Today, we have a zone activity-we're going ice skating! Ice skating is a special treat here in Thailand - I'm excited, it's going to be a lot of fun.
Monday was a lot of fun-it was a Thai holiday called ลอยกระทง Loy Krathong. This is a special holiday where they have little (or big) items shaped like a lotus flower that have a candle in the middle and they set them in the rivers and let them float away. A lot are made out of banana leaves and have thick candles so they burn for a long time. They also have lanterns called โคม that they release in the sky (see pictures) that slowly float away. We set off 2 lanterns at the church with some members-Brother Noy and Sister May (recent converts-also recently married), Brother Ronny (translates conference and is Branch Mission Leader), and Brother Dawm (who is entering the mission December 23 Yay!).