One more week in the States

So, I know this isn’t the first email I have started by saying ‘One week left’, but I think this is actually my last week in the States. The transfer is just ending this week and so all the Visa Waiters are here a week past the transfer, so that means I will be in a trio for a week. And the surprise came that Elder Oniki is getting upgraded from Trainer to Zone Leader, so he is getting transferred tomorrow. My new companions for the week are Elders Ellin and Meirs. I am excited. I don't know Elder Meirs but Elder Ellin is in our district so I know him pretty well. I am just staying in the same area and making sure I can show them around as much as I can before I leave. Being in a trio will be a lot of fun because, pretty much, if we have a member out, that is a guy we can do splits with.

This week was pretty good overall. I went on exchanges with our District Leader Elder Sampson on Tuesday. We had a good day and I enjoyed watching how other missionaries like to contact and teach.

Everything is going well. I am trying to do everything I can to prepare to go to Thailand. It seems really weird that in a week I will be on my way to Thailand, I had a good language opportunity this week. Elder Oniki and I were walking around and we hear this guy coughing so loud and his dogs were barking and it was really weird and when we walked around the corner I kind of just walked by because he was still coughing and his dogs still barking. After I had walked a little way past him Elder Oniki stopped and started talking to him. He told elder Oniki he wasn't interested because he was Buddhist and he didn't like speaking English. I turned around and asked him what he speaks and to my great satisfaction, he speaks Thai. I immediately start to talk to him in Thai and he starts to become more interested since he can speak in his native tongue. I was glad I had been carrying around a Thai Book of Mormon with me I passed that off to him and got his address and everything. He was telling me he came from Thailand 30 years ago but that instead of learning English when he got here he learned Cambodian because there are a lot of Cambodians here so he just talks with all of them. It was funny at the end Elder Oniki asked if we could say a prayer with him and he replied only if I did it. I guess he doesn't like English that much. He said his English wasn't that good, but when Elder Oniki talked to him he seemed to understand. Even though he doesn't go to any of our Wards we have gotten permission to teach him in Thai until I leave and then the Cambodian Elders can teach him.

 

It was really funny the night Leadership calls went out I played a joke on Elder Oniki. I played the ringtone on the phone around the time calls were going out then I acted surprised and looked at the phone and told him it was President Tew. I pretended to answer and talk and stuff and then told him the whole thing was a joke. After I walked out of the room President Tew called for real and called Elder Oniki as a Zone Leader. Elder Oniki initially told me he would let me know who my new companions were and everything but after getting all the information he decided to wait to tell me till everyone could know.

We had Stake Conference this Sunday. It was a bit of a hassle, because we tell everyone about going to church and where it is at and everything but this week we told everyone about church and then realized that it isn't at the same place and time. Even if we had people at Stake Conference we wouldn't have been able to tell because there were so many people there. Stake Conference itself was pretty good. Our Stake got a new presidency and there were two members of the Seventy there. The last Seventy that spoke was really good 

 

I probably won’t be able to email next week if Thailand's P day is on Monday as well. 

-- Elder Cheney

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