Sorry that I didn't email last week. Last week for Pday we went to the boarder of Laos. (the s is silent)We saw this giant Buddhist temple. It is a tourist spot but you have to be careful because you do have a bunch of people worshiping all the statues. We bought some cool Thai and Laos fabric that we will get made into neck ties. One of our new investigators sews stuff. We told her that there will be missionaries in Kalasin always. She said she would learn how to make neck ties. :) we gave her some fabric to practice with today and a sample tie. The past two weeks have been great. We had zone conference last Thursday which was awesome!! Our zone leaders are so awesome. Elder Hafen and Elder Sudekum. They gave some awesome training for us. Some things were changed during this last zone conference.
So Thailand has this problem where over 90% of the people that are baptized fall away, become monks, or just don't go to church any more. People in the mission used to just go around with cards ask if people knew who Jesus Christ was and baptizing them 2 weeks later. They had tons of baptisms. but all those people are inactive. So we are stopping with the inviting cards. and are actually moving further away from inviting. We are going to focus 100% on referrals, working with members, LAs, and the people we are teaching. If we have spare time we will go inviting. And we are really going to make sure that we use enough time to help people be ready for baptism. There is a new rule that we are not allowed to baptize someone if they don't have a friend in the church.
Speaking of baptism... WE HAD A BAPTISM!!!!! Sister ทองสุข got baptized. She has such a great testimony and the members love her. We were fasting so we didn't eat with the members at the church. (the members eat lunch at the church every Sunday at every church in Thailand) So we got a call from her and she said that it was her birthday with God and that we had to eat dinner with her and she forbade us from turning down the offer. :) it was yummy. So eating is really important in Thailand. a phrase we say that is expected, kind of like "how are you" is "have you eaten rice yet". So we like to eat "rice" with the people we teach. Which just means to eat food.
Speaking of food... Thai food is the best. the fruit is so good. We are just entering the season for a couple fruits including Mango!! This one really tasty dish is called waterfall. which is normally pork. But yesterday we had red ant egg waterfall which was really good! Earlier in the week we saw some apricots and bought them. then we ate them they were really good. Like mango, then we realized its seed was more like a mango. Then we realized they were just a small type of mango. So that was cool. Well. That,s about it. Thanks for all your support. I love you all.
Elder Shill
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