Companion: Elder Gilley
Hey Family and Friends!
Wow, those pictures are absolutely gorgeous; our temple
looks amazing! It looks like Ben and Jeana look like they have got taller, like
a lot! That rainbow picture is magnificent it really does sum it up nicely. I didn’t
get to hear from my teddy bear but I am sure she had a great week too. Dad that
is a way good missionary experience that’s so awesome! You are coaching a ton
of teams! As usual. Who did LCI lose to?
Well, we had transfers this week and despite all odds I
moved!! We got a call on Wednesday that actually we were both moving; we were
getting whitewashed out and that’s because they moved the zone leaders to our
area. So, needless to say, Wednesday was crazy with packing and writing notes
and fixing the area book cleaning our house. We got the call like 3pm so we didn’t
really have any time to say goodbye to anyone like Sis Tuun or Faay but we
talked to a couple of the members. Thursday was sweet I got to see my family
again all of them! So happy! And we all went down and renewed our visas and ate
lunch together and stuff but I am getting ahead of myself because all of that
was after transfers meeting which was nuts! I was transferred to and am
currently serving in Ubon!!! I am in the Essan. I left my birthplace and I have
a new companion! Elder Gilley! So, to sum everything up I have finished my
training I am on my 3rd companion and 2nd area in 3 transfers! I have moved
from my birthplace in Bangkok 9 hours away to one of the farthest corners in
the Essan and did I mention I am loving it!!! So I am in actually in Warin
which is like town / suburb of Ubon which is on the other side of the River but
it is basically one spread out city. Elder Richardson went DL and is serving as
an International Elder (meaning he doesn’t teach Thai people only farangs)
which is a wonderful place to be for General Conference and Thanksgiving there
is defs turkey and mashed potatoes with gravy in his future! Elder Gilley is
awesome he is way enthusiastic and happy and he is only on transfer 5! (meaning
he is my Phiis Phii he has been a missionary 12 weeks longer than I have, he
left the MTC 1 week before I got there!) So this is his first time being senior
companion. We are both way young but stoked, happy and excited to go to work!
Another crazy bit is that my Pa, Elder Siperly, is now my zone leader. In fact,
we are in the same district; in fact, we actually serve in the same branch. Weird
eh! It is like déjà vu every time I see him but its way cool to be around him
again.
The Essan is way sweet! I am not quite sure how to describe
it but its way different from Bangkok. It’s so green and open and laid back I
love it! I can see the horizon and the stars and I can breathe its great I feel
like I can stretch out and move around now Bangkok was making me a little claustrophobic
(that’s a really hard word to spell!!) I really like it out here but I kind of
really miss Pakkret; he members there and the district it’s all so different
now. I’m getting culture shock all over again. haha And they moved me out right
before it was going to start flooding so I am missing all the excitement cause
the floods already happened out here in Warin cause it’s further north. The
work in our area is about to explode. Elder Gilley and his last companion were
killing it here just working their butts off and now I get to come and keep it
going there we are going to be teaching like 30 lessons this next week. We had
13 investigators at church and just yesterday we went inviting for 3 hours and
found 11 new investigators! The people here are ready for the gospel and Elder
Gilley is such a friendly guy and talks to everybody! I have learned a ton from
him already and we have been companions for all of like 4 days! Oh ya i forgot
so on Thursday we did planning and waited with our Ubon district for the bus
which came at like 8:45pm and then got on and tried to sleep for the next 9
hours (But it was really hard cause I was so excited and busses aren’t super
comfy) because we got to our area at 6 am unpacked studied and went to work!
Needless to say we were exhausted but we had an awesome day! and I got my first
ride in a tuk tuk cause one of our investigators drives one he is so sweet
apparently we use him quite a bit when we have to go way out in the boonies the
"banog" in Thai the o makes an o as in ostrich. Oh and I reviewed the
Thai slang Uncle Devin with Elder Richardson and it was all right on the money!
we were both very impressed.
The Pictures are after a bike ride in the pouring rain,
Elder Richardson enjoying brownies honestly they were so good and he loved them
so much! The one with the kids is my favourite that was just last night we
taught this way big extended family that were all just chilling outside in like
this really mini cul-de-sac where there was like 6 houses and all these cousins
and aunts and uncles and grandparents lived. the grandparents had 8 kids and
like 6 of them lived there with their families it was way cool we just walked
and talked to them and joked around got to know them and then asked if we could
teach them so the parents got all the kids together and everybody sat around
and listened as we taught them how to pray and god is our loving heavenly
father it was so awesome and the wanted to take pictures of it so we were like
sure and they want us to go back on Thursday! The people here are so
phenomenal!
Well that’s all for now folks, but there is going to be
loads of fun and amazing experiences I can feel it coming! I love you all and I
am so excited for the Calgary temple I can’t wait to see it and to walk through
its doors I think that will be first thing Saturday morning when I get home. I
love temples so much with all my heart and i want to help as many people as
possible to be able to go there and feel it the joy the love the peace and receive
those magnificent blessings!
Love,
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| Elder Cahoon soaking wet |
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| Elder Richardson enjoying some microwave brownies |
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| Elder Cahoon and Elder Gilley teaching |
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