EASAN

WHAT A CRAZY WEEEEKK!!! and HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES!!! Ok so first off S. Na passed her interview and was prepared to get baptized this past saturday!! YAY! Now craziness... so it was moves week and usually we get a call on Tuesday afternoon to tell us if we are moving or not, so all day tuesday I was on edge b/c i really didn't want to move... so we were waiting and waiting and NOTHING! So then the rest of the night goes by and we don't here anything... we were sooo confused! b/c normally they tell you either way if you are moving or not... so we called our district leader, he called our zone leader who hadn't heard anything, so called the AP's and apparently President was still working on it at 10:30 at night!!! AHHH! It was soooo nuts so we had no idea if we had to leave or not...and its not like we could just find out last minute b/c we had to leave wednesday to make it to Bangkok on time so we were all like... well do we need to buy bus tickets or not??!!? AHH... So then Wed morning comes around and sitll nothing after we were done studying... then finally the Zone Leaders called but all they told us was you need to buy 2 bus tickets!!!! GAHHHH!!! so we still didn't know who was moving but we knew we were going to bangkok! So we go about the rest of our day and we were teaching and we had to call the Elders to give our investigator a priesthood blessing, well they had just gotten called and told us who was moving... and it was me :( I was sooooo bummed! I may have welled up a little bit.. b/c we were with our investigator who is suppose to get baptized in 2 weeks and is just so great and we have so many great investigators that i was just not ready to leave... but i didn't really have a say in the matter! So anyways I was suuuuupppperrrr bummed out but then the rest of the day was a mad dash to get everything ready! First off we had already made plans to go help a member who had a flood, so we went out and did that, but then i wanted to say bye to a bunch of members and investigators so we were just calling people and seeing who was free and in the midst of all this I had to pack! AHH it was soooo nuts! but i was able to teach my one RC b. Ooh and while we were teaching we had a bunch of members/ other investigators show up to say bye, so it basically just turned into a party! haha But my one investigator, B. Gap is soooo adorable, he got me a present and was just sooo sad that i had to go! and i was soo sad too! He was the first house that i had invited on my own when i first got here and he is just so great! But ya so he got me this adorable stuffed duck.. i attached pictures.. but anyways so that was the end of my time serving in Phitsanulok! I am still a little heartbroken b/c i know that sooo many great things are happening there right now and it's just growing so fast and i am sad i don't get to be more a part of that, but i am excited for a change! Ok now for transfers! I was like positive since i was moving i was going to be in Bangkok for sure! But as we were going through all the zones and the companionships, we got through all of Bangkok and my name wasn't called! so that meant i had to be going to the Easan or the East of Thailand! AH! So we go through and then finally my name got called and I got called to UBON! My new companion is S. Guildner who was my companion in the MTC, S. Church's trainer! So I am way excited to be with her and we already get along soooooo well! So it's going to be way good. So now i am in the easan where not only do they speak thai they speak easan which is basically laotian b/c we are really close to laos! AH!!! So it's going to be a fun adventure... and who knows maybe i will be ab le to pick up some Laotian while I am here! But the first couple of days have already been way good. They have a super nice church building here which is such a WEIRD change! Although i will miss my little rented building in P-Lok, it's nice to have a real building again! The branch here is way good and i am soo excited to serve here! they have so many good programs and things seem to be functioning really well here so that's way good! And I have already got to meet a bunch of investigators and members here and i can tell things here are going to be awesome as well! Anyways, things are going good. I love being a missionary! The work here in Thailand is AMAZING! Love you all! Love, Sister Itri sorry no pictures it's not working... and i am out of time