8 March 2016

Another week has flown by.  We have been in Chiang Mai for one week!  We have had to do a lot of shopping to get our place in order.  We finally have some food in the house and we have cooked a few meals here.  We did have to get another Toaster oven.  That is what is used for the oven.  Mom is usually not too hungry but Dad seems to be hungry more than not.  On Sunday we went to the church at 0830.  Meetings start at 0900. There are 2 branches here.  The meetings are 0900-1200 and 1300-1600.  

Our House in Chiang Mai

During the first meeting, I did get up and share my testimony.  My first time in Thai this time, 45 years after I gave my first one in the same city.  After the meeting the Elders came up to me and said that there was someone that wanted to talk to me.  They said that they had met this guy when they were teaching at his neighbor's house the week before.  They found out that he was a member but had not been to church in over 42 years.  He told them that he was first taught by Elder Wall and Elder Barlow.  They told him that Elder Barlow was at church.  I met him and he asked if I remembered him.  We did teach him but we did not baptize him.  A coincidence?  I think not!  His firstSunday back after 42 years and our first Sunday here in Chiang Mai.  Heavenly Father knows His children and knows what they need.  The Elders are going to invite us to help teach him.  He has forgotten a lot about the church and wants to get back to church.  All the Elders could say was our first miracle in Chiang Mai!

After each branches meeting they have a linger longer and they have food to eat.  The first branch saved us some food because I was having interviews and Mom was in the meetings of the second branch.  So we got to eat the food for both at about the same time.

We have met a lot of people and have seen a lot of inside stores and malls.  We haven't got to venture out too much yet.  Mom is doing real good.  She has such a great attitude.  We will be doing some service this week and we will be going to Chiang Rai this weekend to check out a water project that the church is involved with, meet with the Elders and check out their and go to church there.

My Investigator from 45 years ago