My time comes Early😭

 Wassup everyone,

No actually I am not coming home early haha, however I got some unfortunate news this last week. In case you haven't noticed last email I was informing you all of transfers where I got to move to this beautiful new area called Pak Chong. Well, that was 2 weeks ago and this last week at zone conference I found out the news that when I got back I would need to pack and head out to Chaiyaphum. Soooo, basically  the Thai Elder in Chaiyaphum has got to do the draft and they're just going to keep him in bangkok even if he doesn't get drafted to be a soldier. This means I will now have my fastest area of 2 weeks and my shortest time with a comp too😢 Sad to be leaving for sure, especially since I haven't even got to go to Khao Yai which is the big national park. I am fortunate to be comps with elder  Freedman in Chaiyaphum, he's the Branch President and he is an absolute Goat. Def gonna learn a lot these next 4 weeks.

Now that I've shared the real crazy news I'll finish out the rest of the stuff that's happened these last 2 weeks. 

First was exchanges in 🔥Buriram🔥

This is an area that I served for 1 transfer in last July. I was super fortunate to go back and do exchanges with the ZLs there as they  have made Buriram the ZL area. I got the chance to see all of the YSA and to visit some members I haven't seen in a sec. Then to finish off the exchange we got to watch the Elder Kearon Devotional!!!! 

He came to Thailand and originally all the missionaries in Thailand were going to come together to hear from him. Sadly, his wife is having some pretty bad health problems so they ended up just having to have one meeting for members and missionaries and broadcasting it to everyone. Super fun tho that we got to have watch party in Buriram tho. Miss that place a lot and there was much Nostalgia. Also crazy how fast places change because they have a new church now and lets jus say it is wayyyyyyyy Boujier. 

Next is a lit story of how we got to know this great family and I got free CinnamonRoll/CinnamonBread typebeat. 

Me and elder Baltimore were doing finding by this big market in Pak Chong. We prayed and I had Elder Baltimore lead us to where he thought would be best. He decided we would go to  the wet market so  we started off walking. When we were going down one of the alleys there was this old Pa I was talking to who was def not having it. After a few  attempts of my go to conversation starters to no avail I figured he was not interested. However, his daughter/Relative came out who sells bread and other goodies and we started talking to her. She was super nice and ended up giving us one of her goodies for free😋 Then she called her son out to talk to us. He's around 13-14 but he spoke great English. We invited  them to English class and they totally said they would go. I may have also dropped in our conversation how it was super cool she has an oven and maybe some point we would need her help making Cinnamon rolls.

Fast Forward to Tuesday, they come and she gives me this loaf of cinnamon roll bread that she either made herself or bought and it was Gas. They also brought like 4 or 5 other relatives that are visiting so our english class was popping. We had a fun class and I think they enjoyed it. The really good thing was  the finisher about Easter. We watched a video about Easter and it just invited the spirit so well.  We got the chance to explain about Palm Sunday and why Easter is important. I felt like  most people at English were really locked in for the video. I have hope that it'll start a desire for them to learn more.🙏🙏

Finalllyyyy, 

We had zone conference. This was one of the better zone conferences I've had on my mission for sure. Every training was super applicable and the spirit was super strong. For our zone finding activity I got to exchange with an Elder from my district named Elder Nelson. He's a goat and we saw some super cool miracles. 

Final thing of Zone Conference was on our way their actually I got new Basketball Shoes, Yayyyyyy

They're a pair of GT-Cuts like Academy version or some biz like that. They're soooo nice tho and 10x better than the other shoes  I  destroyed. Imma be balling now hopefully

Spiritual Thought

My spiritual thought this week is a cool scripture Elder Kearon shared that I had actually just shared that morning so I was surprised to hear it from his Devo the same day. 

It's Alma 7:11-12

11 And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.

12 And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities

I know he understands our pains and because  he understands all our infirmities we can always find comfort from him.

Love you all and sorry  for a bit of a long one 🫶

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