Hellos!

Twenty-seven and a half hours after leaving home, we arrived in Thailand. President and Sister Senior were there to welcome us with a rousing cheer. Suchat and Udomlak were also there--Udomlak with sticky rice and mangoes in hand. We were exhausted but excited to finally be on Thai soil.

President Senior loaded our luggage in the van. He told us, "Today you are guests, tomorrow you will be working." Work is what we came to do!! They took us to the hotel to drop off our luggage. We walked across the street (Soi Asoke) for lunch of delicious fruit and chocolate shake. We enjoyed the walk down Soi Asoke to the Church Service Center, where the mission office is. We met many of the other missionaries and service center staff. Elder Jay Meeker, who works in the mission office, was a missionary Ray taught in the language school at BYU in 1976. They both look a little different now.  It was all amazing and a little unreal.

The next day we had to go to a medical clinic to have our blood drawn and vitals checked for our application for our work permits required by the government.