Busy, busy

I never imagined I'd ever say we had friends in Russia, but we do! They are such lovely people, humble and stalwart members of the Church. We said goodbye to our third group since arriving here. Next week, more come from Eurasia, if they can finalize visas. This is their temple now that Finland and the Ukraine are closed to them. The sisters have beautiful names like Svetlana, Maria, Irena, Natal'ja...

Groups visiting this week are from Indonesia, Cambodia, China, and Vietnam. Speaking English comes in handy when working with so many different countries.

A Taco Bell has moved in about 1/2 mile from our apartment. Bangkok has many American companies--McDonald's Burger King...  7/11's are everywhere--even across the street from each other. Their prices are comparable to the supermarkets, perhaps to serve the locals since people generally don't own cars.

It amazes us that every Sunday at church we meet someone from Mesa, AZ. It is such a small world in the Church! This week, Emma Millet from Mesa came up to me, "Are you Ted and Rex's mom?"

 You bet! I know her mom, her grandmother, and even her great-grandmother was my boss at my first job when I was 16 years old. Crazy small world!

Emma is here on an internship until July.

We came into the Relief Society room to this lovely message on the whiteboard. It says, "Jesus Christ loves me."

And He loves you too!