Graduations, Leaving Laos and Merry Christmas

The inflatable Christmas tree

Parent note:

With the ending of their English classes and their impending move back to Thailand, the Elders spent all of their time with the members and didn’t have time to E-mail. Elder Cheney did send some pictures of Graduations, a trip with the members that he and Elder Saunders rode their bikes to, as well as some time bowling and other activities with the members. I will also attach the URL to a video they made, saying good-bye to their Lao friends.

Here are the pictures he sent this week in place of his email.

Fried Frog provided by the English class 

Elder Saunders at the Member activity

A gift from a class member

Riding with Elder Saunders to the Branch Activity

Elder Cheney at the Branch Activity

Here is the link to their video saying good-bye. You will have to copy it into another window.

https://youtu.be/XAOJgmNfSfs

Please keep in mind the missionaries have served VERY differently in Laos, following the direction to "show" of Christ since they can't "teach" of Christ in this Communist country. So please, no comments judging the video. (They are not swimming - it's the members with one of the other missionary's camera.) No black name tags, they use white nametages in Laos. 
They have loved teaching English every day to government-selected groups (hospitals, deaf children school) using all sorts of techniques. Elder Cheney has especially loved teaching the deaf children.