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So.. pretty cool week.

Brother Somchay.. ah! Had to move his date.. didnt get to meet with him at all this past week. Hes finishing school so hes been super busy. But weve basically been teaching over the phone haha. We moved it over to the 19th of March.. ha pretty close to my Birfday eh? With Brother Somchay we are trying to make sure that after hes baptized hes gonna stay active (duh). He will finish schooling and go back home with his family.. unfortunately we have no missionaries or branches close to his home.. the closest is Bangkok which is still about 2 hours away. We want to make sure that prayer and reading in the Book of Mormon will keep him strong while hes away.

We have a new kid named Yong. Hes 23 and so golden! He went and found one the Sisters investigators (who was really ours but we handed her over already) and told her he wanted to learn with us. He met with the Sisters first, and before we even got to teach him, he got his answer already. He went to Church before he was technically our investigator, and got an answer to his prayers. When he prayers its so legit.. he knows already that hes speaking to God, and he already knows that the Book of Mormon is true. His date is for the 7th of April.. oh, hah! What a coincidence. He wanted it to be the 7th because its his birthday! But, in reality, we want him to get baptized in March.. no need to wait. He will totally be ready by then. We will probably move it to the 26th.

Weve got Noy and El.. Noy is about to drop himself. He doesnt have enough faith to drop work on sunday.. but knows he has to. El is ready to follow almost everything. We think we will come across a problem when El keeps progressing and Noy doesnt, cause he will do work on sundays alone. But hey... if he is willing to follow God all the way, he wont have any problems. They are both in debt, and the only way they will get out of it is if they get baptized and live the law of tithing. They can keep waiting for a miracle to happen, or just trust and go, and then they will be the miracle. Hey.. thats my phrase of the week.. dont wait for anything to happen! Trust, go, and you wont be waiting for miracles.. things will happen through your actions and YOU will be the miracle.

Speaking of miracles that need to happen: Member Referrals. I would say that we need "more" but that implies that we already have some.. which we dont. Saturday, Sunday and this morning, i spent my study time writing up ways to get this miracle going.. Elder Tom is behind me 100 percent, and hes gonna train the district this next District Meeting. The zone leader is gonna talk to President Smith about ways to get it REALLY going. First place we are starting at: The Book of Mormon. Im willing to bet that 70 percent of members dont read the Book of Mormon every day. I dont know how the percent how high the percent really is, but i never read before my mission. thats a good place to start my assumptions (yeah i know.. assuming is bad). After that.. well, we are going to get the ball rolling on members bringing investigators to Church. The goal? 1 friend, or family member, of a member at Church every 2 weeks. Thats it.. not that hard! Get it done back home too eh?

So what else was sweet this week... we're eating pizza a ton! So delicious.. im bored of thai food. Yeah, cool no? They have a special promotion right now: Buy 1 get 1 free.. delivery too! Split between 2 people, its only 220 baht each. Yeah.. awesome. The weather? Yeah.. lets just say im shiny day by day. But i made it a goal to not talk about that part of my life! If you dont mention the heat, you're okay! Not really.. its REALLY hot. But its okay! "Blessed are they who suffer for my name's sake."

K all i got! Im good.. having fun.. its great!

Elder G