Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Hey everyone!
So Sunday we had an amazing baptism of a husband and wife here in Khon Kaen. Their names are A and Oo, easy to say right?! Ha-ha, they also have a son named Bank but he is 3 so he wasn't able to be baptized. They are the sweetest people! I was way happy to see them baptized and so was the Branch because the Khon Kaen Branch only has 2 families and everyone else is single. There are no strong foundations here so to see a strong family come in will help a lot! Their baptisms were really good, too. We had 2 members that helped us teach them and baptize them and Elder Young and I sang a musical number. We sang an arrangement to Nearer My God to Thee and it sounded pretty good. Not saying that I had anything to do with how it sounded because I didn't, Elder Young is an amazing singer and he made the song what is was. Luckily I have a companion that can sing really well!
So a little about the people we baptized...Oo works at the Post Office and is an amazing artist! A works with her parents at a restaurant and watches after their son Bank. Bank is a little boy that loves to run around and cause havoc! Luckily he a cute enough that nobody minds. But this family is great! They call me there second Dad. They say that parents are people that give you advice and teach you to be a good person and all that stuff. So because I taught them about the Gospel, they call me there second Dad! Ha-ha, I thought it was a little weird because they are like 10 years older than me but at the same time it was a pretty cool compliment! I have a feeling they will be great members!
So today Elder Young and I went and played with monkeys! It is the last week of the Transfer period and neither of us is moving so we decided to go do something fun. We hopped on a bus and went to the Monkey village! It was way fun. There were monkeys everywhere! They were pretty vicious as well! I almost got bit a couple times trying to feed them. Monkeys really do like Bananas! They can smell them when you have them and they will swing from every branch and every tree to get to you! When you pull out the bananas, you better start giving them out or your life could be in danger. You don't mess with monkeys when it comes to bananas! It was a lot of fun! We got some great pictures from it. I made a bargain with one of the monkeys to trade one of his bananas for a Book of Mormon...he accepted and we are going back to teach him next week! Ha-ha, Thailand is great! How many places can you go on your mission and play with monkeys, ride elephants, visit ancient Buddhist temples, or see some of the world’s most amazing waterfalls! I definitely lucked out by getting to come here.
Well I’ve got to go, I love you all and hope to hear from you all soon!
Steve
So Sunday we had an amazing baptism of a husband and wife here in Khon Kaen. Their names are A and Oo, easy to say right?! Ha-ha, they also have a son named Bank but he is 3 so he wasn't able to be baptized. They are the sweetest people! I was way happy to see them baptized and so was the Branch because the Khon Kaen Branch only has 2 families and everyone else is single. There are no strong foundations here so to see a strong family come in will help a lot! Their baptisms were really good, too. We had 2 members that helped us teach them and baptize them and Elder Young and I sang a musical number. We sang an arrangement to Nearer My God to Thee and it sounded pretty good. Not saying that I had anything to do with how it sounded because I didn't, Elder Young is an amazing singer and he made the song what is was. Luckily I have a companion that can sing really well!
So a little about the people we baptized...Oo works at the Post Office and is an amazing artist! A works with her parents at a restaurant and watches after their son Bank. Bank is a little boy that loves to run around and cause havoc! Luckily he a cute enough that nobody minds. But this family is great! They call me there second Dad. They say that parents are people that give you advice and teach you to be a good person and all that stuff. So because I taught them about the Gospel, they call me there second Dad! Ha-ha, I thought it was a little weird because they are like 10 years older than me but at the same time it was a pretty cool compliment! I have a feeling they will be great members!
So today Elder Young and I went and played with monkeys! It is the last week of the Transfer period and neither of us is moving so we decided to go do something fun. We hopped on a bus and went to the Monkey village! It was way fun. There were monkeys everywhere! They were pretty vicious as well! I almost got bit a couple times trying to feed them. Monkeys really do like Bananas! They can smell them when you have them and they will swing from every branch and every tree to get to you! When you pull out the bananas, you better start giving them out or your life could be in danger. You don't mess with monkeys when it comes to bananas! It was a lot of fun! We got some great pictures from it. I made a bargain with one of the monkeys to trade one of his bananas for a Book of Mormon...he accepted and we are going back to teach him next week! Ha-ha, Thailand is great! How many places can you go on your mission and play with monkeys, ride elephants, visit ancient Buddhist temples, or see some of the world’s most amazing waterfalls! I definitely lucked out by getting to come here.
Well I’ve got to go, I love you all and hope to hear from you all soon!
Steve
Thursday, May 14, 2009
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