Elder Ethan Ellsworth - Bangkok, Thailand

Hello, this is the week of transfers. This morning we invited all morning waiting for the Lampang elders to show up and so that we could switch out with them in our area, both the two of them. And that was, that was just super fun. So we tried to go and visit a couple of people in the morning, Elder Flake and I, but no one was available and so we kind of wandered around looking for stuff to do to be able to visit. And then I remembered this PI, this random guy we met with on a switchoff with the assistants. We went over to their house and he fed us lunch. It was raw meat, a raw meat dish that's classic to Thailand. And it was actually really good, full of blood too. So that was interesting. We went home, we got some real lunch, also visited another investigator and then we had some studies. After studies we met with a young man that we want to serve a mission and we gave him some encouragement to serve a mission and gave them a talk to read. And then we talked to a re...

Hello everybody, this week was another fun one here in Chiang Mai, Thailand. On Monday we headed over to Lamphun so we can go over and ride the elephants there, and that ended up being a very fun day. We got a lot of pictures and then Elder Chin and I went to visit an old family friend of his that actually lives near Chiang Mai, so we biked there and then had a sprint all the way back to our family home evening that night that we spent with an investigator and their family and it was fantastic. A lot of fun, a lot of food, and a lot of strong members that roast each other on different doctrines of the Gospel. So it was really funny. On Tuesday we got up and headed right over to Pawsoul, our super old investigator. He's doing really good. He just needs to remember the things that we teach is the main problem. After that we had some quick study time and then we invited and got to teach some other investigators which was also followed by some additional meeting and  stud...

PS, I forgot this super fun story. Once upon a time, Elder Ellsworth was trying to text to the APs on his bike. All of a sudden he looked up and there was a tuk tuk right in front of him. When he looked up, there was only time to grab the front brake and so he grabbed the front brake and he pulled it as hard as he could and when he did that, he did a front flip over his bike and that is the end of that story. Honestly though, it wasn't even that bad because he has had a lot worse than that before. So he wasn't too worried. It was really cool. I stopped when I was upside down in mid air and I saw the sun glinting off my bike just like it does in the movies and it was kind of cool.

Today was zone conference. In the morning we all got into big old red trucks and we headed over to some caves to go exploring for that morning as a zone and then we came back. Then we had our more spiritual side of zone conference where we talked about the gospel and we shared some testimonies and all that good stuff and sang some songs and stuff. That evening we switched off with the assistants. Elder Ignacio and I went to a member's house where we had originally planned to meet an investigator for a dinner/lesson kind of deal. Unfortunately, the investigator was not free and so he did not show up, so it was just us and the member, which was okay, I guess. Tuesday morning we got up and we were eating breakfast when we heard some pitter- patter on the roof and it turns out it just started pouring rain all day long until the evening. And so Elder Ignacio and I left to go and pick up a tent that was owned by an RC so they could bring that back to the church and on the way we ...

Hello everybody!! This week was great! 2018 is all over. In that time i have had s total of 10 companions, 5 different areas, trained 2 amazing missionaries, became fluent in a language I didn't know at all before, and talked with more people than i ever have in my life!!!! But the best part has been seeing change in those I have worked with as they pursue a life of enduring to the end until they reach the celestial kingdom. What a ride! I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world. Monday was great. We spent the whole day looking for fabric so that Elder Chin could do a suit for himself, but it was really cool too because when we got to the suit place, it turns out the suit maker is interested in reading about the Bible and so we taught him about Daniel and then we have a return appointment to go and teach him again. Then we got haircuts and I almost crashed my bike, but then we finished out the day running around, breaking into other elders houses so that ...

This week was christmas week I love christmas! This week we had a very exciting preparation day for Christmas Eve we got up in the morning and we headed over to a mountain with a company that's next to church and he took us up to the mountain and we rode bikes all the way down there's about 20 to 30 km and boy was way fun lots of uphill and downhill alot of mountain biking I miss it a whole lot. After that we came home changed showered and got over to a member's house and she brought another family over and that became some new investigators the guy once to quit smoking and he seems like he has a lot of potential. Tuesday we went back and saw another investigator who sure loves to talk. she's way great but loves to talk and doesnt really understand the things that we say to her after that, We headed back to the church to find a couple of missed appointments which was a little too bad but we can deal with that I suppose then we had a quick Christmas meal at...

Hello everybody!! This pday was pretty fun because we went up to this huge mountain on the back of a pick up truck and then after that we rode go carts down a track it wasn't very long but I was pretty fun I only crashed once. Next we took pictures and after that we headed home when we got home we changed and showered and headed over to a member's house for a family home evening activity where we had intended to bring investigator but he was not free so he could not then we came home and we also taught an investigator and he is super awesome his way down the to learn about the church Tuesday we headed out 1st thing in the morning to go teach an investigator and she talked for a long long time and so we were there for a while then we finally got head and back and got to another investigator at the church who drives a grab taxi and hes really good we're trying to help him in his son to learn more about the gospel we had some lunch. for district meeting I mis...

Hello  everybody, This week was transfers week and so that means Monday we worked instead of had a fun preparation day also it always ends up with less appointments than we like and more inviting than we anticipate. Because I'm so far behind and writing emails I don't actually remember exactly what happened on Monday as far as appointments go but I know it was good and we lots of really cool people. Tuesday was a really fun day as well because we were up early and got to play basketball in Asoke  because that morning we had a service plan at the Red Cross. After serving all morning long and then into the afternoon as well we were fed lunch and then we got back home. Quote of the day comes from sister Hammond and to told me Elder Ellsworth you're a great driver. I drove us all home to the office from Red Cross. After that we had district meeting and then we had English class and that was end of the day. Wednesday we got up elder sarabia got a haircuts after ...

Hello everyone!! Monday was a super fun day we headed to the beach and partied for a long time and we also went on a fun hike to a waterfall after that we started proselyting in the evening and this week is heaven week it was super Tuesday was the 1st official day of heaven week we left the house at 7:00 in the morning am and invited for about 2 hours and then we came back and we did some studies after that we had some district meeting time it was good then we went and invited for 3 more hours that evening trying to find new investigators and we saw a lot of people to talk to but we did not find any new investigators sadly. Wednesday a super fire day because it was Father's Day here in Thailand also it was my switch off day with other petersen who came to our area it was He is in my group and so we spent the day together inviting for about 3 hours then we came back to the church ended some service for 3 hours helping the members clean all of the stuff in the chur...