Dear loved ones,
It is July!! What is happening?? In short, the week flew by filled with five house inspections, movie night with Jess, and game night with the Calls.
FYI - it is our daughter, Michelle's birthday today!! And John's birthday is tomorrow! Happy Birthday to Michelle and John!
I will get right to the pictures!
But first, thank you so much for your love, support, prayers and kind words! We love you and miss you!
Love,
Elder and Sister Brady (mom and dad, grandma and grandpa, John and Shelly, and so on)
Throwback to last week! We left off last Saturday wrapping up the RMRT Seminar. Since I didn't take any photos on Sunday, I will just post this great picture that my friend, Jan, took. This is an amazing group of humans! I am so happy that we have had the blessing to serve in Thailand and meet so many wonderful people! We are on the dinner cruise boat here with Wat Arun lit up in the background.
Monday night pizza with Jess!
And then back to the apartment for movie night! I highly recommend the movie "Persuasion." It is a Jane Austin romcom on Netflix! 10/10!
Bye Jessica! Thanks for spending Monday evening with us!
Tuesday - the house inspections begin! Elders Fairey and Htoo got an A++! See the picture below to find out why!
We had never seen a shower door so clean in all of the inspections we have done here in Thailand! Elder Fairey gets bonus points for this sparkling shower door!
The hard worked deserved some of Sandy's delicious pizza for lunch! We had finished eating before we remembered to take a picture. Sandy is so sweet. We love visiting her pizza place when whenever we go to Ramkhamhaeng.
Wednesday we headed to Samut Prakan to do a house inspection at the zone leader's place. The flowers on the table were a nice touch! And then we saw what the note said: "House inspection flowers for the Bradys!" I confess that earned them some bonus points. We are not above bribery! Haha!
Of course, their very tidy desks helped them earn a high score too!
Our fearless zone leaders, Elders Gonder and Lewis! Elder Lewis leaves on July 16th! We are going to miss the 16 missionaries who are leaving this transfer!
We met up with the Bangna Elders for lunch at Eat Am Are (not pictured). It was the first time Elder Brady ate there since his time in the hospital. We survived! We had to get some DQ after lunch!
Pictured: Elders Gonder, Lewis, Aiono, and Auernig. Elder Auernig is also heading home.
I just love how worn missionaries shoes are! I had to get a picture!
Some of these shoes have holes on the soles!
The Bangna Elders had a surprise on their balcony. One of the questions on the inspection form is: "Is your balcony free of clutter?" Other than the bird's nest behind the washing machine, it was clutter free.
The mama bird flew away and there was this sweet little baby bird!! And another egg ready to hatch!
The Bangna Elders also did a great job! I loved the kitchen counter top aesthetics!
Elders Gonder and Lewis had exchanges with the Bangna Elders once were done with the inspection. So they came with us and took a little rest while we finished up the inspection.
I love this Thailand Bangkok East Monopoly Board hanging on their wall. This was created by President Kanyaphan, our mission leader. He is a good artist!
Great job Elders Aiono and Auernig! They got an extra + on their score because . . .
They gave us a treat! Haha! These are Elder Brady's favorite!
On the train home, there were posters all over advertising Cherries! The website at the bottom was nwcherries.com. I decided to look it up and they are cherries from OREGON, being advertised here in Thailand! For those of you didn't know . . . we are from Oregon! :)
Wednesday evening, we took a walk to Villa Market to get a few groceries. We checked the forecast and it looked like it would not be raining until 9pm. It was around 5:30pm at the time. We stepped outside after shopping, and it was starting to sprinkle.
We made it about halfway home and it began to pour!
We found some shelter in front of a hotel. We sat out the storm in some comfy chairs.
It finally did blow over and we made it home! Whew!
Moral of the story, never trust the forecast, and always bring an umbrella during the rainy season!
Thursday on the bus!
All roads lead to Pepper Lunch! Elders Jones (also leaving - noooooo) and Hiltscher did a great job on their apartment cleaning too!
Thursday evening we finally had the Calls over for a game night! We have been meaning to have them over since they got here at the end of January! Elder Call beat us all in Five Crowns and the boys beat the girls in Cribbage. John made a note of it, of course!
Friday, we headed to the APs and Office Elder's apartment! And wow did they do a great job!
They have a spacious apartment because they often have to host missionaries who come into Bangkok for transfers and zone conferences! The apartment was spick-and-span!
Way to go Elders Lowry, Dollar, and Saunders (also leaving)!!
We headed to the mall where I found this sign on the wall of the bathroom when I stopped to use the bathroom. Interesting.
We ate lunch at Sizzler! It was fantabulous! The Salad Bar was so wonderful! I am always looking for a good salad! It was a little on the spendy side as my all you can eat salad was 250 baht, which is about $7.50 USD. Then I went online and saw that the salad bar prices back in the USA are about $18.99 for an all you can eat salad at Sizzler!! Is this true????????
The Salad Bar was free with the overpriced burger though! So that is good! :)
Lunch with the Elders!
Sizzler was sponsoring a bit Salad Bowl Bowling at the Mall!
It was basically Sizzler day!
Friday afternoon, we went with the Calls and the Sisters (who were in town for immigration) out to get ice cream at Mixue! Sisters Lundberg (leaving), Allen, Sirisouk, and Jasper! We love these Sisters!
Saturday!! I thought I was going to get this done on Friday, but the day got away from me! Happy Birthday to John! This throwback picture was taken last December when Elder Allred first arrived.
Elder Borden on the left was his new trainer and they were heading down to Rayong.
Somehow, they all figured out that they were all 3 born on the 4th of July!
Happy Birthday to these Yankee Doodle Dandies!
Saturday morning, we finally connected with Michelle to wish her a happy birthday. They had been out hiking all day at Yosemite and didn't have cell service. Just like last year we were able to wish happy birthday to Michelle (July 3rd evening in the USA) while she and her family wished dad/grandpa a happy birthday (July 4th morning in Thailand). I don't know when this will happen again!
Throwback to 2nd grade! Look at this cutie patootie!
Looking debonair in high school! Too cool for school!
Speaking of John and Michelle! I love this picture of the them! Celebrating Michelle's Birth Day!!
A birthday call from Rayong! It is our missionaries and Ma Beer and Ma Pen!
Well, that concludes this week's blog!
Thank you for reading!
We love you and miss you!
Happy 4th of July!
