Cow Gra Doang!

 Elder Body and I

 Some friends that went to 

Cow Gra Doang with us.

 View from the top!

 Guys! This kid has a U of Arkansas hogs shirt on!!! He had no idea what it was but it made me happy!

 We have these vests that we wear in the rain so our shirts don't get stained while riding our bikes.

 A Buddhist Temple being built.

 People place food and drinks 

for the Buddhist Gods.

 I received this after chasing my ball into the woods. You can read about it in my letter.

 Teaching a class.

My Letter Home:

Last week on P-day was so much fun! We got to go to this one place called Cow Gra Doang. I had no idea what to expect when I was going to this place because nobody had described it to me yet. When I get there all I see is a massive staircase going up a mountain. It was like I was in Kung Fu Panda! When I got there, I tried to run up the stairs as fast as possible, and I got about half way up running, but by the time I got to the top, I almost died. It was so much taller than it looked from the bottom. The view from the top was way beautiful too. It was a perfectly cloudy day and the sun shining through the clouds was so cool. I brought a volleyball up the stairs too and tried to let it roll all the way down the stairs, and after it got about 1/3 of the way down, it was bouncing like crazy and hit a side rail and went way off into the woods. I had to go get it, so that was fun. There was a giant Buddha at the top of the mountain with was pretty cool too.

We have been focusing a lot with working with members. President Hammond told us that he wants us to "take the members on the journey of missionary work with us." I love that because if the members can feel the joy that we feel in the missionary work and then they will want to do it more with us. Our results will then be multiplied.

We found a new investigator this week named Teen. So we were just riding our bikes down a small street and Elder Body and I see a guy lying in a hammock on his phone. We go to the other side of the street to have a talk with him and he stands up when he sees us coming. I see his shirt and it blows my mind because this guy was wearing an Arkansas Razorback T-shirt!!!! Woooooo Pig Sooie! Teen had no idea what the shirt was even for, but somehow, this shirt traveled the ocean to Thailand and ended up in the hands of Teen, which gave me incentive to talk to him and now he has an opportunity to learn about Jesus! Talk about miracles!

There was a 18 year old kid we met this week who is a member, but he hasn't been to church in a super long time. Within the last 4 months, he got in a super bad motorcycle accident. Like really bad. His friend on the motorcycle died, and he couldn't walk or speak for a couple of months. When we visited him, he was able to walk and talk to us which was amazing. While I was talking with him, I got reminded about a ton of people in my life. Just a lot of people who have or are currently going through a lot of painful trials. This reminded me of how thankful I am for Jesus Christ and the resurrection. After this life, every single person who ever lived on this earth will be reunited with their bodies, so that they might be perfect as God is. We will get to see every person who has passed away in our lives including family and friends.

Everyone have a great week! 

-Elder Barron