Thonburi Got Lit - 10/6/17

We floated some lanterns down the river, which was cool. 

Hello Everybody!

This week was pretty solid! We started off on Monday by playing a bunch of laser tag which was way fun. Then we went to visit Brother D. He's about 30ish and had an accident about 15 years ago, so he has special needs. His dad was friends with President Hinckley, and President Hinckley made a promise to his dad that we would visit him every week and talk with him. They aren't members, but it's a really nice thing to be able to do. We switch off with the sisters to visit him every week. He's awesome, haha. Apparently he's met the past King of Thailand, and also the current King of Thailand, because his dad is a pretty high-up government official. D's a funny guy. After we visit him, they always give us a way nice meal which is always really good. They live in a kind of secluded compound with very large, high-class houses.

We held an English class Halloween celebration on Tuesday. It was cool. We played a bunch of Halloween games and took them trick-or-treating through the church. 

On Friday the sisters had a baptism for Brother CW, who's a way funny guy. We then went to a light festival. If any of you have seen Tangled, the festival in Tangled is based on this holiday in Thailand. But since we're in Bangkok, they don't do the air lanterns here. If you're in north Thailand they do a lot of them, though. Here we floated some down the river, which was cool. We all bought these neat flower things that hold candles to float down the river. (Click here to learn more about Loy Krathong, this special light festival). 

A lot of members threw a surprise party kind of thing for me on Saturday, which was way nice. They bought a pizza and put a lot of candles in it, haha. DC drew a pictures of me, Elder Holland (my mission dad), and Sister Courchaine (my mission mom), so now our entire mission family has portraits. 

Yesterday we were able to take G and B to our bishop’s home, which was way good for them. It's great to see them welcomed into the ward with such open arms. B still hasn't been baptized, but he has a way strong testimony.

I hope you all have a great week this week!

Love and miss you all! 

Elder Ridd <3