Hey everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving! We changed our Preparation Day to today because yesterday we had Zone Conference and luckily it just so happened that the day we changed our P-Day to is Thanksgiving! To Celebrate, our Zone did the American thing and had a Turkey Bowl. We all went to a park and tossed the pig skin around. Unfortunately it wasn't a pig skin that we tossed around though...Thai people don't believe in Real Football. They play everything with there feet. We tried to get a real football but they don't sell them here so we had to play with a dagraa ball which is just a round hollow woven ball. It worked well for not actually having a real ball. So we spent some time at the park playing around and then we came home to get ready for tonight which I am really excited for. There is an American Branch in Pakkret and some of the members invited the missionaries in Bangkok to go and have Thanksgiving Dinner with them at there house. So tonight, we get a real American Thanksgiving meal with Pies, Turkey, real mashed potatoes, and rolls! I'm so excited for it. I remember last year when I was in Rangsit, we got to go eat dinner at a members house and it was amazing. This is one reason why I'm glad I'm still in Bangkok right now. Up country they don't get this.
Yesterday we had Zone Conference where we were visited by one of the members of the Quorum of the 70. Elder Pratt who is the South Asia Area President came and talked with us and it was way good! He talked about true repentance and how it is much more then just stopping sinning. He talked about how it is a change of heart and attitude. Trying to become more Christlike is also a form of repentance. Trying to have more love, faith, patience, charity and all those qualities is repenting. It helped open up my mind to repentance and what it really means. It was really good!
Well I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! I got the package you send with all the letters you wrote me. I think that will be my favorite part of the whole package! I haven't opened any of the presents yet but the think the thing I was most interested in was the cards. Last night as I was reading them, I just couldn't stop smiling! Thank you so much for writing them for me! I miss you all and love you so much! Ill talk to you next week!

Elder Olsen