There's a ghost in the Church (and not the Holy kind)- april 21

Helloooo Family!!! So this week was another amazing one!! Even though opening/whitewashing an area is hard and sometimes it's hard to figure out what to do, we are still having so much success!! This week at church there were 8 investigators between our 2 companionships! SOOO AMAAZING!!! This week we also had 2 investigators get interviewed for baptism! There names are Lin and Ag and they are the most adorable little couple ever!! They have been investigators for 2 years... really they have been "dry members" they have just been waiting to get legally married, but b/c Ag is from Vietnam it was hard for them to get all there paper work and stuff in order... but they finally did it! And they will be getting baptized this next sunday! YAY! Such a miracle! This week we also started teaching the daughter of one of our RCs here. Her name is Pink and she is 17 and so adorable! She is super shy but she is starting to open up more to us and she is doing so good! She was so excited to tell us she has been reading and praying this week! And we were able to give her a goal to be baptized! She will be great! Ok so now for the Ghost Story...oooooo..... haha So this week me and my comp. were at the church alone and i went to the bathroom and then i started hearing a bunch of noises down the hall, but didn't think anything of it, whatever. But then the next day we were walking home w/ the other 2 sisters here and one of them was like, S. Itri, how do you feel in the Chruch, do you feel weird at all? B/c i feel super weird there, and then her companion was like, AHHHH ME TOOO!!! she was in the bathroom and thought someone went in, but there wasn't anyone there and sooo we all kind of got creeped out... but to break the mood, 1 sister, the thai one, was like... oh it's ok... the ghost can speak English so you don't have to worry!! HAHAHa so funny, but for reals there is some ghost livin at our church.. we were talking to an elder that served here a couple transfers ago and he was like "wait... it's back???" but dead serious! AHH!! So we are going to talk more about our ghost situation this week in district meeting, i'll let you know! hahah Anyways! This week week i also had a little breakdown b/c i got what we call our "death papers" aka the mail that tells me i have to get ready to go home! AHHHHH!!!! i dooonnntt likkkee itt!!! i cannot believe that it is coming to that! I hate hate hate it! I feel like i just got here and there's no way i'm ever leaving! haha Well i hope your week was good! Love you all! Love, S. Itri Pictures! 1: Tim tam slam with our district.. yup we have 6 sisters and 2 elders in our district... it's great! 2: My death papers :'( 3: Our new bikes! haha 4: I found wawa in thailand!!! hahahaha

New Year- April 16

Hello Family!!! Well this week was CRAZY!!!! sooo 1st off, i moved! ahhh!!! i have mixed feelings about it... i am going to miss my last branch sooo much! But I am super excited to serve in my new branch in Sinakarin!!! I am opening the area with my trainee and 2 other sisters here! So all 4 of us are new here and there are NO ELDERS!!! WOOOOO!!! hahaha so it's going to be fun/interesting/ i don't even know!!! hahaha just the 4 of us sisters in a brand new apartment! opening an area that none of us are familiar with!! and 2 of the sisters are greenies!!! hahaha its going to be an adventure that's for sure!! As for what we call it here... my luug or my child aka the person i am training... guess what!??!! I KNEW HER ALREADY!!! It's Emily Steele!!!!! we were in the same ward freshman and sophmore year... and Yup she's the one i wanted to set up with Jason!!!!!!! CRAZY RIGHT??!?!?! hahahahahaha we were both soooooooo shocked when we got assigned to be together!! i knew she was coming in so i sent her some mail while she was in the MTC but we thought there would be NO way that we would be companions b/c she came in with 11 other sisters!! but i guess there's a reason!!! (i guess jason will have to wait another year and a half to get married... ahhahaha) But i am sooooo excited to be with here! Anyways as far as the week goes it has been crazy b/c 1. we just moved into a new apartment and literally have NOTHING so we are trying to get things organized with that... and also it is Songkran... or New year's here! WOOO!!! So it's basically a big party for 4 days!!! Thai people know how to celebrate new years thats for sure!! it has basically been a 4 day water fight here!! oh my goodness it is soooo fun! this was the closest to swimming we can get here on our mission!! hahaha but we bascially just went with the branch and had water guns and buckets of water and cars would drive by and they would have the same and we would just throw water and then they have this paste stuff they put all over you too! SO FUN! i cant even explain it very well! but this week was a great week! I hope that eveything is good at home! love you and miss you!!! Love, S. Itri

The Draft- April 8

Hello Family! How is everyone? Sounds like everyone had a great Easter and Conference! I still haven't watched Conference yet, but i can't wait! we will be watching it this weekend... This weekend is also Sonkgrang or the Thai New Years, so basically this whole weekend will be a HUUUGGEE Water fight over all of Thailand! I am way excited b/c we will get to play also! Yay! This week is also transfer week, so i am a little nervous... i still don' t know if i will be moving or staying here in Sapaansung, all i know is that i will be training! AHH!! It will be so weird! but i am excited! So in Thailand every male who turns 21 is enrolled in the "draft" to be in the army here, and this week was the time for one of our RC's B. Bas to go to the draft, basically they pull out a paper, if its red they have to go into the army and serve for 2 years, but if it's black they are off the hook! So this past week he has been fasting and praying that he would not have to go into the army b/c he said he would rather be "God's Soldier" and be a missionary... well he pulled a black paper! YAY! super excited for him! He said he was so nervous the whole time and the 4 people in front of him all pulled red so he was suuuuppperrr nervous! But he is good to go! And once he hits his year mark as a member he plans to be a missionary! AHH!!! So awesome! He has such amazing faith! Anyways that's about the biggest news of the week! I hope that you are all doing well! Love you! Love, S. Itri

5 Years- March 31

Hello Family!!! HAAAPPPYYY EEEAAASSTTEEERRR!!!! How was everyone's easter?? Did you do anything special? Here they didn't have any huge activity but it was still an awesome weekend! We helped out with the primary activity this week and it was so fun! They had an easter egg hunt, the first time for most of the thai kids! It was soooo cuuttee!!! they are adorable! Then yesterday we had dinner at a members house and had an egg hunt and watched the testaments! It was fun! And we ate MEXICAN food! SOOOO GOOODD!! I didn't realize how much i missed it! hahaha but it was an awesome way to spend easter... we had 4 of our RCs there and they were so cute! They LLOOVEED The testements... a couple even cried! there was such a great spirit there! Ok another amazingly awesome part of our week! B. Non.... so he has been an investigator for FIVE YEEAAAAAARRRS!!! sooo long, he is 19 and just hasn't had support from his family to be baptized... but we gave him a goal to be baptized, and originally it was for next sunday... but this week he called and asked to change it to this week, he didn't want to wait... in fact he just set up the interview himself... he didn't even call us at first! hahaha He is sooo gooood! So he got baptized yesterday and it was the greatest thing ever! Everyone in the Branch was soooo happy for him and so excited that he finally did it! Then when he bore his testimony, ah! he just has the greatest testimony ever. He talked about how long he has waited for this day, but that he thought it would never come! But here he is baptized! He was so happy and talked about how he knew this is what he needed to do for himself and that his life will just get some much better now! It was so amazing to see so much faith from him! I couldn't be more happy right now! Anyways.. that was definitely the highlight of the week!!! I hope everyone is doing good at home! love you all!! Love, S. Itri

March 25

Hello Family!! Well this week was another great week... i am sorry i feel like my emails are getting pretty reduntant but everything is just great! There isn't anything super huge that happened this week though... just keep working towards getting our investigators to keep progressing! And we have a bunch that are!! We have 2 investigators that will hopefully be baptized on the 7th of april they are awesome! ones name is noan... he has been investigating the church for years... but has always been afraid of his family's reaction.. but he has finally made the decision to get baptized! He is so ready!!! Then there is F who is awesome too!! He has a good testimony.. right now he is just working on getting work things situated so that he can come to church on sundays! but hes got great faith and i know he will be able to do it!! We also had our 14 yr old investigator, Gif, tell us that her parents said that she can get baptized when she turns 15! She is soo excited and can't wait to get baptized! She was so happy that her parents said that she could, even if it does mean waiting a while...and now her parents are even starting to get more and more interested in learning, so hopefully she will be able to get baptized even sooner, with her parents! This week our RC, s. Nok also told us that she now has a goal to be a missionary!!! YAY!!! So happy to hear that! She will be an awesome missionary and has such a strong testimony!! I can't even explain how happy i am to hear when RC's have the goal to go out and be missionaries too!!! ANyways... like i said another great week! I love being here! This is the Lord's work!! Love you!! Love, Sister Itri