AIT #7: December 24, 2002

Sorry, but this letter will be extremely short, as I only have about five minutes. :) Everything's going well on this rather hot Christmas day. No snow in sight yet. ;) It honestly doesn't feel like Christmas at all. Thais think that Christmas is the American New Year, not about Christ at all. We can't even find any Christmas cards, just New Year cards. We're going to the Bates' home in a minute for Christmas dinner. This Sunday we're helping out at the World Scout Jamboree down near the ocean, which will be fun. Sister Jones moved to Thonburi last Thursday and Sister West moved in. She's from Cardston (Canada) and was in the MTC district before me. We had our ward Christmas activity last Saturday and it was a great success. More details will follow in the next letter (or the next, if I don't have much time next week). We got two new baptismal commitments this week, one from Bunying (a 60-year-old man), and the other(s) from a family that we're meeting tonight to plan out their baptism. All is well and the time is still flying by. I'm about out of time. If any of you want back issues (parts 1-6), e-mail my family. They should be coming up on my website soon, too. The work is really picking up here and our teaching pool is huge. Nat will probably get baptized on the 5th, but there's a possibility it may happen this Sunday. (Hopefully not, since we won't be there for it.) Chaad will get baptized January 12th. Have I mentioned that there are a zillion 7-Elevens here? Just in our area alone there have to be more than 20. It's crazy. :) Well, it's time to go. Merry Christmas to everyone. In this bustling season of gifts and garlands, remember the baby in a manger who saved the world from the chains of sin, and try to share some of His love with someone else. Take care and have a great Christmas! :-)