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Dear Fam and... wait whats the word for close acquaintances or otherwise important people?.. Oh right, Friends.

So another week goes by and im wondering uhhbbuuhh... where did it go? Supa fast.

Lets get right into it... our Daters: Ampon and Got. They are progressingly relatively well.. Got is struggling with sleep.. he just has really bad insomnia and he almost didnt make it to Church. We called a bunch on sunday morning and he didnt answer so we figured he was asleep. We headed over to his house to wake up him and his aunt said he was just passed out. We knew we had done everything we could do, and so we headed over to Church. I gave him one last telephone call and no answer. So, the final thing? A prayer... Yeah.. prayers are powerful. As i was sitting in sacrament, Got just bursts through the door and im just like "what?! no way!" I asked him what time he got up and what happened.. he said he has no idea, but at about 835 (right after the last phone call i gave him) he just like, shot up out of bed. Yeah, and people say God doesnt answer prayers (as if Joseph Smiths vision wasnt enough). So he made it to partake of the sacrament but after he asked to go home just because when theres a lot of people and a lot of noise he feels really frustrated and gets bad headaches. We went to go see him later but he was pased out again. No worries.. hes sweet.
Ampon is struggling with the Sabbath a little. And it doesnt help much when a lot of the people she knows at Church dont keep it either. She called out her daughter in the middle of the lesson. She knows its from God and knows that she needs to just do it, but like you said Dad, sometimes its just the one step thats the hardest. but like Louis Stevens said, "sometimes you just had to take your pants off and slide on the ice Ren!". Im not sure if that applies, but im using it anyway.. just get out there! The last Liahona, or maybe not the last one but one of the last, talked about 2 boys jumping off of a cliff.. eventually you just have to do it.. there is no in between when it comes to jumping off a cliff.. the same as there is no in between when in it comes to keeping the commandments, or the truth of the Book of Mormon: it is or it isnt. You are comitted, or you are not. We are helping her jump off the cliff.. into a downy soft cloud of love from Heavenly Father. She will be okay. Tonight we are going to completely start over though.. we feel that a restoration of her belief in the Restoration would be helpful.

So other than that we dont have much going on.. not gonna lie. I was in Surin on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then Ubon all of Thursday, then in Surin on Saturday for an interview. Not much time in Buriram. We did meet this referral from Sister Watermelon.. shes a pretty diligent and strong member here.. and up until about a month ago, she was unaware that its NOT against the rules to invite people to learn that she doesnt know. She saw a professor at her University and remembered that he was from Australia, so she simply invited him to come to Church! hahaha.. so awesome.. just imagine that: a thai woman inviting you to Church in broken English.. i wouldnt know what to think. Way awesome. His name is Craig and he wants a revival of his faith. Hes someone who in thai we would say "has age" but not a lot. He has a wicked sick australian accent too. He said he would read and pray about the Book of Mormon.
The other foreigner that we met last week... well that was difficult. Satan found her way quick. She must of had some serious potential for the Church. After last sunday when we met her, she read a little in the Book Of Mormon intro, and heard a voice saying "do not read anymore in this book". So she put it down and called us to meet so she could give us the book back. I wasnt there, but Elder Revelli and Elder Heslop told her that "we dont take them back". They tried to explain to her that the voice wasnt from God.. they even shared the fact that Satan tried to stop the restoration from happening PHYSICALLY. But she had made up her mind and wasnt listening. We plead with her to just read in it a little more. My message today? Be careful of what voice you listen to. Someone said it in General Conference, i think it was Elder Packer, where "Satan is fighting against me and God is rooting for me"... its totally true. And the close we get to the truth, the harder things will get... At all times, both sides are trying to claim our souls.. make the right choice. She made the wrong choice... we did not take the Book back, but simply asked her to try reading again. Done.

One of the coolest things this week was the chance to interview a baptismal candidate over in Surin. He is a 62 year old man (adorable beyond recognition) who passed with flying colors. The experience was absolutely wonderful and it was truly amazing how the Spirit led the conversation.. it didnt take long to get on the same level with each other and although i had to speak slow, and as clear as possible cause of his age, he was totally comitted to make a convenant with God. It was pretty cool that i didnt really have to wonder whether or not to pass him for baptism because throughout the interview you can see his comittment level the spirit tells you what to do. That was a highlight of the week.

Okay so i dont have much else today.. im kinda bored and want to go home and rest and write some letters. This transfer is ALREADY over... so fast. Hopefully i dont go anywhere, but who knows.. i dont think i will. No real reason to actually. Well, i love you all.. thanks for your constant prayers that lift me up "to more than i can be".. haha that was lame.. but oh so awesome. But seriously, thanks for your support.. I know that the Book of Mormon is true... like.. dude, so true. Be an example to the believers!.... and find investigators for the missionaries.

Elder Good