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| Sister Moleff's place settings |
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| Sister Moleff's Nativity Set drew quite a lot of attention from the Thai folks |
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| Sister Smiths bread |
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| Folks looking around |
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| Christmas carol L-t-R: Sister Noi, Sister Som, Brother Ronny, Brother Travis, Brother Peter, Sister Sasithorn, and Sister Wan |
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| President Senior delivering a Christmas message |
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| Sisters singing a Christmas carol |
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| Some of the food. |
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| Getting in line for the food |
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| Using the bells |
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| Chapel turned into a manger |
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| Singing a Christmas carol in German |
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| Joseph and Mary |
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| The 3-Shepard's |
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| There were 10-different stations of delicious food |
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| Youth around the Christmas tree |
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| Another food station |
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| Sister Moleff with an angel |
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| Young adults having a good time |
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| Sister Moleff with Bishop Jongsathid |
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| Paleface Elder Moleff with Bishop Jongsathid |
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| Elder Moleff presenting Sister Natthaya Panmongkol with an envelope from church headquarters that contains her mission call. In Thailand Mission calls come to the Thailand Bangkok Mission Office and then are hand delivered. Since we go to the Bangkhae Branch we were given the honor of delivering this call to an angel. |
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| Sister Panmongkol opened her Mission Call read that she has been called to labor in the Australia Sydney North Mission, English speaking, and to report to the Provo MTC on 5 May 2015. She was thrilled and everyone cheered. She asked if this meant she would get to go to the Temple. We said YES! |
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| A Christmas gift tree. Little rolls of paper were tied to the branches of the tree. A person would come up to the tree and point to a tied paper. Some one would cut the rolled paper off the tree and escort them to the gift table. On the paper would be the name of their gift. |
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| The new Bangkae District missionaries singing carols. L-t-R: Sister Belnap, Sister Lam, Elder Crump, Elder Thomas, Santa (aka Elder Davis), Elder Basset (District Leader), Elder Opad, and Elder Graham . On Thursday 11 Nov. we had transfers and we got 5 new missionaries. |
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| The cast acted out Luke 2. The two who played Mary and Joseph had beautiful singing voices. |
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| He fried rolled out bread balls. Added sweet condensed milk and added sugar. I had 2-without the sugar. They were delicious. |
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| It was starting to get dark when we had our Christmas feast. The Thai food was outstanding. Sister Moleff mentioned it was the first Ward/Branch Christmas dinner we had ever eaten outside - it was 81* at 6:00 pm. |
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| The Golden Mount |
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| Waiting for our water taxi. L-t-R: Sister Moleff, Sister Meeker, Elder Meeker, Elder Smith, Sister Smith, Sister Ure, Elder Ure. |
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| Our water taxi coming in |
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| At the Golden Mount |
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| On the roof with Thai flags waving in a stiff breeze. |
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| I couldn't get it rotated into the right position. There are 2-Buddha's. One in front of the worshipers, the other behind the glass window |
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| Wat Ratchanatdaram Woravihara (Loha Prasat) is a sacred Buddhist temple built by the King Nangklao (Rama III) in 1846 for his niece - Mom Chao Ying Sommanus Wattanavadi. Aprt from being sacred, the temple’s claim to fame is its iron roof called Loha Prasat. The roof is 36 metres high and has 37 metal spires that signify the 37 virtues needed to attain enlightenment |
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| The Democracy Monument was started in 1939 to commemorate the 1932 revolution that ended the absolute monarchy and introduced Siam's first constitution. The design of the monument is full of symbolism. For example, the four wings are each 24 meters high, signifying the 24th of June date the new constitution was signed. The location of the monument, between the old Grand Palace and the Dusit Palace, is also significant. A copy of the original constitution is held in central pedestal. |
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| Where we ate a Thai lunch of 1800 Baht for 6-people. The food was excellent as was the restaurant, the service, and live singing |
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| Our Water Taxi back to Asoke. The roof lowers for passing under low bridges. To enter or exit we grab the rope that runs the length of the taxi and swing in or out. Or when seats are full, we stand holding on to one of the ropes attached to the roof. |
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| L-t-R: Sister Khanitha Jeepimjmy and Sister Wow Family History Consultants |
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| Sister Jeepimjmy at the computer |
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| L-t-R: Sister Jeepimjmy, Brother Thanachard (Bangkok West District Assistant Family History Director), Sister Wow, Sister Pranee (Bangkok West District Family History Director), and Elder Moleff |
We took our first trip by bus to visit a city - Korat. The bus line was Nakornchai Air Bus: BKK to Khon Kan. There are more than 140 direct buses serving almost around the clock daily between Bangkok and Korat. There is main Highway between Bangkok and Korat, so it will take about 3 hours only to reach Korat. The total distance is 273 kilometer. Direct buses, non direct buses (stop Pak Chong),air conditioned buses, non air buses, there are many type buses.
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| Sima Thani Hotel Where We Stayed While in Korat |
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| Hotel Entrance |
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| Lobby |
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| Looking down from 4th floor. We had room 436 for 1300 Baht / night including breakfast. That's Elder and Sister Peterson below (white shirt, blue dress) |
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| Kings Birthday and Christmas Tree Display |
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| Our transportation was a TUK - TUK |
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| This is Mr. Cookie and Sister Moleff. Mr. Cookie is the Tuk Tuk owner and driver. He speaks good English and is employed by the Petersons as their transportation. He charges 100 Baht to take us to the bus terminal. His business card says, "There is only one Tuk Tuk in Korat who knows everything." |
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| Church services inside of glass doors |
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| Same type of baptismal fount we had in Ulan-Ude at our Russia-Siberia Mission 5th Sunday Lesson 
This is Sister Moleff talking about the My Family booklet. The lesson was a Power Point presentation because there is no internet in the rented building. Halfway through the lesson Sister Moleff handed out My Family booklets to those that did not have any and asked them to enter their names and birth dates into the booklet. We asked that the Family History Consultants stand and identify themselves so that the Consultants can help members enter the booklet data into FamilySearch. After this exercise, the Power Point presentation was completed.
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Elder Moleff teaching
Family Search. L-t-R: Sister Sroyphatai, Elder Moleff, Brother
Manop, Sister Bird
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| L-t-R: Sister Sroyphatai, Sister Bird, Brother Manop |
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| L-t-R: Sister Sroyphatai, Sister Bird, Brother Manop |
