The Smog - 3/16/19

Lunch with some missionaries and members in Udorn

A Lao member wanted to take a selfie with me

The smog from one of the tallest buildings in Laos
(this was on the least smoggy day this week) 

Hey everybody!

I hope you've all had some solid experiences this week! 

Last week on Sunday was District Conference in Udorn, Thailand. It was pretty good. We got to see a lot of our friends serving there and met some of Elder Jorgensen's recent converts from one of his old areas in the district. 

This week has mostly been dominated by English teaching and member visits as usual. The thing that stood out the most was probably the fact that we have had a lovely, thick smog of pollution surrounding Vientiane for the past week. We can normally see across the Mekhong River into Thailand from our apartment, but this week we couldn't even see the coast of Thailand. I've also had a pretty nasty cold the past week, so the smog may have contributed some to that. 

We're trying to prepare a member's mother and little brother for baptism pretty soon, so that's also really exciting. They're awesome and have great faith. 

That's pretty been my life this past week. Nothing too crazy, but I guess that's good in a way.

I love and miss you all! Thanks for all of your support!

<3

Elder Ridd