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| A picture of Elder Alley and Elder Roskelley that a kind member texted me. :) |
First and foremost I would like to give a big ol BIENVENIDOS to Sis. Alley who has officially left the stray dogs and sticky rice of Bangkok and is now returned home to the thriving metropolis of Spokane, WA. I'm so über proud of you and the great missionary service you gave:) You truly were an inspiration and a motivating force to all of us fellow Alley missionaries in the field, and it's been a pleasure working in the vineyard with ya:) Have fun wearing pants and hugging boys and watching Netflix. Just don't forget to read your scriptures and pray in Thai!
As for the last week, it was pretty solid again. We have one investigator from the YSA Ward who is progressing swimmingly:) He is so solid. We taught him the plan of salvation this last week and afterwards he just sat there and was like, "This is all so new, and so deep, but...it just feels right." And we just said to him, "Well, that's because this isn't really the first time you’ve heard this, this plan was already explained to you before you were born, in the pre mortal existence!" And he thought that was just the coolest thing since chopped liver. He came to church with us yesterday, too!
We also found two new investigators yesterday! The family we had dinner with invited some non-member friends over and we were able to chit-chat during dinner and slowly break the ice and then teach principles of the gospel without them even realizing it and then after the dinner we were able to actually sit down and teach the message of the restoration and they liked it and want to keep meeting. I've seen a lot of success on my mission from having dinners with members when they invite someone not of our faith to join. It's such an easy and super effective missionary opportunity!
Other than that, this week we had zone conference and we gave a zone training meeting and went on exchanges. I went on exchanges with an Elder Roskelley this past Friday. That kid reminds me SOO much of Michael it's ridiculous. He's like a more quiet version of Michael, but some of his mannerisms were very familiar to me haha. There were parts during the day when it really just felt like I was with Michael again. It didn't make me sad, but it sure made me miss my bro! Needless to say, I've got a soft spot in my heart for Elder Roskelley now.
And despite elders reminding me of my brother, my sister finishing her mission, and running around doing a lot of "going home preparations” for Elder Adamson, I have managed to not get trunky! (So no need to ask me, Dad lol). But, it's been strange for sure. There's a different vibe to the transfer when you're killing your companion.That’s just how the mission be, though.
Tuesday we have a mission tour with Elder Corbridge of the Seventy who is coming to our mission. Today we are doing a specialized MLC with the leadership of the mission where he will give us some instruction and that will be cutting our P-Day short a couple hours today #consecration so that's why the emails are coming in early. Anyways, it was a good week, and I'm glad to hear Ashley made it home safe and sound:)
Love y'all!
-Elder Alley
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