Week 46: Transfers and Songkron

So like I said last week, Thailand has this crazy festival called Songkran which is basically a giant water fight! On Monday we got to go to Asoke and I saw a bunch of other missionaries including my trainer...who is now the AP!! Can’t wait till the next Songkran. 

This week was a little strange with Songkran and transfers. We had our switch off on Wednesday, the last day of the transfer. I switched off with Elder English who is soooooooo fire!!!!!! We live with the zone leaders so it was cool to see how they work outside the house. I learned a lot from him. He has a lot of fun while doing the Lord's work, but works very hard and talks with so many people! 

This week we also got 2 more people on a baptismal date for this transfer. One of the people we were teaching saw that we would teach from this book(the Book of Mormon) and wanted it so bad but was too scared to ask for it. We felt that we needed to give it to her and once we did she thanked us so much! She loves reading it and I can already see a change in her appearance and perspective in life. 

Lastly we began teaching this new lady this week named Ratchani and she is a lady with all the questions. Our lessons last for over 1 hour and she asks about 30 or so questions. She has such a desire to know everything before she is baptized! I love it!!!

Lastly I want to say how grateful I am for the Easter holiday and for the special time to think of our Savior's Atonement and Resurrection. I know that Jesus Christ lives! He atoned for each of our sins in his mortal life and rose 3 days after his physical death. Jesus Christ is with us. พระเยซูคริสต์ทรงอยู่กับเรา - Jesus Christ is with us. He is our Savior and Redeemer and fulfilled the will of His father. I love Jesus Christ and I'm so grateful that through him I can be with my family forever! If anyone has any questions about anything I just said please ask me or missionaries in the US! 

I love you all so much and feel so loved my you all and by my savior each day!!

Things that happened this week:

-I ate straight wasabi

- a crazy member taught with us

- One member invited us over for Easter dinner and we got some pasta!!

Love

Elder Lowe 

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More Photos

Delicious Dinner

Robert teaching

Robert and Elder Gantt working hard

Robert with an investigator and his Companion Elder Gantt

Robert and his companion had Easter Dinner with Wisan & Sister Wisanbannawit and the Zone Leaders

Service Project

 Songkran FUN!!!!! below

Many of the elders gathered at the Asoke Chapel - huge water fight :)

Lovin' Songkran - especially on a hot day

Week 45: Songkran and General Conference

Subject: Week 45: Songkran and General Conference

This has been a week like no other let me tell you! To start there is this amazing festival called สงกรานต์ (Songkran) and it is basically a weekend of water. There are water fights with buckets, water guns, and water balloons. I don't know why we don't have it in America!! It's honestly so fun. Ok moving on from that, this week was also filled with miracles and awesome experiences. 

We have continued to see brother Min progress so much. He has almost stopped smoking entirely and he brought his girlfriend to church this last Sunday.

This week we also got two more people on a baptismal date (Tad and Nuna). Tad approached us about a 2 weeks ago telling us he wanted us to learn and we then began to teach his wife too. They believe the Restoration to be true and have accepted to be baptized on the 26th of May! 

กิตติ is gradually getting closer and closer but is still too scared to come to church. He has been a Baptist for over 60 years and is scared that if he goes to our church he might believe it to be true. 

A funny experience was while we were teaching 2 of our investigators in a lesson, one of their friends joined in the lesson and seemed maybe more interested than the other 2  He was reading the entire pamphlet and then he grabbed a Book of Mormon and began to read it as well. I got a call from him saying that he loved what we said and that he would be coming to church!!

So many things happened this week I can't put them all in this one email. But I was so grateful for this general conference! I got to watch it throughout this week in Thai and in English. I loved so many things and just want to say that Christ is our light in this world! As we look to him and "have Christ in our homes" we will be protected in these last days! I'm so grateful for the words of the apostles and prophet. I know they are called by God to teach the fullness of his gospel!!

Love 

Elder Lowe 

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