Dear Everyone:
Well, transfer meeting was last Thursday. The first transfer meeting with the new mission president. I feel it went very well! The thing I liked most about the transfer meeting was the slideshow. We haven't had one before. But this time to announce each area and such. It'd show the area on the map then it would slide the two companions in under the area name with pictures of each companion. It was really cool actually. I left my first area and am now in my second Area. Samut Prakaan(the area I left) now has two companionships there as well which is super super exciting! I've been in my new area about 4 days or so now... It seems pretty interesting!
So! As for the new area. It's called Lopburi. It is up north of Bangkok about 153 Kilometers so about 2 hours or so. They call it monkey town a lot because apparently there are a lot of monkeys here but I still have not seen one. This place is more countryside then Samut Prakaan by a lot. I'd compare it to Mesquite, but without the gambling and casino and such. It also has a few hills that make everyone happy because they are huge mountains ha ha. The members here in Lopburi seem really nice and extremely supportive. It seems like this branch is really willing to work really hard so I'm excited.
Of course since I switched areas I got a new companion... however, he was not in Lopburi before this. He was in Bangkok.. So we whitewashed this area. It's been really hard and been quite a challenge, but we are starting to figure the area out.. since we both came just last Thursday. His name is Elder Senalai.. another native companion for me which is not really common. He will be finishing his mission in this area. He has about 2 transfers left and is the only member in his family. He also cannot speak or understand English very well so I have to speak Thai a lot, but it will help me so I'm excited. We probably will be together two transfers, but I'm not 100% sure. He seems really nice and we get along just fine. We are both ready to work really hard and he doesn't want to stop being a missionary. I'm expecting this transfer to be a good one and hopefully next one if we are together again. So getting native companions is not very common and I might have a native 4/5 first transfers, which is great, because I'll be able to speak Thai well enough to teach and such.
So we got to see 2 of our investigators from Thursday to Sunday and we went inviting(knocking door to door) a lot; but I feel like in the coming weeks things will get easier and we definitely know the Lord is watching us and is willing to help. The air here is really nice. It's nice to get out of the Bangkok air and into a place with countryside air..
As for the weather in Thailand. I'd say rainy season is here. It rains almost every night for a few hours. It's still pretty hot; I think chilly season starts in about October or so, but I'm not 100% sure. I cannot believe how fast the time is flying. I'm really excited to be here in Thailand and I absolutely love the Thai people. They are all soo very nice! Anyways, not much else to write.
Thank you everyone for the support and for the prayers. Also, keep up the reading in the Book of Mormon; it always helps :) I love you all and miss you all.
Love
Elder Federico
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