Elder Ethan Ellsworth - Bangkok, Thailand

Hello everybody! I ran out of time! Get ready for a super short email!! Monday, super fun. We went to the crocodile farm. And fed crocodiles, tigers, and turtles and snakes. Fun stuff. (See the pictures) Tuesday, normal Tuesday stuff with district meeting and English class. We tried to meet an investigator with an LA in the morning and that failed and then our meeting went long so we missed some other stuff Which was too bad. Fun English class though, and then we had the opportunity to teach sone investigators we haven't seen in a while. So that's cool. After that, we switched off!! Wednesday I spent the day with elder bird. It was going to be a fun day but then we had a surprise meeting for technology stuff that took 3 hours. So that was way saddddd. Took a lot of time. After that we had lunch, invited for a bit and saw some cool peeps. Then studies, dinner with an RC and a couple of appts, and a fun inviting session at night in a sketchy street. ...

Hello everybody! This week was pretty darn good. Monday was pretty cool. We got up early with the ward and headed out to the waterfall we'd planned for about a month now and it was so much fun! Pictures to come. We got back late though. Oops.. Tuesday, pretty normal Tuesday. We studied in the morning, got some lunch and then had district meeting. Our district here is so sick! Im way excited to work with them all. Then we taught some people, and it was fun. These two guys we teach are way cool, but I feel like they aren't really interested. Just down to talk and ask questions. We keep working with them though... after that, we visited an RC and then found a new investigator as well! So that was cool. Then English class. เหมือนเดิม ... Wednesday, we had s fun opportunity to be missionaries. We studied in the morning, visited with an LA member, and talked about some investigators we are trying to meet with. So that's good. Didn't really get to mee...

Hello everybody! This week was a crazy one! Per the norm I guess... Monday was a spent day and so we had studies in the morning, and visited a straight right family in the day for lunch together. The two of them are some of the original members in Thailand. 40+ years ago. So sick. Then we visited an investie, tried to find another one, and an RC but didn't find either, and then we had a dinner which was way fun with some RCs and members. Good times Tuesday, we helped a member who is leaving on a mission Wednesday (she will serve in Thailand) we got her and her bags in a truck loaded up and ready to go. Fun little service opportunity I guess. After that, district meeting, studies, a ผิดนัด and then English class!!! Then transfer calls!!! It was so crazy. I got called as a trainer and also President had me step down not a district leader anymore. So that's sweet. Wednesday was way fun. We spent the day at safari world. (Look it up on Google maps) and it...

Hello everybody! Monday, we went to asoke and ran around Chinatown with Ronnie then he bought us lunch because it was my birthday week and it was really good. Then we got to back to bangnaa, and we had a family home evening together sending off a sister who is going to be a missionary in Thailand. The food was really good we had cake. Tuesday we had a pretty สบาย day. Studies in the morning, and then lunch she district meeting. Being a district leader is honestly tons of fun. I love leading district meetings. They are straight fire. After that, we went to visit a new investigator whom we met last week. He is cool I guess. พอดี he had to run to the bank though so we couldn't really meet with him. We met with the member who reffered him instead. She is doing well. We are also trying to meet the guys daughter. That would be sick. Then we came back and taught นก who told us he would for sure to go to church on Sunday. Flash forward, he actually didn't come... :...

Hello everybody! This week was one more week just working hard. Good week Monday, we had plans to go to a way cool Buddhist temple, but it turned out that it was too expensive for us to go in than we wanted, so we opted for a different cool one, and basically had a fun day running around some more touristy areas of Bangkok. In the evening, we had a ward wide family home evening, and it was fun. We talked about ways to help ourselves stay sane and stuff, and we talked at length about organizing houses, and being healthy. After that, what do we do but eat doughnuts after such an occasion. Haha Tuesday was Pioneer day. Pretty fun day. Pretty normal as well. Studies, a couple of appointments, district meeting, and English class. We celebrated an awesome missionary in our district who is the first person in her family to be a missionary. She is way fire. My district was also very kind and bought me a birthday cake. The day honestly flew by. Wednesday I got to switch of...

Hello everybody! This week was pretty great. Just as usual here in the Thailand. Monday was waaay laid back, which was actually really nice. All did was hang out. Pretty much haha. We got up the morning and went and emailed, and then had McDonald's for brunch, met up with the other elders and had more food and then we headed to some markets, looked around, looked at a wat, and that was pretty much it. Not bad though. After that, we headed to the church. And hung out some more. Then we tried to track down an LA without much success, but met up with the WML and he and his family are straight fire. Tuesday was pretty normal. Couple appts in the morning. Some made, some missed, and then we headed over to lunch and had a brief meeting at the church to practice a special musical number for zone conf and for English planning. Good stuff. Also lunch as s district so thst was fun. After that we had studies and stuff. Found a new investigator when we met with an RC, both of...

Hello everybody! This week was another great one in the giant city of Bangkok! We measured it the other day and from one end to the other, is about the equivalent of Pasco Washington to Hermiston Oregon. Or from Hayden Idaho (where my companion is from) to Spokane Washington. That's a long way! Monday was a way fun day! We spent the whole day running around this giant museum place called ancient city. It has scales of all the coolest wats in Thailand. ( วัด ) so we got some way cool pics snd got to bike all around the park. It was way fun! After that, we grabbed some dinner after a way crazy bus ride home and visited a little Cambodian LA family before we headed back to the house for the night. Tuesday was a pretty relaxing day. Not way crazy busy, just the usual district meeting in the afternoon and English class. The usual good stuffs. In the afternoon after out meeting we went s taught a super prepared super awesome lady named จำรุล (Jamrun) she is so awesome!...

Hello everybody! This week was the first full week in Bangnaa for me! And what am amazing place to be, this area is so good! I love it so much and I am so glad you be serving in Thailand! It's the best! Monday we had a pretty สบาย day. Not too much planned, not much to worry about. All we did was go pretty down south to the ocean. We got some good pictures, and then we had a nice seafood lunch. It was a little, ok really on the spendy side, but it was still way good. We kind of just wandered around that part of town for the day haha. After that, we finished up the day with a couple of sick lessons with investigators. We taught a guy named เบน (Ben) and he is way sick. He can't read but he's got some real potential. Tuesday was a great day as well. The morning was ok. We kind of just ran around town in the morning looking for two investigators that never showed up :/ but we got to tslk to some nice people around town so that was good too. It was good stuf...

Hello everybody! This week was another great one! Monday, we emailed in the morning, and then we went to a crocodile farm in the southern part of Bangkok, and it was way fun! I mean, its only so often that you get to feed crocodiles raw chicken, and hold a tiger right?? Tuesday was pretty busy. I actually don't remember all that went on, but it was a crazy day getting stuff ready for transfers, and all that stuff I'm sure.... Oh yeah, we studied in the morning, and then had district meeting, and then we visited a PI in the afternoon who sells little sweet things that are just so good. Gotta love the 1 baht scones. Then we had dinner, and English, and after that, we picked up the greenies from the airport!! So we ended up speeding over there, and back, and it was way fun flying down the road in the mission van. Anyways, they got in a little late, and so we got to bed at 3.30, and up at 6.30 that morning. Wednesday was a long day. I didn't feel the tired...

Hello everybody! What another week at lightning speed... Monday was pretty darn fun. We went to this way cool Buddhist temple in the afternoon, and in the morning we emailed and had lunch with the WML here. He actually works in the mission office in translations. He is way cool. Anyways, it was a way fun day, we got some cool pics, and actually ran into a family that had come to church the day before as they toured Thailand. That was way fun. We finished the day teaching an investigator ( ดี ) and giving her a date! July 8th here we go! I just hope I stay in the area!!! Tuesday, we spent some time in the office in the morning, and made a trip to the post office to send a bunch of stuff off to missionaries all around the country. We actually got to send BoMs to people who live in places where there are no missionaries. It was way cool. After that, we had studies and lunch and district meeting. Same ol, same ol. After that, we tried to contact some investigators, but th...