Hi,
So, it is good to hear from ya'll. It is so cool that Maren is having a boy; I'm going to have another nephew how nifty is that. These little tikes are going to like me one day. When they go through that, I can't stand my parents stage, they are going to hang out with Uncle Chris. That is some really cool news though. I've been looking forward to finding out what it is for the last week.
I have a pretty cool story to tell you. I always wanted something way cool to happen on my mission so that I could tell other people about it and they would be shocked. So this is the closest I’ve come. This last week I was on switch offs with one of the elders in my district, he is native Thai. We had had a pretty good day and we were nearing the end of it. We had just gone to their house to grab my bag of stuff and then we were going to come back to Samut Prakaan and switch back. Anyway, as we were walking out of our neighborhood onto the big street to catch a taxi we heard a gunshot. All the cars on the other side of the road had stopped, and there was a huge traffic jam, then we hear like 4 more gun shots and then this guy runs up and starts pounding on this car in the front and yelling at him to drive. We started asking everyone what was happening, and it turns out that it was a shoot out between 2 undercover policemen and a criminal of some sort, we are not sure why. In the end nobody was shot, they tackled the criminal and put him in hand cuffs and then shoved him into a taxi and drove away. It was way exciting! It was one of the undercover police officers that was pounding on that guy's car to move because they needed a taxi to take this guy to prison, and no cars could get through. It was super intense but so cool!
Something else sad happened this week. A couple of our investigators, Sam and Jackie, are living together outside of wedlock. We decided that we had to teach them the law of chastity. Anyway, it was a really great lesson the spirit was really there. We started off by telling them that everyone makes mistakes, and when we make mistakes we have to repent and live clean lives in order to receive baptism. Then we told them that living like they are living is a sin. That was when the sweet timid girlfriend was like, "So pretty much you are telling us to repent." We told them that yes and they said, "ok, we will have to talk about this alone." Sam has a wife in America and he can’t divorce her because he is here in Thailand. Anyway, we weren't exactly sure what was going to happen with them but we weren't seeing any progression so we had to tell them. That was Saturday night, and we checked to make sure they were still going to go to church on Sunday. Then Sunday rolled around and they didn't ever show. We think they don't want to learn anymore. Way sad, they loved learning so much. Jackie really wanted to be baptized, it is such a shame!
Anyway, those are all my stories. I hope you have had a good week. I didn't get your talk mom. So send it next week ok? The movie was ringer. Although I don't think I've ever seen that part of it.
I love you guys have a great week.
P.S. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!!! Do something fun together.
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