Hey everyone!
So Its been my first week with my Greenie. His name is Elder Mitchell. He is from Washington State and he is a way good missionary! Its been fun being a trainer because he is experiencing everything for the first time. Sometimes I forget that he is a New Missionary and he still doesn't know whats going on and I just go on doing everything as normal. He says Thai food is very spicy but I don't see it. Thai food is Thai food, its just delicious! Not spicy. The first couple of day's he has been pretty tired trying to adjust to the new schedule of working but he is doing really good. Today for his first Preparation Day, we took him to the Crocodile Farm and Zoo to kind of set the tone for all the sweet things that he is going to see on his mission. The zoos here in Thailand are a lot different then the zoos in America. There are no standards and rules for doing things. You can go right into the cages with a lot of the animals. We took some pictures with some crocodiles, tigers, monkeys, and elephants and it was all acceptable! It was a fun day.
Our area has been doing pretty good lately. we are planing on having 2 investigators baptized next month. Pop and Tig are planning to being baptized on the same day. They have been a blessing for us in this area. When I first got here to this area, it was hard! Not much was going on. we had 0 investigators, but with a lot of hard work and prayer, we have been able to see a lot of progression and change here. Now our days are full of lessons with investigators. We have truly seen miracles here and I'm way grateful for the chance I've had to serve here. Ive been here for 5 months and haven't seen any baptisms of our own, only from the Sisters, but in a couple of weeks, seeing Tig and Pop getting baptized, will make all the time Ive spent here worth it!

Steve