This is one of the members who is about to go on her mission. I gave her this picture of the King of Thailand as a going away present. It was in our apartment. Haha!
Phone was baptized! It was such a great day!
I'm so excited for her!
We played this balancing on each-others legs game. It was really funny.
My last sports night in Buriram.
Selfie stick while riding bikes to a lesson we taught.
This was my last time I got to visit Sister Nuu. She is one of the nicest ladies I have known. She told me when I come back in a year, she probably won't be alive. I hope that's not true.
For dinner we got to eat at a market and it was really fun.
Fun family home evening with the members.
We got to have our last district meeting here in Buriram. It was fun. I am going to miss Elder Siebert. My chairs keep getting shorter!
I gave Elder Siebert this tie as a going away gift. He goes home in August.
Eating dinner with the members.
They are so awesome.
Fun time at the Bishops house.
Our Bishop is so cool!
He is the one taking the picture.
I had to take some pics with this massive bush with yellow flowers all over it.
I saw these goats and it reminded me of Texas.
The beautiful fountain. All the members thought I was full of myself because I was posing like this for the picture. Haha! It was funny.
Some cool pics of Elder IIanera.
Trimming up our elephant.
The Bishops son fell asleep and I thought he looked dead.
Just did a successful bottle flip.
Dinosaur sighting
Letter Update:
This week I feel like I am riding in a canoe down some white water rapids. If you try to follow the path that you want to go, you are gonna turn side ways and flip. You just gotta feel the current and follow it. No matter where it changes, just follow it. I thought I would be going to serve in Laos in another month and a half, but I got a call from President this last week and it was changed that I would be leaving for Laos today. Then, I got a call yesterday saying that I will actually serve in Bangkok for a few weeks before I go on to Laos. I don't know what is really going on, but I do know I have to pack my bags and leave Buriram.
I am so sad to leave Buriram. I love all the people here so much and I have had so many people that are so nice to me and help me. I have learned so much from being here. I especially love the members who are keeping the ward here together.
So on another really important note, I figured out that cows in Thailand don't make the Moo sound. I was talking to a member and making a joke about the sound a cow makes somehow, and I said Moo. Then they got way confused and said, "what are you doing. Cows don't make that sound." I was like what? What sound do they make then" and they said "maaaaw" It was way weird and it blew my mind a little bit.
So one of our investigators named ฟรอด(fraud) who was pretty strong stopped answering our calls about a month ago, and we were pretty sad. We wanted to meet with him. He randomly called us this week and said, "sorry I haven't answered your calls. I just got out of jail." That was unexpected. We got to meet him again and we taught about repentance and he loved it. He was so excited to repent.
There was a member named มอส(moss) who called us and asked us to come bless his baby. His baby was born after only 7 months in the womb and so he was tiny. It was very strengthening of faith that the father had faith that giving the baby a blessing would help and make a difference.
This week, ฝน (phone(but it actually means rain)) got baptized. Everything went way well and the spirit was so strong I am so happy for her!
Alright I gotta go pack all my stuff so that I can leave Buriram tonight! I love you all and have a great week!
-Elder Barron
