Week #76

Dear Everyone,

So we had an alright week. It for sure ended good. I love General Conference.

Monday: So during the day before we started our normal proselyting hours, we went back to the former Branch Presidents house to continue doing service. It was a blast and they had an activity made from it with the youth. It was a lot of fun and some good hard work. We had a couple lessons in the evening and taught some new investigators.

Tuesday: We had an alright day going for us. We really did not have a lot of time due to the fact that we had to work on the new visa paperwork. That was fun. Not really. A lot of time wasted and all that good stuff. Oh well, it needed to happen. We were able to teach a couple of good lessons and teach our English class as well.

Wednesday: This was actually a really nice day. All of our appointments went through in the evening and we had a lot of fun teaching. We had to spend more time in the afternoon to go inviting and try to find some new investigators. It did not go very well.

Thursday: Another busy morning. We had our usual weekly planning and that went very well. We then headed over to the hospital (that is where are all the doctors are, there are not any real clinics) to get a physical done for the visa. That took only an hour and the physical consisted of the doctor listening to my breathing and check my lymph nodes. That was it. Way easy and way cheap haha Only 1 dollar and 10 cents. Fantastic. It was a joke of a physical. We taught a couple lessons in the evening. I also had to travel to Mahasarakham to do an interview.

Friday: Took care of that interview in the evening. Elder Jensen and I had some good inviting time considering all of the set up appointments fell through on us. Oh well. It was fun. Giving interviews for baptism are always a good experience.

Saturday: Okay, now for the good stuff! General Conference! It was such a fantastic conference. It was also the first time I have not fallen asleep for any of the sessions. That was quite the accomplishment! At least I felt good about myself. All I have to say is that Elder Holland punched us in the face and exploded our minds. Like usual :) I also really enjoyed Elder Uchtdorf's talk on our potential to be like God. Pretty sweet. We taught a lesson afterwards and then ended the evening with ice cream (can't help it, tradition).

Sunday: Another most excellent day. We did the whole conference thing and then went out to go teaching. At first all of our appointments fell through, but they were made up by our finding efforts. It was good. We taught a less-active and his 2 friends. They are now both new investigators. We also found a small family. It was very awesome. We ended the day with a good dinner from the members.

I am so thankful to be a missionary of the Lord Jesus Christ. I know this church is true and that President Monson is the Lord's representative here on the earth.

Love,
Elder Ackerman