No-bake cookies

September 29, 2013

Companion: Elder Kohler

 Hello People of the World,

As it appears that some of you know, my companion randomly moved away to another place while I stay here in Khonkaen. My new companion's name is Elder Kohler. He is from Washington. He is companion number 17! Crazy, right? We had a lot of fun this week, visiting our investigators, and getting to know each other. There are two other missionaries that joined us here in Khonkaen, Elder Pearson, and Elder Ngaosuvan. Elder Ngaosuvan actually came from Bangkapi, my last area, so he knows me pretty well.

I don't know what to tell everyone. We kept meeting with random people that were interested. Those that were very interested weren't even people that we had already talked to. Most of the time, they saw us talking to someone else and wanted to talk to us. I'm so glad that we are using our time wisely and doing as we are supposed to as missionaries. We have also had an awesome experience meeting the members and visiting. They are loving the extra set of Elders that came. They liked it even more when we brought them no-bake cookies that we had made ourselves.

That is it really. I hope that you have a good week and talk to you soon.

Elder Anthony Susi

Amazing drawing 

 Yummy

Elder Ngaosuvan

Typhoon Usagi

Hello People of the World,

So apparently there was a storm that was very big in China. Well, that storm has made its way to Thailand, or Khonkaen at least, and has been creating havoc. It rained all of this last week, sometimes a lot, or a little. The last couple days it just went on and off, making it difficult to get people to meet with and to come to church.

We have had a great time with our investigators, especially in acquiring new ones. We met a mother and son that have had Christian experiences in their life and wanted to know why they were on this Earth and if death was the end. We taught them about the Plan of Salvation and committed them to baptism, and they accepted. We also are teaching an investigator that had learned with Elders in the past and wanted to start learning again. We talked to him about the Gospel and he kept telling us how he wanted to be on the right path and he knows that this is the right path. He accepted a baptismal date, and we are happy to work with him.

I am having a great time and I hope that everyone keeps on having a good time.

Elder Anthony Susi

http://www.trust.org/item/20130923055308-11zh4/?source=hpbreaking

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre

BANGKOK, Sept 23 (Reuters) - More than 600,000 Thais have been affected by flooding since July and more than a quarter of Thailand's provinces have been inundated, prompting officials to issue landslide warnings and begin evacuation measures on Monday.

Devastating floods in 2011 killed more than 800 people and caused massive disruption to industry, cutting economic growth that year to just 0.1 percent.

Four people have been killed in this year's flooding. More rainfall is expected later this week.

"Due to a heavier-than-usual monsoon season, 21 provinces are now experiencing flooding. We have issued a warning about landslides and have told boats in the Gulf of Thailand to be vigilant," Chatchai Promlert, chief of Thailand's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, told Reuters.

Parts of Ayutthaya province north of the capital, Bangkok, have been deluged by up to a metre of water, he said. Ayutthaya town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site where several ancient temples were badly damaged in the 2011 floods.

Many huge industrial estates in Ayutthaya and other provinces on a plain north of Bangkok were inundated in 2011.

At least 10 provinces in Thailand's central plains, the main rice-growing region, have been affected by the floods but the extent of any damage is not yet known.

The flooding has hit in harvest season and output is likely to be affected, but there has been no official comment yet.

Plodprasop Suraswadi, a deputy prime minister, said he was confident there would not be a repeat of the 2011 floods, which at one stage threatened to engulf Bangkok.

"Water levels in our dams are low enough to handle any extra rainfall," Plodprasop said.

Municipal authorities have ordered sandbags stacked around shops and homes and extra water pumps have been installed in many areas.

In Prachin Buri province, 135 km (85 miles) east of Bangkok, more than 700 inmates from a prison were evacuated on Sunday and transferred to other facilities nearby after their cells were flooded.

The national disaster department said it was offering assistance to residents in flood-affected areas, including the provision of life-jackets and boats. Those living in low-lying areas have been advised to move to higher ground. (Additional reporting by Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat and Aukkarapon Niyomyat; Editing by Alan Raybould and Paul Tait)

Success

September 15, 2013

Companion: Elder Proctor

Hello People of the World,

So, I've been good. We are still progressing towards awesome success!! We have had lots of opportunity to feel the Spirit, and love the experiences that we are having. For instance, we had a missionary senior couple come visit us in Khonkaen. This couple is one of those people that get things done. It is because they are older, and Thailand will do anything that older people will say. They came and helped us discover all these potential people that are interested in the Gospel and what we teach. On Friday, it was one of those days that we just kind of floated through the day. We were just full of the Spirit, and we had some plans and goals, and none of the plans made out, but the goals did. We had an experience in which we passed a guy, right after buying some food, right next to our house. We dropped off our food, and packed a bag up for him and went to find him. We found him, and he was so surprised that we were trying to give him food, that he just kept saying no and walking away. We walked and talked and we think that we made him feel better about life, because he looked like he was in the dumps and needed some food and love. We haven't seen him since, but that is an example of what we have done this week.

We are going to try to visit our members and talk to them about their family and friends. We will see what happens.

I am glad to see that everyone is alive. I hope to see everyone soon.

Elder Anthony Susi

Happy 21!!!

September 8, 2013

Companion: Elder Proctor

Hello People of the World,

Well, this was a good week. Ish. We had a great opportunity to plan a ton on how to help our branch. We have decided that we, as missionaries, feel that it is our duty to become close with members. We have started to meet with all of the members that we know and those that we don't know, but members do. So far, we are having a good time and are having success. We have mostly dealt with the Less Active members and are being able to help them to come back and help some come back to full activity. I really like doing the Less Active work. Funny enough, in honor of the Comic Con that we forgot about, we called it Operation: Dinothunder.

We are so happy that everyone is having good health and that life seems to be normal. Don't let the news and media tell us otherwise. I thank everyone for the birthday wishes, we are having a Family Home Evening at the Branch President's house about 50 km away. That is it. Maybe on Tuesday, tomorrow, we will go eat ice cream. The national ice cream parlor, Swensen's, has a special for card holder, I have, called "Free Scoop Tuesday." You buy a scoop, and you get a scoop for free. It is good.

That is it this week.

Elder Anthony Susi

Daters!

September 1, 2013

Companion: Elder Proctor

Hello People of the World,

Well, this week was definitely better than last week. We had the opportunity to go to our District Conference in which Elder Gerrit W. Gong and Elder Wu came and visited. No announcements were made, but it does sound like things are happening soon. We had some good experiences with our investigators. Last Sunday we taught one of our investigators that is already Christian, and likes to talk a lot, a lesson in which we let him talk and we taught with him instead of teach around him like has happened to him in the past, not necessarily by us. He now is a dater getting ready for baptism and calls us regularly to invite us to go eat with him. Another is an investigator that has a problem with smoking. He has a goal to start not smoking yesterday and is a dater as well, for this month. He shared with us a profound testimony of what is happening in his life and is loving the example of his wife.

We have had opportunities to meet with new people and to talk to them about the Gospel. We had a special training meeting recently. We learned lots of things that my companion and I are happy to begin using.

Well, that's it. It looks like everyone is having a good time.

Elder Anthony Susi