Elder Ethan Ellsworth - Bangkok, Thailand

Hello everybody! Let the record show that though I may no longer be a greenie in the Thailand Bangkok Mission, I still miss most of what people say because I still cannot speak this language! And I'm still figuring things out haha, so maybe they are officially over, but as far as I'm concerned, I'm still in the middle of them. Anyways, so last Monday, we spent some time at a huge mall here in Bangkok called MBK, and got some way cool fabric that we will later cut into ties, hopefully before Christmas this year. It's pretty cool, and I am way excited. That evening, we didn't do too much, just made tons of calls. We needed to make some appointments for the week, and so yeah we did alot of that. Tuesday, WE MADE MISSION HISTORY! So for the record, we are the only mission in the world right now to use smart phones, and we are getting an upgrade! Each missionary will buy their own Samsung phone to use on their mission, and so we spent the day buying phones a...

Hello everybody!!! This was another great week in the land of miracles, that absolutely flew by at light speed! Monday, we had the way fun opportunity to hike up a huge mountain with literally 3,790 steps to the top, and see a way cool temple at the top. Be sure to check out the pictures. It was way fun, and exhausting, but that's ok. I don't know what else to say but it was super cool, and had a great view at the top!!! Tuesday, we had a pretty busy day. We met with a couple of LAs in our ward, and talked about coming back to church, and sharing the gospel with their friends. They were way down and it was such an exciting meeting. We got a couple of referrals, and the work is going on strong!! I think that my favorite part of working with LAs is seeing them come back, and bringing friends with them too!!! It's so awesome. After that it was a pretty normal Tuesday with district meeting and English class afterwards. I love teaching English. It's way fun, an...

This week was another great one to be in Thailand! And even if I say that in every email, just know that I mean it 100% everytime! Last Monday, Elder Bunker and I had the opportunity to go and visit the international school that he went to as a kid here in Thailand, and it was pretty fun. We met with some of his old teachers, and talked to some old coaches and stuff. We also had a chance to workout in their gym, which was waay nice since I haven't been able to do cleans and snatches here in Thailand yet. Platforms are hard to come by here... Tuesday, we had a pretty normal day. We invited on the streets some, and then had a great lesson with a potential investigator. English that night was way fun. We don't usually teach the basic level, usually it's the advanced class that we teach, but this day it was basic, and it was way fun! We taught them the song 5 little monkeys jumping on a bed, and it was waay fun. I am humbled everytime we teach by how sincere these peo...

This week, as the subject line says, seems to have gone by the fastest on the mission yet. A lot of things happened this week, but what can I say, when you are having fun, time flies!! And side note, just a fun thing to let everyone know, as I write this email now, we have rats running around under our chairs, and this is a pretty fancy internet cafe. Thailand is not the US people. Haha good times. Anyways, so last Monday we had a way fun Pday. Elder V chose to go to a nearby army base and we spend the better part of 4 hours shooting each other with BB guns. It was way fun. There's not really anything else to say besides that, and climbing up a wall that was way fun. It was one of those used to build team work in military groups, and it was way fun. (see pictures attached) Tuesday, we had a sad day. It was Elder V's last full day as a missionary. Also, Elder V and I were on a switch-off with Elder Ingleton our zone leader. We studied all morning, and then ate lunch at...