Week 2 in the field and I'm loving it! The saying is really true, the days feel like weeks and the weeks feel like days. Every day feels so long but it's already p-day again and this week felt pretty fast. Some pretty awesome things happened this week:
-BAPTISM!! That's right! My first baptism was this week! It was a crazy day. We got to the church early to clean the font but we forgot the keys so we had to wait for the Branch Counselor to come open it (there's only 2 members of the branch presidency) so we check the font and it's just nasty so it took us a while to get it all cleaned up. We finally clean it up and start the water and then we went into Sacrament meeting. After Sacrament we checked the water and the whole church is out of water. No water in sinks or toilets or in the font. We get the hose from the neighbor and keep filling it up. So the time for the baptism comes and the font isn't even close to high enough but we go for it anyway. It took us 5 tries to do it! We finally had to go on our knees to get her under all the way! Super funny but also a really cool experience. I was freaking out because I didn't know if I was saying the prayer right with the tones and everything but it all worked out.
-We traveled out to Buri Ram for our weekly District meeting and that was a blast. We were on this super old junky train but it was so fun. There are only 2 other Elders in our District and they are awesome. Elder Flygare and Elder Ignacio. Elder Flygare is way good friends with Elder Jorgensen so that was fun to talk to him. We went to Swensen's which is a way good ice cream place.
-We also had to go to Bangkok literally so I could sign one paper and then we had to come strait back. And Bangkok is 8 hours away. And we had to be there at 8 in the morning. Not the best. We got on a sleeping train and slept until the train got to Bangkok at 4 in the morning. It was good though because all the Elders from my MTC district came too so I got to see all of them. It was great to hear their stories and how they're doing. I signed the one paper and then we were on a bus for another 8 hours. This bus was playing a Thai movie so Elder Chandler and I crammed in the back and tried to sleep but that wasn't too successful. We did some role plays so that was good but we were pretty beat after 16 hours of travelling.
-Our work is going pretty good here. We have 4 baptism scheduled for this week but we're worried about a few of them. They haven't been reading their scriptures too well so we are looking for ways to help them with that. The Book of Mormon is our greatest source of conversion so we need to get them reading better.
-Something spiritual from this week was I got to help give a blessing to a member who hasn't been feeling well. A few minutes before Elder Chandler told me I would anoint her and I had never practiced that before so I studied super hard for a few minutes and then gave the blessing and it went pretty good. Only needed a little help so that was for sure the gift of tongues helping me there. The member was at church the next day too so the blessing must have helped!
Honestly just snacks are fun things to have. And I could actually use one more pair of blue socks. I think I lost one of them :l
We have a phone for our companionship which is great to have. It makes it way easier to contact investigators.
Yeah, Mom, we just drink bottled water and water from the clean jugs in our house.
Elder Chandler is district leader and Elder Tuttle and Escher are the zone leaders and they seem cool from the phone calls I've had with them.
Earth is getting ready to be baptized this week. We also started teaching Mook, Gon, and they both accepted baptism too!
Spiderman sheets is mine. #spideysenses
Elder Chandler's birthday is October 5th so it's coming up!
I like riding my bike except is is wrecking my tailbone. I'm sure it just takes some getting used to but it kills when I sit on it.
Another good week! The language is so hard but I'm learning slowly but surely. I love getting e-mails so thanks for everything! I miss you all! The people here are amazing and I love getting to know them and teach them and help bring them unto Christ. The Savior loves everyone and wants them all to live with Him again. This is His work. Shall we not go forth in so great a cause?!
-Elder Borg
Hayden and the Surin Branch at the baptism of Wiw.
Happy day! Elder Chandler, Wiw, Elder Borg, and an unidentified, enthusiastic, branch member!
It's HOT in Thailand! Sweaty Elder Borg!
The "sleeping train" they rode on to Bangkok
School in Surin where Hayden and Elder Chandler go contacting
The dog that is always hanging out in front of their house!
Wiw's baptism program
Elder Borg, Elder Chandler, and branch member
The "crazy landlord" who is very friendly and loves to talk to Hayden and Elder Chandler
Making chicken for dinner
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