April 22, 2013

Hey Family, what's up? I'm doing solid here in Thonburi. This last week was pretty different than normal, but that's ok. We got a lot of good stuff done, and hopefully some REALLY good stuff is going to happen this week. On Wednesday this last week we went to Asoke and had Zone Specialty training. My Zone Leaders right now are Elder Segura (an old comp once again) and Elder Appleyard (from England). This is the first time either of them are ZL's, and they did a really good job. They taught about consecrating ourselves to the Lord by giving him all of our Heart, Might, Mind, and Strength. It was really inspiring, and then we watched a large portion of 17 Miracles to give some examples of consecrated lives. I wish I had watched that entire movie before I left. Those pioneers were amazing. After that I had the opportunity to interview with President Senior. He is so good. He gave me the exact advice that I needed, and really cares about this mission. I'm definitely privileged to be serving under him, especially at this time. The majority of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were spent visiting strong members and less-actives, with a bit of teaching investigators in between. We figured out that there are over 400 members in the Thonburi boundaries alone, and we only get 40-50 people at church every week. Yeah, I think there's some work we could do there. From the time I came into Thonburi with Elder Oak to now, we've always had plenty of investigators to fill our time. Now, it's kind of died down. But I think it's a sign from God telling us to switch our focus a little bit. I'm really excited to start working with some of the ward leaders a little more, and finding some LA's. We're getting a good plan put into place, so it should be good. Let me know if you have any ideas for the missionaries or ward members in helping LA's come back strong. Anyway, right now we have like, 1 1/2 investigators? Dukadan is still there, I'll tell you about her in a minute. NamKeng was going good. We taught him a couple of times this past week, and they were really good lessons. We extended the baptismal commitment for the 12 of May, and he accepted! Then it kind of went downhill. Soda told us the next day that he had told his mom about it, and she said no. Apparently he's one of two children or grandchildren of his grandparents, and the other one is already Christian. What that means is that he has to be a monk sometime in the future, so he can't get baptized right now. AH! That really threw a wrench in our plans. Now we are planning on trying to turn our focus to their mom, but we don't know if she'll agree to meet yet. Please pray for her to open her heart! Now as for Dukadan. We had a "do or die" lesson with her on Saturday night. Basically we just told her that she won't really progress in the Gospel anymore until she gets baptized. I felt prompted to tell her that is she did choose to be baptized, she won't have any problems with her family in the future. I trust that God will follow through on that promise, and it helped boost her confidence as well. Last night, she told her dad that she was going to be baptized, and then immediately hung up. He didn't try to call back, so we'll see what happens when she calls again tonight. Please pray for her! This is the only thing standing in her way. If she chooses to, she will be interviewed on Wednesday, and baptized on the 28th! This is the baptism that I really want to see. She's changed so much, and has great faith in God and Christ. This coming week is just going to be a lot more of working with LA's. Oh, and if you're wondering about Fuse, we kind of dropped her. She just doesn't have a real desire, and her aunt is making it really hard to meet and teach her, so we decided she's not ready at this time. We might try to meet with her once more, but if it doesn't work, she's dropped. Sad, but there's hope for the future. 

How's everything going at home? Mother's Day is next month...crazy! Can you believe it's already been 4 months since I talked to you? I'm thinking maybe this time a Google+ account could be set up, and then we could have multiple devices chatting at once. Whatever you guys wanna do. Can't wait to see and talk to you! I will be calling on the 13th, so it will be the 12th (Mother's Day night for you). 

Rest of the Fam - Love you all too! Hit me up soon!

Well, gotta go. The Church is True!

Love, Elder Sharp

April 16, 2013

Thonburi. Yep, I'm still here. Pulling 4! It came as a complete shock to me. President Senior called me on Tuesday night and told me that we would be getting another set of missionaries in Thonburi. I was a little confused why he was telling me and not Elder King, so I asked and he said I would be staying here, with Elder King. So I don't have a greenie. I was a little bummed that I didn't get to be a trainer, but I'm over it and ready to go. It's a blessing to be able to continue working with Elder King in Thonburi. I'm going hard to the paint and making sure that our current investigators baptized, so that will be a blessing to see. Oh, I am also no longer the District Leader. One of the new missionaries that came to Thonburi is senior to me (has about 3 months left), so Pres. Senior asked my permission to give the calling to him. I'm totally fine with that though, I know I'll have more opportunities to serve in the future. So this last week was pretty crazy. I almost started packing a few times at the beginning of the week, but now I'm glad I didn't. It was funny at English class on Tuesday, because it was obvious that a few of the members had a "going-away" gift for me. You should have heard them when I told them I was staying haha. But hey, I got a nice new skinny-tie out of it (I'm all about the skinny-ties now). Wednesday, we had planned on preparing Elder King to kind of run the area for a while, but since that was out, we had to figure out some productive things to do. Luckily, Bro. Banjud called us and asked if we would go visit him. It's always good to strengthen the members. That night we also visited an LA that I had never met before, Bro. Ponyut. He seems really nice and awesome, but maybe too much so. I had committed him to come to church for the last six weeks that I would be here. He didn't make it this last Sunday. Hopefully he does a little better at keeping commitments in the future. Thursday - Transfers day - was pretty crazy. We had to be up super early so that E. King could renew his visa, and after that we had to sit at the church for 3 hours until the meeting started. I realized that there were quite a few people who got called to train who weren't anymore, so it made me feel a little better. Anyway, my Pa is gone. Elder Raven went home. And I am now as far in my mission as he was when he started training me (goes fast huh?). The two new Elders that got called to Thonburi are Elder Buss (DL), and Elder Pyne (his greenie). They're good guys, and I'll enjoy working with them. Elder Buss has some great ideas of how to help the ward grow. We've decided not to split the area in half, but to work together basically. There'll be some bridges we'll have to cross when we get to them, but once we get a system figured out, I think it'll be great. Conference was awesome! Again. I had to watch a couple of the sessions in Thai (Saturday and Sunday morning), but they were still good, and the English sessions were phenomenal. My favorite had to have been Elder Holland's. I loved how he said that we first have to keep the ground that we've already gained, and then recognize our weaknesses. That's the way we show our faith. And that bible story was the perfect example. I also loved Elder Cook's, and everyone else's references to personal peace. That's something that I've really wanted some help on lately. All in all, it was awesome, and I had a ton of questions perfectly answered. So this past weekend was the Thai New Year called Songkran. Easily put, it's a 3-day, country-wide water fight. Period. We were allowed to play  on Monday, and man was it fun. A group of missionaries and members went downtown yesterday, bought big super-soakers, and then destroyed people. I only get one, so I had to go big and get the strongest gun. No regrets there. I owned people. Everyone and everything was soaked. Super tired (and also sunburned) today, but it was worth it. My investigators are doing good. We really only have two right now, Dukadan and NamKeng. We met with Dukadan last Thursday and taught tithing and fasting, so she's all done with the missionary lessons. She just has to decide to be baptized. I can't wait to talk to her and find out how her weekend at home was and if she read the BofM in the wat. NamKeng is apparently hooked on video games, so he didn't come to church or meet with us. Frustrating, but we're meeting with him today, so it'll be fine. Please pray that we find some more investigators! 

Hey sorry, yesterday was a little crazy, so I got to come back and finish today. Well, we saw Dukadan as we were waiting for a bus, and talked to her about how her weekend at home went. Apparently her family is pretty mad about the whole situation. She didn't really do any of the Buddhist ordinances though, just bowed to a monk because her mom was freaking out in the middle of the wat. So I'm actually really happy. We're going to meet with her on Saturday, hopefully she just decides to be baptized. Please pray for her!

Well, gotta go! I love you all, and the Church is True!

Love, Elder Sharp

April 8, 2013

Hey Krob Krua (family), what is going on? I'm doing pretty good here in Thonburi, winding down what is most likely my last week here. I let you know where I am next week! To start off with, no I haven't watched conference yet. We get it this coming Sunday. From what I've read, I'm looking forward to Cook's and Uchtdorf's talks. Gotta love conference. I really love it more out here than I ever have before. Anyway, this last week was a pretty dang solid one. We had a ton of lessons, and a lot of success as well. Nothing super "exciting" happened, but it was my favorite week so far as a senior comp in the sense that we helped our investigators out a ton, and a couple of them are really close to baptism. Tuesday, we finally went and cleaned our old house completely (disgusting), turned in the keys, and were OUT of there. I never want to go back to that place again. Our new house is coming along pretty good. We have most everything organized and put away, just a few more things, but it'll go fast. On Tuesday night we had a great English class. Last week at church, two twin 28-ish girls came to church, because that was one of the homework options that I had given out the week before at English. I introduced the Gospel to the one that came to english again, Sis. Mon, and then we taught her again on Wednesday morning. Her biggest concern was breaking commandments that she didn't know existed, so we taught her the way to pray and to repent, and committed her to start. She didn't come to church yesterday, and she might have given us a wrong phone number, but she really did seem sincerely interested, so hopefully it was an accident and we can talk to her again tomorrow at English. Wednesday night, we were finally able to meet with NamKeng (Ice), Soda's younger brother, again. We explained the Godhead and prayer, and committed him to pray. He said that he's not sure at all if he believes in God, and he's skeptical about changing religions since his mom hasn't changed yet. But don't worry, we're going to baptize his mom, too, so I think he'll progress pretty quickly. Especially since his sister is a member and good example to him now. Thursday was, for the most part, spent at the house. We spent most of the time long-planning for this week, which went a little longer than usual since I had to make sure Elder King is ready to go with the area if I do leave. We did a little more organizing as well, but were able to get out of the house that night. We taught Dukadan with a member named Brother Wiin. He's a less-active, but he is awesome. It's so weird to me. Every time that I visit or teach with or talk to a less-active, they always exude the strongest testimony. He was the perfect person to have help teach Dukadan. It's just sad that those LA's won't act on their testimonies and follow Christ 100%. Anyway, we taught the Law of Chastity, and then spent a ton of time discussing baptism. She's going home this weekend for a holiday, and she said that her entire family will be going to a wat (Buddhist temple) to worship. We asked her what she was going to do, and she said she was going to just go and sit in there (which is fine) and read the Book of Mormon (which is the best thing that I've ever heard). We were so stoked! Though she is a little nervous about how her family is going to take it, but she's finally willing to take a stand for what she has come to know is true, which is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Well, after she told us that, I figured that moment would be the best time to commit her to a baptismal date. She still wouldn't give in to that, so I explained that her reading the Book of Mormon at the wat is pretty much already changing religions, she just has to get in the water now. It made sense to her, but she still said she wants to wait until after she goes home. Probably the best lesson we've had with her yet though, the Spirit there was incredible. Friday we were able to take Soda with us, along with Bro. Ding (Elder's quorum pres.) and go and teach Fuse. Man, she's hard to read. When you ask her questions, she gives awesome answers, but the rest of the time she just sits there with a bored looking face. We don't really know what to do, and she's not reading or praying very consistently either. I know the testimony is there and that it would sky-rocket if she would just keep the commitments, but SHE has to do it. If anyone has any advice on how to help her, let me know. Saturday, we taught NamKeng again and had a pretty good lesson on the Restoration. He committed to go to church the next day, and he did (although he disappeared during the 3rd hour, and then reappeared after church was over). Saturday night, we went and had a meeting with  Bishop Arun and Bro. Bay (WML). We presented Pres. Senior's goals to them, asked for their help, and then asked how we can help them. I think it really helped build our relationship with the bishop, and I think things are going to start cruising along even faster here in Thonburi. Sunday was absolutely awesome. I wore my new suit and Easter tie (I don't know if I want to wear the suit that much. I mean, I would only wear it on Sundays, but should I just save it until I get home?). They went very well together. 3 investigators were there: Dukadan, Soda, and Fuse. It was Fast Sunday for us since we didn't have conference, and the Bishop had me bear my testimony first since I'm probably leaving (he didn't tell everyone that though, he's good like that. It's never a good idea here to tell the ward you're leaving). I bore it on Christ and repentance, and the Spirit was very strong. I hope it touched someone. After church, we taught Fuse about the Law of Tithing and Fasting. She's still quiet, but she accepted them. We taught Dukadan after that, and were planning on teaching the same thing, but didn't get to it. She's planning on giving an English Book of Mormon to her French friend on Tuesday, and wanted to know how to talk about it and the 10 Commandments in English a little bit. I'm totally down for some Missionary Work! We also had to explain to her how the Pope is a good guy, but has no real meaning in the Kingdom of God, just Thomas S. Monson and the Quorum of the Twelve. That led to Priesthood power, and by the end the member that we brought in was explaining about Priesthood blessings for the sick. She was ALL over that since she has been sick now for a few weeks. The Elders Quorum president annointed, and I had the opportunity to bless. It was a special moment and the Spirit was strong. She definitely has the faith to make it work. Elder King asked for a blessing as well right after that since he's sick, and Dukadan asked for permission to stay and watch. Me and Bro. Ding switched roles, and it was a great experience the second time (and Bro. Ding's first time blessing). Today is just chill, writing letters, napping, etc. Transfers this week! I can't wait to get my greenie, and he's going to get to meet his grandpa (Elder Raven) once before E. Raven goes home. It would be totally fine to stay in Thonburi, but I'm ready for another area and adventure as well, whatever the Lord wants to bless me with. So this coming weekend (12-14) is a Thai holiday called Songkran. Basically, it's just a giant, country-wide water festival. We get to play in it for one day, and then have to (try to) work the others. From what I've heard from past missionaries, it's basically impossible, but I'm excited for it! I'll send pics. Ha and it starts the day after transfers. Lucky greenies. For some reason lately, I have the biggest CRAVING to play soccer. I even had to stop and look at some soccer cleats/futsol shoes when we were at the mall today. Oh, and I got some interesting information...I know what day my mission ends. Because of the age change, they are eventually going to switch transfers from 6 to 9 weeks. That throws all of the dates off, so I now finish on February 21. I don't even get two years! I mean, it's only 2 weeks short, but weird! 

Well, gotta go! Love you all. The Church is True!
Love, Elder Sharp

April 2, 2013

Hey Family and Friends, how's it going? What a long, yet fast week. It feels like I was just barely e-mailing last week, and yet almost everyday here seemed to drag on forever. This week was mainly filled with moving stuff over from our old house to our new, and organizing it all, but it's finally (almost) done. There were a few really good things that happened though. On Wednesday, we had Zone conference. Ha I gotta show off my new suit. Anyway, we got some great instruction from the AP's, zone leader, and Pres. and Sis. Senior. The Ap's first focused on "The Small and Simple things." It was a great lesson, and really put some things in perspective. They showed how important doing the little things are. We've always heard it. In church, in sports, in school, that doing the little things is what brings us success (and how the little things are really the big things). But, of course, they always go back to being the "little" (unimportant) things, and we lose our focus, and the results. They made us commit to writing down and doing the little things that we need to work on. It reminded me of a quote that Mom sent me in one of her letters, that went something like "Cherish the little things in life, because one day you'll look back and realize that they were the big things." And it's true, especially in missionary work. The little things bring success. After that, Pres. Senior and Sis. Senior talked about using time wisely and making back-up plans (which is one of the little things that I need to work on), and then the rest of the time was focused on repentance. I learned a lot of great things, and gained another great testimony of the important of true repentance. It's something that we all need to do everyday. And it's not just stopping doing something or confessing a sin. It's a change of heart. That's the hard part, but through the Atonement, it's ALWAYS possible. Thursday was a LONG one. A few of our appointments fell through, and so all we ended up doing all day was long-planning and moving stuff. It was needed, but man I am sick of moving. Mom and Dad, thank you for never making me move when I was growing up. Friday was great. We had a couple of good lessons. One with Bro. Lek, a recent-convert who had missed a couple of weeks of church. I don't think he wanted to miss though, he was just sick and had stuff at his daughter's school. He's the most humble person I've ever met, and it felt great to help strengthen his testimony. The other was with Soda, a good lesson on the Gift of the Holy Ghost. She was confirmed on Sunday! So awesome, and she also helped us teach Sis. Fuse, who we're hoping will be baptized sometime mid-April. So...I didn't know Sunday was Easter until I got to the church...so I didn't wear my tie or anything. Whoops! I was expecting it to be in April, so I didn't even think about it. Luckily I was able to pound out "He is Risen" from the simplified book in Sacrament Meeting. It was a really great Sunday though. I'm so grateful for the Atonement, and the way that none of us have to fear death, because the bands have been broken by Christ. I know that He truly is risen. Sunday night we had our "Easter Party" haha. It was a great time coloring cookies (and yes Laur, we did eat them. Not too bad) and doing our puzzles, while shooting around on our basketball hoop. Thanks for the package! It made for a great but definitely "silly" Easter. I got it on Wednesday and the Taffy cookies were gone by Friday. The investigators that we have, for the most part, are still pretty solid. Soda was confirmed, so she is now a recent convert. We did talk to her about her mom, but she thinks that her brother would have more of a chance of being an investigator right now. I just say, why not the whole package? I'll keep you updated on what happens there. Dukadan is still doing really good. She wasn't able to meet this last week, because she was sick all week, but she did come to all of church, so I'm happy. Please keep praying for her! Fuse is going again. We hadn't been able to meet with her in a very long time, but finally got to on Sunday. So we're really hoping that her and Soda become really good friends, because there just are not that many solid strong YW in the ward right now. They could really keep each other going. We gave Fuse a new date! April 14. Might be after that, but if she does her part then it's possible. The bad news from this week: Boss has kind of dropped off the radar. After teaching him about the LofC and needing to be legally married, he's just been kind of avoiding us. He did come to church last Sunday, but not yesterday. And he's cancelled one appointment that we had, and then just never showed up to the next one, and we haven't been able to contact him since. I don't know what's up. Please pray for him. It's so weird to me, but the marriage thing is a problem for a lot of people. 

Sorry that this is coming a little late, yesterday we had to go into Asoke to walk in a parade (which we never got to actually do) and by the time we got back we didn't have time to finish before we had to go visit Dan. Anyway, yesterday we finally moved all the rest of our junk over to the new house. Now we just need to get it organized. Oh and I'm sending a picture of my new suit...I am just not photogenic, so focus on the suit instead of my face. I also got a fitted shirt with cuff-links ha. Today is just a day of cleaning the old house, organizing the new, and planning out English...so excited. But I think we should have some new investigators at English class tonight. This "transfer" is winding down to a close (since it's only 4 weeks). Crazy. I'm going to miss working with Elder King, he's a boss. But I'm also really excited to get my greenie. Pray for me!

Well, gotta go. The Church is True! 

Love, Elder Sharp

March 24, 2013

Hey Family and Friends, how's it going? I'm doing fantastic here in Thonburi. This last week flew by, and a lot of good things happened. This might be a bit of a shorter one, sorry about that. I gotta start working on keeping my e-mailing within a little better time limits. Anyway, there were a few highlights this week. To start off...we moved! Bro. Arm, who was actually one of our a AP's a couple months ago but has finished his mission now and works in the church office, came and checked out our old apartment and told us what we needed to do on Tuesday, sent us an e-mail on Thursday, and we moved Friday. It is so SICK! We by far have the nicest apartment in the mission.  A couple bedrooms, a couple bathrooms, and a living/kitchen area. With American showers. That is my favorite part. I'll attach pictures. Ha apparently Pres. Senior had told Bro. Arm that he didn't want us moving in there when he saw pictures (I would be the same way, can't trust missionaries to up-keep an apartment like this) but he had already signed for it, so oh well. I'm not complaining, I'll just enjoy probably my last 3 weeks in Thonburi. Thank you Mom for teaching me how to keep a house clean and organized. Elder King is great with it too, we're just worried about the next set of Elders who come in. On Wednesday, we switched off with the ZL's. I stayed in Thonburi with E. Raven (my Pa!). I was really stressed the night before, because I could not find anyone who would make an appointment for us. That morning, I was praying hard for direction, and felt prompted to study in PMG chapter 4 about the Holy Ghost. Immediatley after that, I felt prompted to call an RC/partially less-active, Bro. Banjud. He accepted, and that's what we did. It took pretty much the entire day, but he really needed a visit and someone to talk to. He's worried about his work and family, so we shared some scriptures and experiences that will help him out if he applies them. I know that God directed us to him that day. Thursday, I had my first District Meeting. I focused it on repentance, since that is going to be the topic of Zone conference this week. I was really nervous, but Elder King and the Zone leaders shared a lot of stuff, so I got through it. Repentance is becoming more and more apparent to me out here. We go out everyday, begging people to repent, and expecting them to. That means that we ourselves need to do our part, repent, be worthy of the Spirit, and avoid being hypocrites. After District meeting, Sis. Soda was interviewed for baptism again and passed! She was baptized this Sunday, I'll say more about that in a minute. Thursday night we met with Boss. We had a good lesson on the 10 commandments, but we discovered a bump in his road to baptism. He's married according to Thai tradition, just not according to the government yet, so he can't get baptized until he is. We committed him to talk to his wife about it, and he did, but he said it just might not be possible right now. He has WAY too much faith to let that get in the way. Pray for him! He'll get get past it. Dukadan is still doing great. Hasn't committed to a date yet, but is progressing and building her faith. We weren't able to meet with Fuse...hopefully this week. The best day of the week was Sunday. Soda was baptized! She was so happy, and bore a great testimony at the end. The bishop baptized her, very glad it was someone from the ward. Her mom and friend came to church with her as well, so hopefully we can start teaching them. Elder King is still awesome as ever, and a great worker. He's still young, but the great thing is that he acts like he's been out for a while. He's always throwing out ideas and ways that we can help the ward and our investigators progress. He's from Idaho Falls, and is on transfers 4 right now. The experience so far of being a District Leader and Senior comp has pretty much been what I expected it to be: tough, a bit stressful, but a lot of fun. You are completely right Dad, it is so easy as a Junior comp to just lean on the senior in the tough situations. But I know exactly what you're talking about when you say it's like we put on magic ear plugs. My language is doing awesome right now, and I know it's all because the Lord is blessing me. I couldn't understand and speak like I can just a few weeks ago, but the Gift of Tongues is real. Right now we're running a little short on people to teach, so please pray for us. We could really use the help.

How are things back home? How's the weather? March and April are the hottest months here, and man is it HOT. I'm sick of being sweaty all of the time, but I guess I'll take that over wet with rain for now (that'll come in a few months).

Well gotta go. The Church is True!

Love, Elder Sharp

March 18, 2013

Thonburi. Hey Family and Friends! How's it going? Yeah, I'm still in Thonburi and lovin' it. Transfers #8. My investigators are doing pretty good, and I'm really liking my new companion. I'll tell you about him in a minute. Today we went downtown to the market where the shop is that all the Elders get suits at. Got my first one! It's gonna beFresh. I'll send you a picture of it once I pick it up next week. We're also gonna celebrate a next week with a little bit of some Krispy Kreme (the only one in Thailand) so I'll let you know how that goes. This last week was a solid one, with a lot of crazy stuff that happened. Mostly having to do with transfers. The first cool thing that we did this last week though happened on Tuesday. We went and did a zone service activity at a school for handicapped and disabled kids. Basically we just got to go hang out and play with them (I don't know how we swung that one, because it's technically against the rules in the white handbook ha). It was way fun though. Me, Elder Oakeson, and Elder Bartling were in the nursery room with all of the 2-4- year-olds. The kids were absolutely hilarious, and at the end we got to sing them some primary songs, and some sisters came in and joined us. Great time. I'll attach a pic from it. I also had a really spiritual experience from going to the school, but it didn't really have anything to do with the service. When we with all the missionaries in the cafeteria, I took out my camera to get some pics. Well, I had put my other SD card in my case (the one that has 90% of the pics from my mission), and when I pulled out my camera, it must have fallen out without me noticing. I realized it later that night when we were home and I was devastated. I prayed hard, called the school the next day, but they couldn't find it. I almost just gave up, but then I remembered Carli's story from her letter last week about her badge magnet. I knew that if I could have faith like her, then anything was possible. I prayed some more, and decided to call the school back one more time on Saturday. They found it! I went and picked it up today. It was nothing less than a miracle. Thanks Car for your example and faith. It really strengthened mine. Wednesday, we had our last District meeting. It was kind of sad because 3 of the 4 people in our district moved. I was the only one left. That night we met with Dukadan one last time before E. Oakeson left. We talked about showing faith and talking to her parents about baptism. She committed to go home and call them that night, and she did. Her mom was ok, her dad rejected it. She was way sad, and we were too. We were able to meet with her again yesterday and talk about what her plan was. She wants to wait a little bit and see if her dad softens his heart. I have faith that he can, but if he doesn't, I hope she doesn't wait before it's too late. Pray for her! Thursday was the big day. We loaded up E. Oak's stuff and headed to the church that we were meeting at. Elder Oakeson was a good comp, and I'm definitely going to miss him. But I got another awesome one in return. His name is Elder King, and he's a ridiculously hard worker, and we're going to have a lot of success togther. He's only on transfers 4, so I'm the senior companion. Also, I got made District leader. I was a little stressed about that, but then I realized that they completely pulled missionaries out of Bang Khae, so it's only a 2-man district. Pretty easy. District meetings will probably be a little awkward though ha. This transfer is only 4 weeks long because of the changes that are happening all over the world, and next transfer we are getting 35 or 36 new missionaries. Pres. Senior decided to announce the trainers for them at the meeting, and I'm one of them! Wow. I'm stoked to train, but the stressful thing is that I probably won't stay in Thonburi, which means that I'd be white-wash training. Oh man. Probably gonna be a little rough, but I'll do whatever I'm asked to! Sorry, I don't have a picture of me and Elder King yet, I'll get one next week. Once we got back to Thonburi on Thursday, the Zone leaders met us there and interviewed Soda for baptism. Unfortunately she didn't pass this time, but they'll interview her again this coming Thursday, and should still be ready to go on Sunday! On Friday we met with Boss. He's still way awesome, and basically taught US the Plan of Salvation. He still hasn't quite gotten over smoking yet, so we had to move his date to April 7. He's working hard though, and should be good to go on that date. We weren't able to meet with Fuse this last week, but hopefully sometime this coming week. She'll have to move her date too though. But I still have faith that all of them will be baptized, whether it's sooner or later. Yesterday was a really good Sunday. The Bishop gave a great talk about member missionary work (he's a boss, and has been doing that a lot lately), and I got to translate at the pulpit for the high councilman again. I prayed a lot harder this time, and didn't lock my knees, and it went great. As for finding a new house...we got it! It's the really nice one, and we're moving in on April 1st (and no, it's not an April Fool's joke). I'll send you pictures once we're in. Thanks for all your prayers!

So how's it going back at home? Weather is finally staying consistent? Happy Birthday Brandt and Laur and Lance! Hope you had/have a great one! 

Well, gotta go. Love you all and the Church is True!

Love,

Elder Sharp

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