Thai New year that is.. the madness is starting! You can feel it in the air.. the streets are getting progressively louder and little kids shooting you with water guns is a good sign Song Gran is here. Actually, grown men who are in the middle of working and stop to shoot you through a tiny window is ALSO a good sign that its here. Ive yet to get super wet, but gotten some nice squirts... also i havent had anyone get me really wet with water.. (hahah if you understand what i just said, good job.. sorry for the TMI.. i dont know what i ate alright! It was a rough couple days).
So.. this week.. conference! Was way good! Except for the fact that the Branch President had no idea what time the sessions started. Sunday morning session started at 8 and everyone got there at 9. But.. the stuff that we did see was really good. It was interesting to see the difference in how my Thai has grown in the last 6 months... quite significantly. But, in the end, English is always better. I listened to about half of all the sessions in thai and the other half in English. If i were to listen to President Uchtdorf's talks in thai? Dang.. good luck. How does he speak english better than english speakers? Insane.
So what was special this week.. well we drove out 60 kilometers like we planned :) They were SO nice.. they have a tiny house but they made it all nice for us and made sure they had cold fanta and warm cooked corn waiting for us. Very sweet. Its REALLY weird out there.. a lot of nothing.. and hot. Anyway, taught a sweet lesson and took about 5 minutes to say hi to the neighborhood.. and EVERYONE in it. I dont think anyone there had seen a foreigner in their lives.. let alone 2 that could speak thai (and easan). The whole neighborhood was very welcoming and extremely nice. I have some pictures out there that i know youll just love! But this interent cafe doesnt have a card reader. Anyway, the families out there are progressing very well.. they love us to death and Brother Had is right there with them.. The kids didnt meet with us cause they are very shy and one was actually down in Bangkok.. but we are going to go ahead and baptize them on the 30th as planned.
Yesterday was awesome.. Sister Krisina (yes that is the same name as Krisina Lewis.. its where he name is from actually haha) got permission from her husband to be baptized! She was so excited to tell us when we visited her last night.. could barely contain her joy. We had all fasted for her the week before and it payed off.. woohoo! Her desire to be baptized is seriously like, overflowing. Its hard to decide what member we should take to go teach with us because she is seriously the teacher most of the time! Her faith has grown so much in the past couple months.. her patience and endurance in things that she cant really control.. its very inspiring. Gonna be a sweet day when shes baptized in the coming weeks.. sadly, the 2 missionaries that met here arent here, and Sister Natcha died already haha.. but im sure they will all have much joy when they see the pictures (same with you no?). Dont know what day yet cause she wants her husband to be there too, and his schedule is pretty unsure. But either way, shes getting baptized this month!
Okay so thats mostly all i got.. yesterday was a sweet baptism in between sessions.. Brother Somchay, ma boy(!), baptized him! The one baptized is named Brother Jay... i was the first to teach him because one tuesday after noon he walked into Church, walked up to us and asked, "what do i have to do to be a member?" We told him. He accepted. He got his answer. He got baptized yesterday. He wants to be a missionary. Its that simple! Some people make it really difficult but its not at all! Kinda like Christian Ball over there right? Told that girl she needs to get her butt to Church and get her parents there too.. thats legit Christian. I tip the hat im not wearing off to you.
My phrase(s) of the week:from our beloved Prophet Thomas S. Monson:
1.) "I Like that." (if you know why i loved this, you win! You win nothing, but at least you know me!)
2.) "If you hadn't read the Book of Mormon... READ IT." werd. Go read it!
The last one is from someone else.. just think about it and then tell me what you think im getting at:
"Its not about the money..." ... got it yet? Hahah.. yeah thats right
Okay so seriously, conference was way good. Another 6 months? NOOOO! Its too long! Hey what'er..
So go check out the pics i posted.. i had a bunch but its taking a long time.. i got some up though.
I need a new Book of Mormon... the same as i have now: Black leather bound, triple combination, name as "Elder Gudmundsen" this time. Can you please get me that, and send it to me as fast as you can please.. ill tell you why later :)
Okay all i got for today.. gonna get review the baptismal interview questions with Krisina and then have a nice companion exchange over with Elder Charit. ITS HOT! Love you all.. everything we do, everything we say we believe is so true... make sure you're sharing it with people! At least 1 person every week!
Love, Elder Gudmundsen
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