ส้มตำ and Baptism!

สวัสดีครับ Sawatdee kap!

Howdy howdy. I'm here in my 4th week of quarantine! The cases of corona are up pretty significantly in Thailand, but we have butt sprayers in our bathrooms, so toilet paper isn't a problem. Point for Southeast Asia. But this was a cool week, despite being stuck inside and all. We had a baptism!! He was working with the Sisters, so it wasn't นุ๋ or เงี่ยม, but hopefully soon!

PAPAYA SALAD YUMMY YUMMY

Yesterday, we went to the church and got some videos made of making ส้มตำ and chasing after it too, while we somehow compared it to the gospel. It was way fun, and it was honestly probably the best ส้มตำ I've ever made. Who knew that fermented fish sauce was so good? And shrimp paste? Haha who's hungry?

จงรับบัพติศมาเถิด (Be baptized)

We had a baptism!! It was way cool! We got the water to work, although it almost cost the building manager 3 fingers, and we held the service on Sunday!! We couldn't get the door open to see it happen, so all I could do was listen, but I could feel the spirit fill the building so quickly as soon as he was baptized. It was amazing. I love the joy from the gospel!!

THAI

This language is still coming along! I'm doing my best to get in good studies, I'm reading 6 pages every day from the Book of Mormon in Thai, watching videos of Thai members teaching lessons, and Quizlet flash cards haha. We also get to call a whole bunch of less active members and shares scriptures or just try to brighten their days in any way that we can! My Thai grandpa talked to us for 7 minutes about corona, and then as soon as we asked if we could share a scripture he was like, "oh, elders I'm eating, I'm not free, goodbye!" Thai people are hilarious haha. It's so cool to start to understand people, especially because now I know when people are talking about the tall white guys, which is often. Especially with ผู้หญิงs... which is when it gets a little scary haha.

TRANSFERS

We got transfer calls last night, and I'm staying right here in Ubon, bless up! Everyone else is staying in our house except Elder Foushee is going to Phuket, which is crazy haha. Unfortunately, Elder Scott is the best Scrabble player in the house, so I won't suddenly start winning those games, but I have a shot in Left, Center, Right.

LAST THINGS LAST

- MSR Counter: 7

- Thai word of the week: ยี่ห้อ (it means brand) pronounced yeehaw!!!

- Love y'all, stay safe, buy lots of toilet paper.

เอ็ลเดอร์ อ้วนขึ้น (Elder Fatter)

Elder Bear

- Mango sticky rice from the market by our house!

- ส้มตำ with the boys

- a fun sign we found

- editing our papaya salad videos

- baptism, heck yeah!!