Week 30: Happy New Year!! 2019 - Here We Come!

Heyyyyy everyone!! So this week has been such an interesting week! First of all, my phone hasn't worked at all this whole week. It has been super frustrating especially when I want to contact members and all the people we teach. It has taught me a lot about being patient and it has actually made me way more focused on just working. I cant spend anytime on my phone, so more time for working and finding people. 

Basically this week has been soooo much finding. My comp and I made the decision that we need to get more people to teach. We have found 10 people this week, and we continue to just find, find, and teach. It is funny I have this guy this week who didn't seem too interested at first, but we came back and invited him to church and he and his daughter came. What a miracle! Overall, I have learned so much this week. My companion and I both talk to about 30 people everyday (60 people in total) and we get rejected a ton. But it is so amazing to testify of Jesus Christ. That he came to this earth to atone for our sins and has given us the opportunity to have eternal happiness if we will just follow him. I got to testify about Jesus Christ's birth on Christmas day to so many people. I was able to share the video "he is the gift" to about 5 people, and I could feel God's love for the people. But that is pretty much all I did on Christmas.

Specifically to my family (you can skip this part)

Oh wait...yeah I video called my family too!!!! It was soo amazing to see you all. Shoutout to my family for being the best family ever. I seriously have the best mom, dad, and siblings. Mom, you light my world and have always been my biggest fan. I can't begin to tell you how grateful i am for your unconditional love. No matter how many mistakes I have made in this life, you always pick me up with loving arms! I love you mom. Dad, you are the person I look up to most in this world. You are so Chirst-like and have always been my best friend. I miss shooting hoops with you, watching sports, playing tennis, and so much more. You are my greatest example and I cant wait to see you again. One day we will be speaking Thai together and no one will no what we are saying...gonna be so fun!!! Jessica and Tate, I love you both soo much. Jessica being my oldest sister, we have such a great bond and have way way too many inside jokes! LOVE you chunky ;) So grateful for you and the greatest brother in law ever. Tell Cayson I love him too! Devon and Sierra, Love you bro! I look up to you and your wonderful testimony. You are such a great disciple of Christ and push me to be better. I am so glad you and Sierra are eternally sealed and are beyond happy. Sierra welcome to the family!! Marissa, I love you so much and am so grateful for our amazing friendship! You have such an amazing personality and literally one of the funniest people ever. I am so grateful to have you as my sister!! By the way, you don't have to wait for me to get home to get married. Haha love you Maria :))

Love you family, you all rock and I feel so blessed to be able to be with my family for all time and eternity.

So yeah I got to Skype call my family for an hour and right when I saw my sister and mom's face I started crying. LOL I couldn't control myself, but I guess and I just miss and love them so much! Also thank you family for all the wonderful presents! Love you!!

This next week is going to be very interesting because everyone is so busy during the new year. I am guessing a lot of people will cancel on us, but I am excited to see what happens. The mission president came down to Phuket this week and fired me up again. I am ready to fire this place up and start baptizing! That is about all I have for this week. Sorry it is such a choppy email. I promise next week will be better! Again no pictures, but probably next week there will be a lot! 

I love you all and Happy NEW Year! 2019 is already here...so crazy. You all are the best!

Love, 

Elder Lowe 

(No photos again - next week for sure)