A Great Weekend!

We saw more friends from Ayutthaya this week. Nano was about six when we served there in 2013-2014. She is now 15 years old and a beautiful young woman. Below is Bunlerd and Sutep. Nano and Sutep are being featured with others in a Church video, and they came for filming.

 Dennis was called and sustained as Gospel Doctrine teacher in our new ward--the Bangkok Ward, English speaking. The attendance filled the chapel and cultural hall.

It was fast and testimony meeting and many bore inspiring testimonies. The bishop requested that the visitors wait until the last fifteen minutes to bare their testimonies so that the ward members would have time to do so. (I've seen it happen during previous visits when visiting returned missionaries have taken up the testimony time.)

The first testimony given was by a young girl about age nine, who told about being born with only one leg and how she depends on the Lord for help to accomplish her goals in walking and doing everything that people who have two legs can do. She has a prothesis that is quite impressive. I look forward to learning from her strength.

After church, they held a baptism of a young man from Myanmar and a sister from the Philippines. The first talk was in English, then a confident Burmese teenager gave a talk in Burmese. When he finished, he blushed. Sweet. The baptism took place on the 3rd floor in the MTC font. We packed into the medium size room, standing shoulder to shoulder, to observe. As when we lived in Ayutthaya, so many stay for the baptism to give support the person. Here is a feeling of "We're all in this together" and "All for one and one for all."

Chandra and the flags of the MTC

We are still adjusting. Dennis studied the Smeg operator's manual for our oven/range, and we think we might be able to use it correctly soon. Our microwave is foreign to me too. I'm still adjusting to the toilet paper thing. Old habits are hard to break. 😊 We're still trying to figure how to work our TV, how to get on the internet, getting the bugs fix with our passkey, sleeping on a hard bed. I got used to the hard mattress in the Ayutthaya, so I know can do it again. But my bones are older now.

I took a little downtime to do this jigsaw puzzle I brought from the USA. 

My grandson has turned into a dog. It must be true because I saw it on FaceTime.