Transfer to Samutprakarn

So this week has been interesting. First off, I got transferred out of Chiang Mai and I am now in Samutprakarn and my new companion is Elder Ellis. Samutprakarn is the southernmost area in the Mission so I went from almost the most northern to the most southern. It is by the coast. It is still part of Bangkok though, because Bangkok is gigantic, so that is weird. I have seen the ocean a few times since coming down. Elder Ellis is from Hawaii. He has been out a little under a year.

On Tuesday, our English class did not do so well. It was pouring rain and most Thai people drive motorcycles, so the only person we had come was Brother Jackie. Afterward we went and ate dinner with him. Wednesday was crazy. I was getting all packed up and ready to go. Then we had to take a bus out. Our bus got going for about two hours then it broke down and we had to wait another 2 hours for another bus to come before we could get going, so it ended up being a long trip to get to Bangkok for transfers. 

During Transfers, I met up with Elder Ellis and we left my bike at the office and headed out. We went back to Samutprakarn and got to work.  It was nice not having a ten hour bus ride like with Chiang Mai, we just hopped in a taxi and that was that. 

Elder Ellis is from Hawaii and he likes a lot of outdoor activities. He is big into surfing, but he likes a large variety of things outside. We have been getting along well.

We don't actually have a church building in Samutprakarn so we have to go up to Srinakarine which is about an hour away by bus. So this is similar to Chiang Mai with it taking forever to get to church but this time it is a bus ride instead of a bike ride.  It is weird to be off of my bike and walking everywhere but bikes would be really dangerous here so it is probably better to walk. 

Well, that is about it for this week, Today we are going to play laser tag for P-day so that should be fun.

I have included pictures are of me and Elder Ellis (sorry for the darkness, I'll try to send a better one soon) and me and Elder Barlow before I left Chiang Mai.  I’ll also include some extra pictures of our last P-day trip to the waterfalls and the mountains and a cool building in my new area.

-- Elder Cheney

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