Week 9 - Bangkok and Beyond

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Hi I am here in Bangkok now about to head off to me new area, Chaing Mai! Everyone says it is the promised land. I have a GREAT trainer named Sister Khamvongsa and she is from Laos! Maybe I will pick up some Lao...

...I am so excited to be here even though I have no voice.

Sister Lahti


 COMMENTARY FROM HER FATHER:
The mission president sent an email with a few pictures

Her companion Sister Khamvonga

President and Sister Johnson

 
Newly arrived missionaries



Notice on MAIL from the Mission Office
To better ensure safe delivery:

·      Use this address:

1645/6 New Phetchburi Road
Makkason, Ratchathewi
Bangkok, 10400
Thailand

·      Always list missionary’s FIRST and LAST NAME.  This prevents confusing missionaries with same or similar names

·      Use USPS, Air Mail or Priority Mail  or your countries equivalent .  When shipping Christmas packages consider sending them six weeks in advance for timely deliver.

·      Sending smaller packages will help.  Packages over the value of $30.00 may catch the attention of customs, which will mean a high fee and a trip for your Elder/Sister to a post office in Bangkok to pick it up.

·      AVOID U.S. Postal Service, Express Mail and any private carriers such as DHL, UPS or FedEx.  These will likely incur a large duty by the Thai government which must be paid by the missionary. 

·      Letters are collected and we forward them every week. Packages are collected and delivered to the missionaries at transfer meetings. Transfers only occur every six weeks. Perishables or heat sensitive items will suffer from the wait.

A stranger at the airport in Salt Lake City took this picture and sent it to the parents of the missionaries.

 Sister Lahti was allowed to write this brief note to her parents, so apologies to those who did not get a personal email. She has made it to Thailand and has been assigned to serve in the Chiang Mai area. It just so happens to be about as far as you can get from Bangkok and still be in Thailand.

 Some information from the sidebar on google maps 

Quick facts

Chiang Mai is a city in mountainous northern Thailand. Founded in 1296, it was capital of the independent Lanna Kingdom until 1558. Its Old City area still retains vestiges of walls and moats from its history as a cultural and religious center. It’s also home to hundreds of elaborate Buddhist temples, including 14th-century Wat Phra Singh and 15th-century Wat Chedi Luang, adorned with carved serpents.





















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