June 15, 2015

Elder Bundy riding the streets of Plok

Elder Bundy reported that he had a great week in Thailand this week.  He has been very busy and feels like he is finally getting use to the climate, the culture, chop sticks, the food and all the other new things he is experiencing on his mission.

 Elder Wright and Elder Bundy have been practicing eating spicy foods by eating a "prick" pepper everyday.  Their practicing has paid off as even though it hurts pretty bad at first, their tolerance level has increased exponentially

  

Here's what Elder Bundy has been up to this week:

Tracting and teaching?

The Bangkok Thailand Mission standard is to tract at least two hours everyday, usually right after our studies in the middle of the day.   Elder Bundy and his companion go finding, which means just talking to everyone and anyone who will listen.  The culture in Thailand is almost nothing like America.  Missionaries stand in front of people, motorcycles, run with people, anything to get people's attention and just start teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Basically, Elder Bundy said, "we do anything we can to get people to stop and listen.  Most of the time we just start yelling in crowds things like, 'who wants their sins cleansed?',  'who wants to be forgiven of their sins,'  'who wants to be with their family forever?'  Elder wright and I will get close to 20 numbers everyday.  It's pretty fun..."

Wash machine problems.

Elder Bundy said they are still without a washing machine!!  He added, "and we can't get a hold of our landlord, so we've been hand washing all of our clothes this past week...  :(  It's not very fun.."

Best experiences Elder Bundy had this week?

Elder Bundy and Elder Write go regularly to a backwoods neighborhood to teach investigators.  When they went there this past week, there were kids in the street playing soccer.  Elder Bundy hopped off of his bike and started playing with them.  He was amazed at how good they were.  The kids all looked to be about 6 years old.  He was shocked when he asked them how old they were and they told him they were all 12 and 13.  Elder Bundy added, "the kids here just don’t develop the same as in the states.  They just don't have good water, and malnutrition is everywhere. It’s pretty sad..." Elder Bundy really enjoyed playing street soccer with them this week and will send a video next week if he can.  He added,  "......we’re like celebrities in that neighborhood tho... we teach 3 people in it and a guy from there is carving an elephant statue for Elder Wright.....We play with the kids whenever we are there.......it’s hilarious, they chant our names when we roll in and make us feel really special."

This is Elder Bundy teaching a Yay, (grandma), in her house. This is a typical house here.  Elder Bundy said that they keep them as clean as they can, but they are filled with creatures.  They can't really keep them out.

This past week Elder Bundy and Elder Wright were going to baptize the 86 year old woman he told us about last week.   But when she arrived at church this week, she was super weak.  Elder Bundy writes, "She asked us for another (priesthood) blessing and after the blessing, we just felt like we had better wait a week, or maybe two." 

After they gave the blessing, they went into the kitchen at the church where a 17 year old member was preparing food for everyone.  Elder Bundy noticed that the girl's nose just started bleeding.  Her mom started explaining that her daughter has a low blood platelet count or something.  She explained that the bleeding probably would not stop.  Elder Bundy wrote, "then out of the blue, randomly... she started bleeding out of her eyes!!  It was the weirdest thing I have ever seen!  She just started crying tears of blood......Elder Wright and I immediately gave her a blessing and the bleeding immediately stopped....all of it stopped... thank goodness for the Priesthood!"

When does the new Mission President take over?  Did the Elders in Plok get to attend the meeting where they formed the stake in Ubon?

Elder Bundy believes the new Mission President takes over the first week of July, but he is unsure.   The new stake in Ubon is up and running.  He added, "it's way cool... and no, Wright and I are the only Elders in like a 500 mile radius, so we had to stay here in Plok." 

Sleep?

Elder Bundy answered, "It’s okay, we have an AC unit in our bedroom, but it's usually about 99 degrees when we come home, so, it takes a while for it to cool down.  But for the first week, I was sooooo tired by the end of the day, like in planning I was passing out."

How close is he to Bangkok and the mission home?

It is about a 6+ hour bus ride from PLOK to Bangkok.

Did the wart on his hand ever fall off?

Elder Bundy wrote, "Yes! That thing was gone the second week in the MTC... Funny story... Elder Lor, accidentally on purpose spilled consecrated oil on my hand.  The next day it was gone.... SO we always had a good laugh about that, lol." 

Riding elephants?

Elder Bundy has not yet been able to ride an elephant, but says that he is definitely going to get to ride them next week.  So watch for those pictures.

Where do they write their letters home?  Is it like an internet café in the states?  A lot of things in Thailand are cheap, but how about cameras, phones, etc.?

It’s called a ‘gaming house.’  It’s like 50-60 computers lined up for people to play video games on.  It costs them 30 baht for 3 hours use, which is one dollar US.  He added that commercial stuff like IPhones, cameras, etc., are the same price in Thailand as in the states.

What is it like singing the hymns in church?  Has Elder Bundy played the piano for any meetings?  

In Thailand, there is a sister in Elder Bundy's district who can play the piano, and that’s her job, so he hasn't been asked yet.  He added, "The hardest part is just reading the Thai fast enough, I guess.  It’s kinda nice tho, because you don’t have to read the tones."

Elder Bundy's handstand of the week.

This week's handstand is on some train tracks that they cross about 5 times a day every day to reach investigators they are teaching.  The trains come every 5 minutes.....just enough time to get this picture, then get off.

June 8, 2015

Elder Bundy takes time to meditate

This was taken at the Buddhist WAT the Elders went to Sunday.

Elder Bundy reports that he is loving his mission, so far!  He writes, "I am a little tired, getting used to the heat, biking, wearing Sunday clothes everyday all day and finding everything, but Elder Wright is an AWESOME trainer!  And……we are always booked for teaching, which is totally awesome!"  He writes, "that President Senior is seriously the coolest guy ever and he’s leaving next month!   I’m sure President Johnson will be just as good."  Kind of cool that Elder Bundy's Dads mission President’s name was also Johnson.

I asked Elder Bundy to answer some specific questions.  Here is what he wrote:

BEST EXPERIENCE THIS WEEK

The Sister Missionaries in the area have an investigator who is 86 years old!  Her health is not very good at all and lives in the most third world circumstances you can think of.  Elder Bundy has not seen her walk, or do anything for herself.   Her daughter takes care of her.  In order to be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, an investigator must attend church at least two times.  For this sister, this requirement seemed impossible.  Elder Bundy writes,  "so, we offered to give her a (priesthood) blessing and she accepted.   Heavenly Father is so great!   The next day, we showed up with a duk duk (a taxi, motorcycle three wheeled thing) and sure enough, she walked out that door unassisted, she hopped on up, sat herself on that duk duk and stayed all 3 hours of church!  It was such a miracle!  It was awesome."

This was taken at the Buddhist WAT they went to on Sunday.  

It's way up on top of a mountain.  

FUN THING WE DID THIS WEEK

Yesterday after church, Elder Bundy and Elder Wright went with the members to this world famous Buddhist WAT.  The members and missionaries go every week and the Monks feed them.  He writes,  "I’ve never seen so much food!  The Buddhist people do service to the poor by feeding them on that day every week, and we go participate."

This was taken at the WAT.  Behind them are flat rice fields for miles, and buffalo too.  Elder Bundy expressed how awesome and helpful the members are there.  This is brother Lucas, Sister Dueyneuy, Brother Fluke, Brother Gap and us at the WAT.

This picture was taken in the WAT on the mountain.  A member, Brother Gap has a truck and drives everyone there.   Elder Bundy wrote, "like I said, it’s on top of a mountain and really nobody else comes and there is mounds of food and they are super nice and inviting."  

Elder Wright and Elder Bundy in front of a SERIOUSLY huge Buddha Statue.

Elder Bundy thinks everything there looks like it came straight out of an Indiana Jones movie!  Everything is all in solid gold and is so surreal.  Again, he commented that the food was pretty unique too, including:  squid, fish eggs, green noodles, chocolate rice and sweet beans.  He added, "It was different but TOTALLY AWESOME"  

Elder Bundy reported that the dragon warrior statues were his favorites!

HANDSTAND OF THE WEEK  

For this week's handstand of the week, Elder Bundy decided to just do it outside of the church in the middle of the street.  It kind of depicts what the streets look like in Thailand.  

BIKING

Elder Bundy writes, "The biking is great, and a little scary all at the same time.... the cars don’t follow any rules here.  I just have to be super forceful and aggressive, like cut cars off and weave in between stuff.  I’m getting kind of use to it tho."  He also stated that it gets so hot that everywhere feels like he is inside the wrestling room during a hard practice.  He added, "We usually eat at least 1 sketchy thing every day.  It just makes you have tccng sia once and you’re good."

P-DAY & SERVICE PROJECTS

They get up and do their morning routine of studying, eating, cleaning, exercising and then go to this gaming place to write their letters home.  It is a big room with about 50 or 60 computers that you pay about $1 US for an hours worth of use.  Elder Bundy writes, "We have to wear missionary clothes at all times unless we do something that we CANNOT do in a white shirt and tie.  A month ago, a couple of Elders wanted to run a 5k in their town on p-day.  President Senior told them if they wanted to do it, they had to 1. Win  2. Hand out pamphlets as they ran, and 3. Wear their white shirts, ties and shorts as they ran lol.  They did it, so it was pretty cool they ended up getting a bunch of people to church from that."  He reports that they haven’t been able to line up any service projects yet, but that they are always asking members for stuff to do.  He adds, "I am like seriously a solid foot taller than ANYONE in this country.  Seriously.  So, Elder Wright advertises my size as a plus to help people out.  So far, no one has taken us up on it."  After they have taken care of all the things they need to like laundry, writing home, etc., they sometimes go to Dairy Queen get huge blizzards for like $.80 cents US!  After 6 o'clock, they fill the evening with teaching appointments.

                          

Elder Wright and Elder Bundy at the Church with some members

CLEANLINESS 

Yes!  They keep their apartment clean the best they can given the circumstances.  Elder Bundy said that the worst things in their little huts are the lizards!  They make bird sounds and keep them up at night.  He said that these lizards are everywhere and in every house.  They also are lucky to have a "laundry machine" in their house, but unfortunately, it stopped working this week.   Elder Bundy actually bought a hammock for 100 baht and now sleeps in it so the lizards and bugs don’t crawl on him in his sleep.  He doesn’t know if that stops them or not.

FINANCES

Elder Bundy wrote, "Everything is really inexpensive here.  I use about 100 baht a day.. that’s like $2.50 US$ and we usually eat off the street and get snacks from 711.  The mission allowance we get is more than enough for our needs."

PACKAGES & MAIL

It takes like 3 or so weeks for packages to get there, and then they sit in the mission home until transfers.  Transfers happen every 6 weeks.  So, anyone who sends anything should not send anything too perishable or fragile.  Send packages to the mission home with Elder Bundy's name on it.  But remember, he has to pay customs on anything he receives, so keep it small.

DIET AND EXERCISE

Elder Bundy writes, "I love the food and I have a pretty diverse diet, so don’t worry about that...."

Elder Bundy seriously loves the food there!  

They get like all they can manage to eat for like 50 cents a meal!  

He added, "I was showing Elder Wright my pictures of you guys and I flipped to my state pictures.  I had this overwhelming sense of urgency that I needed to become more dedicated to working out and getting back into shape."  

Elder Bundy using chopsticks

Elder Bundy writes, "So, it turns out they use chopsticks a lot in Thailand.  The members make fun of how bad I am at using them."

June 1, 2015

Elder Bundy's first handstand in 

Thailand !

This is the group's last picture in front of the Provo Temple just 

before they left Provo for the Salt Lake Airport.

This is Elder Merrill and Elder Bundy at the SLC Airport 

just after talking with their families on the phone.

Elder Bundy wrote home that he LOVES Thailand!   After leaving  Salt Lake somewhere around Monday morning; they arrived in Portland, then immediatly hopped on their plane to Japan!  In fact, they almost missed their plane to Japan, but they made it safe and sound.

After arriving in Japan, they had a 2 hour layover in which finding what they needed to be difficult and a bit of a culture shock.  The phone cards they purchased didn’t work in Japan, and Elder Bundy found that he most definetly does NOT speak or understand Japanese.  Elder Bundy put his expertise at playing charades to good use so the Elders could communicate.  Elder Bundy wrote,  "I guess the word for, 'your welcome' in Japanese sounds like: “Donttouchmymustache," because I feel like I heard that a lot!"  

The Elders soon met a sister missionary who was returning to visit Thailand who had served her mission in Bangkok about a year earlier.  The plane ride was long but were excited to have Thai flight attendants to practice their new language skills on.  Elder Bundy and Elder Merrill showed no fear in speaking Thai to them, and apparently were pretty good, cause they ended up with all of the extra food! 

When they arrived in Thailand, they went thru customs super easy, as their paperwork and everything was in order.   When they arrived and after they grabbed their luggage, they saw a HUGE Captain Moroni sign in the middle of the airport!  It was President and Sister Senior and the APs.   They all loaded up in this huge van  and were off to the mission office.  Elder Bundy was at a loss for words in trying to describe the roads in Thailand.  He compared them to the roads in Mexico, but with twice as many people, and half of all the vehicles on the road were people on mopeds.  He reported that the drivers were a little crazy as there are no apparent rules.  He wrote, "I haven’t seen a speed limit sign or a single police officer of the law yet.  But for the most part I haven’t seen any accidents either."

After maneuvering through the city, they arrived at the mission office and received important instructions, before walking a few blocks to a HUGE building of a hotel where they stayed for the next couple of nights until transfers.

This was Elder Bundy's first view of Thailand out the window of the Mission home.

The next day, all of the Elders and Sisters went with President Senior to the park where President Hinckley dedicated Thailand for missionary work.  Elder Bundy wrote, "It was a super awesome experience to read the dedicatory prayer and talk with President Senior a little about the history and customs of Thailand."  On the way back, they had their first experience riding the subway and were went straight to work street contacting.  Elder Bundy seemed to really enjoy just talking to everybody that would listen, handing out passalong cards and asking if anyone is familiar or intrested in hearing about Jesus Christ.  That night, the missionaries were treated to dinner at the President's house, which is on the 30th floor of this huge high rise building.

The next day was transfers where Elder Bundy met Elder Wright, who will be his trainer and first companion in Thailand. Elder Bundy wrote, "We introduced ourselves to all of the missionaries and they all went nuts.  I guess in the mission, transfer meeting is just a blast every time."   

Elder Bundy's FIRST AREA: PHITSANULOK

This is Elder Wright cooling down the cement to prepare it for Elder Bundy's handstand of the week.  

They are on top of the Church.  Behind him is PHITSANULOK

Phitsanulok is a fairly big city with loads of people! Markets, stores, shops and really, really hot!  It is reportedly the hottest area in the mission.  There are just one set of Elders - Elder Bundy and Elder Wright - and one set of Sisters in all of Phitsanulok.   There is just one church building, but there are close to 60 members coming every week to church.  Elder Bundy is excited about the strength of the members already there and the prospect of so much work yet to be done. 

This was Elder Bundy's reaction to the HEAT!  He said, "It is SO hot here!"

FIRST COMPANION: ELDER WRIGHT

Elder Bundy and Elder Wright getting ready to go to work!  

Elder Wright has been out for almost a year.  Elder Bundy wrote, "He’s a boss at speaking Thai!  He’s been in Phitsanulok for two transfers now and he’s had a bunch of success.  He actually baptized someone my first Sunday!  He has some really awesome goals and he helps me a bunch." 

This was taken at Brother Chu's baptism

Elder Bundy really appreciates Elder Wright and all of his help and the example he is setting for him.  He also reports that Elder Wright resembles his good friend, Isaac Mattis from Gallatin. 

Elder Wright helped me get a nice bike for a really good price.

Elder Bundy going to work! He is really excited about the bike riding.

Elder Bundy reports that he is really loving his mission so far!  He writes, "Our members are super awesome!  All of the youth want to serve missions and help us teach lessons."

Elder Bundy wrote that his Thai is progressing.  He loves talking to people through just going up to people on the streets.  He wrote, "Sometimes it’s just super hard because everyone has a different accent.  Listening closely is my biggest weakness." He finds it much easier to read the Thai language at this point, but hopes his other language skills will quickly improve.

Elder Bundy loves the food in Thailand.  This was surprising to him because before he left, he tried some curry at a Thai restaurant and was not impressed.  He writes, "I can’t even begin to start to describe how absolutely delicious it is !   We stop at this one little shaq almost every day and eat lunch.  I get this fried rice and fried egg stuff…..it’s just good!"

Okay, soo some of the street stuff isn’t sooo good lol.   The other day we didn’t have time for dinner so we just grabbed these sausage things off the street… OH yeah!  That night I had some tccngsia (broken stomache (diarriah lol))!!!!!  The tap water isn’t safe to drink here either.  It’s like brown, so we just drink bottled water.

Elder Bundy eating his favorite breakfast......rice, milk and brown sugar!  Just like home.....

Elder Bundy reported that his favorite thing he's done so far was probably biking all over the city streets contacting everybody. He really enjoys hearing all of the excuses people come up with as to why they can’t learn about Jesus Christ.  Elder Bundy is excited about the announcement of the new Bangkok Temple that was announced.  He wrote, "I especially enjoy finding a man walking down the street with his two little daughters and telling them that they can be a family forever."

Elder Bundy reports that the houses in Thailand are pretty different from the states.   They are not quite huts, but close and he says it's all they need.  He writes, "though....but... the shower and the toilet are in the same spot."  He is learning to adjust to the culture and societal norms of Thailand, but says it is taking some doing, like they do not have toilet paper.  So that’s pretty different?   As for the heat, he writes, "We only have AC in our bedroom and we can only turn in on before we go to bed at night."

This is their kitchen/dining room table.  This is where they eat and study every day.

Elder Bundy loves the children!   Although, he is sad to see all of the little children that don’t have water, places to live, or even parents.  He writes, "The thing that gets me every time though, is that they all look exactly like my nieces and nephews!  Right now were teaching this little family and the little girl looks EXACTLY like Roxy, and the little boy looks just like Holten." 

Elder Bundy ends his experiences this week with how much he loves it so far and that he is really excited for all that they are doing. 

May 26, 2015

Elder Jesse Bundy travels to Thailand!!!

On Monday, May 25, 2015, Jesse called us from the Salt Lake City, Utah airport!  We had a GREAT visit as he expressed his excitement to finally be headed toward his assigned mission.  Jesse had also been assigned to be the lead missionary for his group of six missionaries in making sure they all arrived safe and sound in Bangkok.  

He also spoke to us in Thai!!!  It was AMAZING!!    We received the following pictures and letter from his mission president detailing what he would be doing his first several days in Thailand:

27 May 2015

John and Willa Bundy
PO Box 452
Gallatin, MO 64640
United States

Dear Brother & Sister Bundy:

We are happy to report that your son arrived safely in Bangkok late last night, clearing passport control early this morning.  He spent what was left of the evening in a hotel with his companion, where he will also stay this evening.  He is in good spirits and is anxious to begin laboring in the Lord's vineyard in Thailand.  We are thrilled to have him as a missionary in the Thailand Bangkok Mission family.

Elder Jesse Abraham Bundy will join other newly arrived missionaries, together with President and Sister Senior and the Assistant's to the President at Lumpini Park for a morning devotional.  Lumpini Park is the site where then Elder Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the land of Thailand in 1966.  Elder Bundy will have the opportunity to dedicate and consecrate himself to the most wonderful work.  Your expressions of encouragement and spiritually uplifting email correspondence will be of great support.  The new missionaries will be trained by Sister Senior and me, and later oriented by the Office Couple, Elder and Sister Meeker, and the Mission Assistants.  New missionaries will have their first experience street contacting in the area followed by dinner at the Mission Home.

Your son will receive his first assignment tomorrow morning.  Preparation day will be on Monday and he will be able to email you each week.  I am sure he will have much to share regarding his experiences in Thailand, missionary activities and his first Sunday in his assigned area.  Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions during your son's term of missionary experience.

Sincerely,
President and Sister Senior

Check out our face book page for photos and videos of Thailand:
https://www.facebook.com/mormonthai
https://www.youtube.com/user/wisanbannawitwi/videos 

This is Elder Jesse Bundy with President and Sister Senior, the Bangkok Thailand Mission President.

May 18, 2015

Elder Bundy leaves for Thailand Monday!

And yes, these name tags really say: 

Elder J. Bundy 

Church of Jesus Christ 

of Latter-Day Saints

All of the new missionaries with the six Elders leaving Monday

Make sure EVERYONE follows the Thailand Bangkok Mission Facebook page! 

They will post pictures of the missionaries traveling from Salt Lake to Japan and arriving in Thailand!!  There may be a short video as well.  Everyone needs to friend THE THAILAND BANGKOK MISSION Facebook page.  Elder Bundy writes, "I think other than that, I’m good and ready to go!" 

This is Elder Bundy's District on Red day at the MTC 

Also, anyone who wants to write Elder Bundy, needs to start using the Bangkok Thailand Mission home address from now on.

Other than all of the commotion that comes with getting ready to leave the MTC, Elder Bundy was surprised it was a pretty normal week.  He spent any excess time cramming a bunch of Thai vocab, and trying to learn as much as he could to prepare himself for going in country.  But, he did write about a pretty cool experience he had yesterday.. 

Elder Bundy writes, "So, this past week, the MTC received 5 people from Thailand serving missions to either Australia or temple square.   It’s super fun to talk to them and try and understand them because they are soooo lightening fast.....Yesterday, they all came and sat next to me at the devotional because I always talk to them and we have become friends.  Anyway, for all of the foreign missionaries at the MTC that don't speak English, they have little headsets with people translating through them to their native language. But........nobody showed up to translate the devotional in Thai.  So I ended up translating the whole hour long devotional to all of them!  It was so hard, but it was super fun!  They said they understood everything I said and felt the spirit, so that’s cool." 

Elder Bundy's handstand of the week.

The next one he will do will be in Thailand......

May 11, 2015

Elder Bundy's favorite handstand so far

We were able to talk with Elder Bundy yesterday for 30 minutes.  It was so great to hear his voice.  He sounds great and is enjoying his mission so far.  

Here are the next, newest Bangkok Thailand missionaries anxious to get there and go to work!

Elder Bundy talked about the fact that even though he has loved the MTC, he is really ready to get to Thailand and begin his mission.  I had sent him a couple of pictures from when we picked up his sister, Kelsha, from her mission in Argentina.  We had a great time!

 Here we are in Argentina picking Kelsha up off of her mission in 2011!

Elder Bundy's Dad was taking the picture.

A much younger Elder Bundy with his sister, Hermana Bundy in Argtentina!  

Looks like brother and sister at MTC!  LOL.....My how Jesse has grown up!

Elder Bundy didn't write much this week because we were able to talk on the phone yesterday.  He writes, "The weeks are all the same here seems like....but it's in a good way.  That way we can all stay focused and learn our respective languages."

This week's cereal challenge with frosted mini wheats!

On the right is Elder Moderno, and the Nung Thai on the 

left is Elder Bundy's buddy, Elder Cravens.

Elder Bundy wrote, "The devotionals were okay this week.  Nothing that really stood out, but they were enjoyable. One thing that has really stuck with me this week is a specific chapter in the Book of Mormon, JACOB chapter 5.  I've read it a couple times over this week and I've really learned a lot of new things."  He also mentioned that he is beginning to work out again, trying to regain his stomach, etc., after all of those cereal challenges.

Another great experience this week that he almost forgot to mention, "Oh!  I almost forgot to tell you, both of my investigators were baptized yesterday!!!  It is awesome to know that I have learned enough to teach all of the lessons and that I have the ability to teach with the spirit in Thai!... I feel like with the Lord's help, I'll be ready in two weeks to go in country, which is good, cause that's when I'll be there!"

Elder Bundy ended his letter with, "And, MOM!!!  I LOVE YOU AND HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY AGAIN!!!  We'll talk again in two weeks.  I can't wait!"

May 4, 2015

Turns out, Selena Gomez (look alike) was at our last devotional! LOL 

Everything is going great here!  We get our Nung Thais (we were the Nung Thais when we first got here, and now we'll be the Phii Thais) this Wednesday when all the new missionaries come in!  It's crazy how fast time is going past!  It was like yesterday that our Phii Thais were here, and now they are in Thailand!   I'm super excited to about everything I'm learning here. 

EVERYONE!  Make sure to Friend the Bangkok Thailand Mission Facebook page! When I leave the MTC, they will post a bunch of pictures of me both leaving the MTC as well as arriving in Thailand.

The devotional yesterday was pretty cool, Mathew Holland (Jeffery R. Holland's Son), came and talked to us about the life of Joseph Smith.  It was awesome!  He is the President of UVU, so the UVU Choir came and sang a song after each point he made.  The music made it really cool!

My Thai is coming along.  This week, we focused a lot on teaching the commandments.  It's kind of weird, but I have to say, my favorite lessons to teach are the Word of Wisdom, (keeping our bodies clean both inside and out), and the Law of Chastity.  I really focused on making flash cards and learning the vocab, so my vocab for those are pretty good.

So.....tonight we do our first SKYPE TRC with people actually in THAILAND....kinda intimidating, but I think we'll do alright... 

I'm having fun and doing my best to work really hard.  I miss you all and thanks for being awesome.

My handstand for the week!  LOL

I love you Mom!  Love you dad! Tell everyone I love 'em!!!

Elder Jesse A. Bundy