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Hey everyone! The second week here at the MTC was amazing and I'm truly growing as a person more and more each day. There are so many cool experiences here and I'm always always busy doing something.
The beginning of the week was super cool. First, I got to see all the new missionaries coming in on Wednesday so now I'm not the newest missionary here anymore. They all looked so scared so I can't imagine how I looked that first day, haha. On Wednesday I met this elder who is going to New York but lived his whole life in Thailand. We had a conversation for a while in Thai and then he just went off and I had no clue what he was taking about! That's definitely what it is gonna be like at Thailand so it was really good to be exposed to a Thai speaking person.
This week we finally got to play soccer as a district and let me tell you that will probably be the last time. My team destroyed the other team so bad that they just walked off the field when it was 12-0 lol. I got 6 goals and 3 assists so not a bad day haha. So now we just play basketball or anything besides soccer really :(
By Friday everyone was exhausted and we all just were tired of learning Thai for like 8 hours straight each day but there was so much improvement this week it's just insane what the Lord can do when you are on his side. First, we taught our first long lesson of about 25-30 minutes all in Thai which wasn't that bad at all. Second, my companion and I are starting to read the book of Mormon in Thai faster and faster each day and instead of taking 30 minutes to read one verse it takes us like 15 minutes to read 5. I know that's still so slow but it's gonna take time!!
Third, on Monday we taught actual members in this thing called TRC for two 20 minute lessons. We didn't know we were teaching anyone until about an hour before, so my companion and I just had to wing it and pray for the best lol. We actually did very well, but these people just talk so fast that most of the times I can't keep up and I can't understand what they are saying!
Lastly, on Monday we took a vocab quiz of 217 words we have learned the last week with some different phrases. I've worked really hard on trying to learn all of them and retain them and I know the Lord has blessed me in my efforts because I ended up finishing about 30 minutes before anyone else and I was the only one in the class to get every single word correct!! I'm not trying to brag but it is an awesome feeling to know that hard work truly pays off!
So this week my district and I met Donald Trump...or at least his twin. This man legit looks straight up just like Trump; my friend Elder Hodson and I have become good friends with the don lol.
We got new zone leaders this week and they are good for the most part.
On Sunday I taught about recognizing conversion in ourselves and others which a lot of times starts with recognizing the spirit and the impact it can have on our lives each and every day. The more we are able to recognize the spirit and adhere to it's prompting the more we will be blessed and have our testimony strengthened.
Goals for this week:
Be a light to others
Work hard and keep grinding
Recognize the spirit everyday
I miss you all and thank you to everyone who has written me emails and letters. You all are the best!!
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Elder Lowe or เอ็ลเดอร์โลว์
1) district with the don
3) at the temple
4) Elder Hodson and I vacuuming like the Ghostbusters
4) some of my zone
6) my district including the sisters
For Betsy's birthday, Mark took her to Nashville for the weekend. We stayed at the Hyatt Place. It was a perfect location for our touring plans. We arrived in the city and took a walking tour - via an app on my phone. We parked at this park just south of the Capital. The city was well planned out - so much for us to do. 
While walking around we saw a ton - a ton of these pedaling bars. Ladies were having the bachelorette parties on these pedaling bars... everywhere we looked there was another one. 
The architecture in Nashville ranged from ancient majestical cathedrals to modern museums and buildings. 
It happened to also be St. Patrick's day. Little did we know that the city turns into a green party!!!! Every bar and restaurant was filled with green, drunk, partying people. They were out the doors, they were on the roofs, they were everywhere.
The last adventure of the day was this working plantation. It also happened to be setting up for a wedding. No body knew if we were touring the historical building or if we were wedding guests. Shhh - we will never tell.
Sunday we went to attend church with the Steven's but it was stake conference. We were blessed to hear from Elder Holland. He spoke about the process of a new prophet and the power of the priesthood. 
