Vassup

Hah! With a thai nugget for another transfer! Elder Tom is now District leader and the Zone leaders were moved over to Ubon... We have a very large district as before. For just our Branch we have 3 companionships, 4 Elders and 2 Sisters: 4 Thai missionaries and 2 amuricans... huzzah! We had a new sister move in and a new zone leader. We do have 2 more Elders in our district but in a different area thats kinda far away.. new elder over there too..my nong from the MTC. Its a sweet district. So the trip to Bangkok? So much fun. There was an Elder dying (dying means finishing his mission here) and we talked a lot on the train down.. hes way funny. Actually he just called me as well.. hes very scared cause he doesnt know what to do.. he got released in Asoke, about 45 minutes from his house, and then went home as a regular person, ALONE! His voice sounded very terrified haha. Also his situation is.. unique cause he has already finished schooling. Anyway, he was great. In Bangkok i did not get to go to my area (well technically I did because the train dropped us off there) but i did get to meet Brother Tawid at the office for about 30 minutes or so. Then we came back: 430 PM to 500 AM.. ah! So long.. wasnt even a sleeper train.. was a sitting train. But i enjoyed it very much.. for reasons ill explain later. Met almost everyone from the MTC at transfers meeting which was also nice. I was very smelly.. wednesday did work and left in the evening, thursday was in BANGKOK so i got a little of every kind of bacteria possible, and then came home that night.. so do the math.. very smelly. Luckily one of the sisters that went there and back had some wipies.. very dirty.

Anyway.. our investigators! We gotta move Somchays date to the week after next because just not enough time. BUT he will be ready. He called this morning and said he just prayed and felt really good.. he was really frustrated with work again and wanted to stop and sleep.. but he prayed and felt like he could keep going. Cool eh? So i dont think i ever said what Somchay does.. hes about 22 years old and is in his last year at College... he teaches violin as well. His schedule is exactly like mine and joshes.. wake up at midnight and then start working... After church yesterday i asked what he was going to do later.. said he was going to go home and work. i said, "no you're not.. what time did you go to bed? Oh you didnt? yeah, you're gonna sleep." "What? No im not! I need to do work!" This morning he called and i said, "so you got up at midnight yesterday right?" "Right." "So that means you went home from church and slept?" "Exactly." Quite amusing to the soul. Anyway, hes a solid investigator and our closest one to getting baptized.. woot! Hes a little concerned about his family cause he did invite his mom to come to church and she was silent.. then she said, "Dont joke with me alright son?" So, may have a little "anti" feelings later on.. but hes still pretty solid in the testimony that he doesnt know he has.

So today i dont have a lot of time.. in fact i gotta go already.. Theres a member who needs some help moving some furniture.. So ill have to cut this week very short. Just want to let you all know we have a Father in Heaven who loves us all more than we can understand. While i was sitting on that LONG train ride back to Ubon, i had about 6 hours to myself after everyone else fell asleep.. and you know me, i dont really sleep well. Anyway, i had kind of a hippy moment where i had all this time to myself to ponder and to think about EVERYTHING. To put things short, i received a witness again that we are children of heavenly father.. and it felt fantastic. This week ive felt a fire in my heart to help everyone understand this one simple point the way i have come to understand it. Love ya guys..

Elder Gudmundsen