Okay.. officially the sickest holiday on the face of the planet! Besides the no new investigators, and the really cold water down your pants, and the crazy women, trannies... and men, and the "nobody interested in religion" part about the holiday, its great! You could totally feel it in the air on monday and tuesday.. everyone comes back from Bangkok to be with their families and there were just SO many cars. Wednesday morning, we only had 1 little kid squirt us with water.. as we biked to Krisinas house there was just NOBODY playing. After we were done teaching, around 830, we biked back.. i can never forget the first time i got soaked: Biking down a hill, completely dry, and then seeing a GROWN adult, with a huge bucket of water, rushing at me, giggling at his own antics followed by the soaking of the water.. right on my LAP. So cold too! After that.. well it just continually escalated. We tried to talk to people and its just like.. nobody cared haha.. they just wanted to throw water on us. Its really quite funny to watch actually.. just EVERYONE is in the back of pick up trucks, or on the side of rides, dumping water on each other, excluding no one. It was a good thing then, cause we took a nice road trip out to Brother Promise again.. however, everyone was playing out there as well! In fact, we made it into this one town square and they were playing heavier than Warin. Pretty dangerous too.. we saw this one guy smack a kid driving a motorcycle with powder and he almost crashed. Yeah.. crazy right?
Anyway, of things that are important, Him and his wife are progressing quite superbly. They have a testimony of Joseph Smith and they are making serious changes to their lives to prepare for baptism. The best part about it though, is that we just met another investigator who has a serious problem with alcohol. Yesterday I introduced this new man to Brother Promise and just asked him to give him encouragement.. i barely said a word throughout that lesson. I sat there in tears watching this man, Brother Promise, tell another man how to get rid of the filth that is alcohol.. the filth that he JUST got rid of himself. It was miraculous. Brother Promise walked him through the next 2 weeks.. he told him every feeling he will have.. every pain he will experience.. EVERYTHING thats gonna blow about the next 2 weeks, and then topped it off by saying, "you cannot do it without God and his son. Every time you feel like you cant go on, get on your knees and pray. Ive quit before but never like this.. my addiction will never come back because I trust God". The support that Brother Promise was giving was so epic.. like, I didnt have to do anything. We plan to see this new man, Brother Rag, everyday until the 29th of May to get him baptized. He will need a lot of help, but he can do it. Pray this man guys.. he needs it.
So Krisina had her interview this past Saturday.. unfortunately she didnt pass. She had a slip up with the Word of Wisdom but she has already made the decision to fix it once and for all. So according to the standard, we gotta wait 2 weeks to be sure. Her faith and testimony are extremely strong though.. not a problem at all. By the way she says thanks to anyone that knows me. Especially you, sweet parents :)
Last but not least: Thursday! Wow.. it was so crazy. We got permission to play.. and man was it fun. By 11 oclock, the streets were absolutely packed. It was almost impossible to bike. So we walked. We had about 20 people in our group and there would be little kids throwing water on us, followed by a mob of 20 mormons rushing them haha.. they just ran away. This holiday would never fly in America.. for 1, it definitely breaks the decibal limit for music.. at EVERY house. The sitting in pick up trucks, well that would be a problem too.. the "shooting people in the faces with water guns as people are driving motorcycles" part.. yeah probably dangerous as well. All in all, its great! The last day, Friday, was just over the top. We left the house and made it 10 FEET, before we were completely soaked. Not just like, a little sprinkle.. no, soaked. The house across the street decked us with a bucket of water. The street above our street? Wow.. we tried to avoid it, but its kinda hard. Red lights? Four way intersections? Yeah, worst night mare for a missionary.. why? Cause you have to stop! Gives people time to just mob you. One day ill show you the videos.. but for now, you can try to imagine what its like, but you have NO IDEA. personally? I enjoyed SongKran.. biking in the heat and getting dumped on by cold water? Its actually a good combination haha. Speaking of heat.. Saturday morning at 9 ocklock it was 38 defrees celcius. Thats 100 degrees. Cold right? hahaha
Well thats all i got for now.. love ya guys. Although it was a crazy week, we still had some serious miracles happen. Its amazing to see people use even the smallest amount of faith to trust in God, and see results. But thats how it really is.. He is bound by his promise to bless us.
Love
Elder Gudmundsen
P.S: Go find people for the missionaries!
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