Hey everyone!

So last Thursday we went down to Bangkok for Moves Meeting and I went down because I had to renew my visa and that was a headache. Well not really, we just wasted time in a Taxi trying to drive around all of Bangkok trying to find the visa renewal place. We jumped in a taxi and told him were to go and he said he knew where it was but actually had no idea. So we drove around for about 2 hours trying to find it and we wasted good quality Bangkok time because after we renewed our visa we wanted to go to a market and buy 30 cent ties but because it took so long to find the place we didn't have enough time to go buy them and be back at the train station in time. So we missed out on it. It was ok though, only 6 more weeks until we get to go again...ha-ha. So when we were down in Bangkok, President Dodge asked everyone in the mission to fast last Sunday to try and up the ante of number of Baptisms around the mission for the next 6 weeks. We are getting a new mission President in a month and President Dodge doesn’t want us to get distracted. He wants us to still focus hard on getting baptisms so he called for a fast. So to start our fast, Saturday night we went to T-Bones Steak House. It’s an all you can eat Steak House Buffet and it only cost 109 Baht which is equal to 3 dollars! It would have been a sin for us not to have gone! So we got there and ate 2 plates of meat and potatoes, 1 plate of fruit and then a big bowl of ice cream. It was an excellent way to start a fast because after we were done, we didn't want to eat for another week we were so full! So we got home and started our fast and had no problem with the feeling of starvation then next day, it was great! Easiest fast I've ever had. So we had fasted that within the next 6 weeks we would be able to baptize 2 new people and as I was closing my fast on Sunday night, the phone rang in the middle of my prayer. I waited until I was done praying and then I called the person back and it was one of our investigators named Big. He has been an investigator ever sense I’ve been in Khon Kaen and he really wants to get baptized but can’t get off work on Sundays. We have had a lot of lessons with him to try and motivate him to talk to his boss about his situation but he just kept telling us he can’t do it and it won’t help. So we were about to give up and kind of let him go because he wasn't progressing but Sunday night when he called us changed all of that. He said that he had talked to his boss and he told us he wants to be baptized in 2 weeks because he can now come to church every Sunday! It was a complete answer to our prays and showed that God was responding to our fast. There was 1 of the baptisms. Then on Monday we went and taught Gan, the daughter of Gaw, one of our recent converts. She didn't get baptized with her mom because she felt she wasn't ready. So we have been working with her to help her feel ready and she has not wanted to accept a date but on Monday night we taught her about the Plan of Salvation and talked about Baptism and she said she was finally ready to be baptized. So we set a date to be baptized the same day as Big. There was number 2! It’s amazing how much power fasting and prayer has. Christ definitely leads this work and I have seen numerous times when you rely on the Lord, you WILL see miracles. This work is so wonderful and Christ is at the helm. I'm so grateful to be able to be a part of it! It has definitely changed my life! Well I got to go; I love you guys and want to thank you for all your amazing support! Steve