This week was madness. Last Monday night E. Warren got a call from President Smith and found out he was moving to Bangkok...the next day. Since President Smith is going home soon they are moving some people around early so President Senior doesn't come in and have a stress attack. So Tuesday we stayed at home most of the day while E. Warren packed up all of his stuff and then we took him to the bus station that night. You may be wondering who my companion is...so am I. Right now I am in a threesome with E. Olive and E. Grover (the zone leaders) and it has been nuts. We are covering both their area and my area which results in lots of biking and very tired legs. But since they are zone leaders they have to travel all over the isaan visiting different districts and exchanging with the district leaders which means I get to go with them. Last week we went to Korat on Wednesday and were supposed to go to Maha Sarakam on Saturday but E. Grover got sick (probably from all the biking we've been doing). This week we are supposed to go to Roi Et tomorrow and Udon Thani on Wednesday. Crazy huh? I'm gonna see half of Thailand in 2 weeks! (not really)
But I'm learning a lot from E. Olive and E. Grover. They know LOTS of things. We have too much fun together. Every minute is an adventure.
The craziest day this week was Tuesday. We caught a dangerous animal and snubbed Pizza Company again. #allinadayswork.
Animal Planet Experience: E. Olive and E. Grover were about to leave the house Tuesday when they saw a Doogahh (totally made that spelling up) chilling by our door. They are these big lizards that make this weird noise at night time. Rumor is they can bite your finger off. E. Olive had never seen one so he flipped and told us (E. Warren and I) to come look. Then somehow we had this crazy idea to catch it...so we did. It was a hilarious process involving a mop handle, a borrowed tupperware and some old gym shorts. We threw that mess in the tupperware and then tossed it in the fridge planning on eating it that night. Well with the craziness of E. Warren leaving for Bangkok and moving furniture (all three of us have to sleep in the same room) we forgot to cook it. So the next day, E. Olive and I (E. Grover was on exchanges in Korat) tried to take the lizard to a street restaurant and have them cook it into some fried rice stuff. The restaurant lady flipped! She thought we were crazy. She couldn't tell if we were kidding or serious. We asked what she could do with it for us and she said, "Bury it." It was pretty funny. After much persuading and begging we gave up and just ate normal food and threw the lizard off the side of the road on the way home. What did I learn from this experience? If engineering doesn't work out I can always pursue a career at Animal Planet.
Battle for Pizza, Round Two: So all transfer long we have been saving our change with the intent of buying some pizzas. When we found out E. Warren was peacing out early we decided Tuesday was the day to do it. So E. Olive counted out 500 baht in one bahts, 5 bahts and 10 bahts, we threw it all in a bag, made the order and headed to the Pizza Company (different location this time). We walked in and we dropped a bag full of change on the counter. The Pizza lady was surprisingly cool about it (at least on the outside). Instead of counting it all in front of us she trusted us and gave us our pizzas. I feel like there is going to be a bulletin sent out to all pizza places in the area to beware of the white guys in white shirts and ties that like to terrorize pizza parlors. We don't mess around when it comes to pizza.
But life is good. This week has been way fun. Missionary work is amazing. The church is true. Christ is my strength and my savior.
Peace Out
Elder M. Riley Creer
The Only
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Last week of training #leggo
Thai language: #ohboy
sorry I didn't answer much of your questions this week...I'll repent and answer them next week.
MUCH LOVE. Oh by the way, the mission address is changing...so I hope you didn't buy those fancy printed envelopes in bulk. I'll send the new address next week.
So did you not get last weeks pictures? I definitely sent some. I'll resend it today just in case.
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