Mahasarakham

June 17, 2012


Companion: Elder Tanawut


Hello People of the World,

You know how excited I am that Brandon has gone to the MTC?! Excited. SOOOOO MUUUUCCCHHHH!!!! I listened to the talk already, it was way funny! Especially the end, "(Bunch of Mandarin, Ha ha just kidding. That really just means 'I like apple juice.'" Wow, I miss that boy. Imma write him an email right after this. He'll see it on Tuesday. Oh, I wish that I could've seen his talk and/or been with him afterwards. Oh well, I am here. I am having a good time, already half way through this transfer. (Wow). Anyway, here is my week!

My P-days here in the Isan, are so much more relaxed and layed back than they were when I was with Elder Hess in Chiangrai. There isn't too much to do/needs done, and the city is smaller. I like it. After this, we're gonna eat some pizza, buy groceries, and go chillax at the house. On Tuesday, we get a call. We ignore it. They call again. We ignore again. They call a third a time. "Aray?" Elder Tanawut answers the phone. It is a member, they have a service project for us. After companionship studies, (10:00), we go to Sister Oink's (translated already) house and discover our labor. We are moving a big pile of sand to under/behind their house so that concrete can be laid and it can transform into a second living area for their neighbor and friend, who happens to be an investigator. We are there until 1:00 or so. Hard work that was. We had to leave right before the concrete laying was actually started. So the rest of the day was really tiring, because we were already tired!! English Class was just ridiculous, I even forgot "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes." The one from the Children's Hymnbook. 

Wednesdays, we have our District Meetings, so we went to Roi Et. We were there on time, and we received some distressing news. The District Leader, Elder Mondragon, was on switch-offs with a Zone Leader, Elder Grover, and they would be late. They had gotten on the wrong bus, in other words, their bus was going the wrong way, and District Meeting ended up being an hour later than planned. Also, the Senior Couple, Elder and Sister Khanakham, said that they would be coming to Mahasarakham the next day. They did. At 9:00, we were to meet them at the church so that they could go meet some members, a couple of those members were Less-Active. In other words, don't become Less-Active, or Senior Couples and missionaries WILL come find you. We weren't really that scary. Friday morning, we were having studies. In companionship studies, we share what we learned/read during personal study. Elder Tanawut said that he was reading the story of Moses, and the Song of Solomon for some reason. He asked if I recognized it, and I did. He started singing a random song in English, singing, "I am Solomon, I am King Solomon." Ok, it was funny then, to me. In the evening, we get a call. One of our investigators, someone about to receive baptism, was leaving that night. We were sooooo sad, so we went over to sister Ood's house (Oink) to have a final lesson together. Sad day. Good news though: I finally drank 2L of water. YAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!! 

On Sunday, I got to play the piano. We are preparing for an investigator to be have his interview for baptism, and we are soooo excited!! He is ready and wants it, bad. 

There is my week, super stoked for Brandon. Who is next, I wonder? If y'all have any questions, just ask. K see ya later,

Elder Anthony Susi