Dear family and friends,
As I sit down to write this, I can't even remember what happened this week! It's a good thing I took a bazillion pictures to remind me! So on that note, I will go straight to the pictures and they will let you (and me apparently) know what happened in Thailand over the past 7 days! Haha!
As always, we love you and we miss you! And we thank you for your love, support, prayers, and kind words!
Love,
Elder and Sister Brady (mom and dad, grandma and grandpa, John and Shelly and so on)
Me and Elder Brady sitting in the Temple Courtyard!
We are so happy to be serving in this beautiful country of Thailand!
Last Saturday, we went to the mall to pick up some groceries at Lotus (it is a store like Target where you can get groceries and household items, clothes too). Unlike Target, there are food stands set up where you can buy things like fruit, meat on a stick, hair accessories, caramel corn, you name it! This is the mango stand where I can buy my mango sticky rice for $1 a serving! I am in heaven here.
After shopping, we stopped to get some Dairy Queen. While we were in line, this darling university student offered to buy us our ice cream. She told me she had a class assignment to buy something for a stranger. We decided we would get whatever she was having and share it! We got a small Oreo Blizzard! She was so sweet! It made our day!
After our Blizzard, I stopped to get my toes done! Look at those fun tan lines on my feet!
Saturday evening - Pizza for dinner! Yum!
One of our Elders took this beautiful picture of the Bangkok Thailand Temple!
I ran into Brother Shom Saturday evening! Elder Brady gave him a blessing a few months ago. He is here in Thailand to go to the temple and attend some meetings!
Sunday afternoon, Elder Brady we enjoyed some time with this lovely family. Elder Brady was able to give Dean his patriarchal blessing before they move back to the USA.
Monday morning facetime with Kevin! I am trying out a new face here :)!
Monday morning walk home from the Market where we bought 15 mini bags of fruit for Zone Conference Breakfast. Elder Brady is a great help!
New beautiful sidewalk Art on Asoke Road! Well, it's actually on the sidewalk!
Monday afternoon, I am ready to begin the "clean eggs" project!
These farm fresh eggs sometimes have things in them that I don't like, so I crack them one at a time and make sure they are clean. We are having scrambled eggs for ZC breakfast the next morning.
Eggs are all clean and cracked and put in the refrigerator for morning.
Some beautiful artwork created by the missionaries at zone conference.
Good morning Tuesday! Elder Brady is the master egg scrambler.
He is up bright and early cooking the eggs!
Elders Cypers, Hiatt, Kelly, and Saunders are first in line for breakfast! One of the Elders said ZC breakfast prepared by the Seniors is a mission highlight!
Breakfast consisted of: Scrambled eggs, cheese, hot sauce, bagels and cream cheese, English Muffins and PB, Jam, and Nutella, fruit, juice, milk, and chocolate milk.
One of the Elders decided to have an English Muffin with egg and cheese and Peanut Butter!!!!
Who is this Elder you ask, AP Elder Saunders! He said it was good!
Thai food for Zone Conference lunch. Basil and pork, chicken, and papaya salad (somtom).YUMMY!
Sisters Jasper, Furlan, Polsan, and me :)!
Sisters above and also Sisters Henry and Call and Elders Collado and Jones!
Hello Mango Sticky Rice (dessert)!
Missionaries begin to gather for the Zone Picture.
Bradys and Elder Wingrove.
Bangkok Sisters! Brady, Polsan, Henry, Jasper, Furlan, and Call!
The Bangkok Zone is trying to get ready for the picture!
Still trying.
OK - Still trying to figure things out.
Some of us are ready! I literally don't know what I am doing here.
OK! Finally! The Zone Picture!
Just resting after all of that!
Back to to the office where Elder Brady and Sister Jasper are enjoying some cookies!
Tuesday evening Facetime with grandsons Sawyer and Dawson!
We love and miss our grandchildren! Thank goodness for technology!
Wednesday night - Movie night with Kaitlyn and Jessica!
Dairy of a Wimpy Kid is great for laughs!
Thursday house inspection in Bangkapi with Elders Lewis and Dollar!
Great job Elders!
We walked from their condo to a mall for lunch and I had to stop and take a picture of these beautiful flowers out front! I googled it and they are Red English Water Lilies! Fun Fact!
These shrines are like pieces of art. They are often decorated so beautifully. Here is a little history from the google: People in Thailand leave food and red drinks, specifically red Fanta, at shrines and spirit houses to express gratitude, appease, honor, and show respect to guardian spirits. These offerings act as a modern, symbolic substitute for ancient blood sacrifices, with the red color representing life, energy, and blood. The drinks symbolize gratitude and a desire for protection, luck, or prosperity.I found this interesting since we are studying the Old Testament at church this year!
Walking to the Mall!
All roads lead to Eat Am Are! There is something amazing about that Bacon Double Cheeseburger, Fries, and salad for around $4 USD. And Elder Brady and I share it! (Usually)
On our way out of the mall, this store caught my eye! No thanks! I'll pick! I mean I'll pass! Haha!
Our daughter Michelle and her family are coming to visit soon! Our granddaughter Jenna loves waffles and these little waffle stands are everywhere! I told her she could have a waffle everyday in Thailand if she wants! And this sign proves it! Now just say it in a British accent!! "ave a waffle day!"
I met a new friend on the subway ride home!
At 7-11, I found this interesting Candy flavored herbal drink! Now, that is my kind of drink!
Thursday afternoon patriarchal blessing. Elder Sankar is in the MTC here in Thailand and has been waiting 8 years for his blessing! It was a pleasure to be a part of his special day!
Friday morning on our way to a housing inspection, we got down to the subway just seconds before the doors closed! It was packed to the brim, but a lady waved me on showing me there was room. I jumped on, but the door closed before Elder Brady could get on. Fortunately we were only going one stop to the transfer. This is me waiting for Elder Brady! Haha!
Five minutes later the next subway arrives! Where's Waldo? I mean where is Elder Brady!?
We successfully got on the sky train and made it to the Zone Leaders house for an inspection. Elders Olsen and Wingrove's place sparkled! Great job Elders! And they shared some Cadbury eggs with us! Bonus points for the chocolate!
The Bangkok Zone Leaders are setting a good example by locking their doors when they leave.
I am just going to leave that right there.
The Elders made a new friend on the sky train!
Elders Cypers and Arganbright also did a great job cleaning the Bangna Condo!
The Bangkok missionaries are amazing!
On our way to lunch we jumped on a packed Songthaew. Three missionaries riding on the back rail. Do you see the ancient red bus behind them. That was likely running when Elder Brady was here in the 70s!
There was no place to sit on the Songthaew! So we held on tight!! Seriously!
All roads also lead to Pepper Lunch. This was a first time for Elder Olsen and Elder Arganbright (Cypers and Wingrove tried it for the first time the month before). Elder Brady and I have been here a handful of times - haha! Everyone loved it! You can tell by the smiles on their faces!
That concludes this week in Thailand!
Thanks for reading the blog!
We have another busy week ahead because we have to get a ton done before . . .
Spoiler Alert . . .
The Vernon Family gets here!!!! (Our daughter, Michelle and her family)
We are so excited!!!
We love you all!
Bye!
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