went. We spent a little of the evening proselyting and that was it.

Friday: Taught a couple more lessons in the evening. While we were out at the neighborhood, we had the chance with the Branch President to give a blessing to a member. Her father could not do it yet. But he will soon be getting the Melchizedek Priesthood in the next District Conference. So that was cool to help. I was the one to do the anointing in Thai. Only the 2nd time I have done that. The hard part is remembering the full name in Thai.

Saturday: We taught a recent convert lesson to Sueb and his family. They were baptised last Saturday. They are doing really well. They understand that they are no longer Buddhist, which is good. Some members don't fully understand that yet. A really good lesson on the Priesthood and the organization of the church. It is sometimes easy to forget that the people you are teaching have not grown up in the church and that a lot things still need to be explained.

Sunday: We had 6 investigators attend church. That was pretty cool. Our investigators Cat and B were baptised after church was over. It was a great experience. They will do really well in the church. They both want to serve missions in the future. Good strong testimonies. We taught a lesson that was a referral from a member. Can I say how much I love referrals! It was a good lesson. She has been to church about 4 times already and likes it and said she will most likely keep going.

A pretty good week overall.

Love,
Elder Ackerman