"June is busting out all over!"  Mostly with rain!! But I think it's a kin to Camelot here because it has only been raining at night!!   I can't believe it's June already!! In some ways I feel like I've been here forever!!  Things are feeling so familiar!!  What a blessing this is!!  This past month I had the opportunity to go to a Young Single Adults Conference as the nurse.  We had one monkey bite and one allergic reaction, but the young adult leaders took care of it!! Three of the senior couples from the office went too and one of the Thai sisters from the mission office.  It was a very fun trip and Sister Supreeda took us to so many interesting places we wouldn't have seen.  I also did a presentation to the Mission  Leadership Council this week about mosquito born illnesses, like Dengue Fever and Malaria. Since it's the rainy season, the missionary department has come out with new guidelines to help protect the missionaries, including pants and/or long skirts for the sisters.  The sisters here in Thailand will be wearing long skirts and not pants. I have been on a major shopping spree lately!! It can't be helped! There are so many fun markets to go to with very inexpensive clothes and things.  I had fun bargaining with one of the Thai vendors for a blouse.  He brought out his calculator and showed me quietly the price he would give me because he said I was Thai!! I gave him the money and he gave me back 10 extra baht in change "for Jesus" because he saw (and pointed to) my missionary name tag! I love it here!! The elder from my home ward, Elder Hinkson, left to go back home this last week. I'm excited for his family, but somehow it seems a  little lonelier here knowing that he's gone. I went out with the sister missionaries this last week to visit a family from Pakistan that they have been teaching. I was so grateful they asked me to go with them.  I want to take advantage of every opportunity I have here! I know I'm here for such a short time and I don't want to miss a minute of it!!

On our way to the Young Single Adult Conference in PranBuri. Sister Christensen, Supreeda, Sister Ricks and myself.  The only time I've worn my hair down and it didn't last long in this humidity!!

Harvesting palm sugar

An elephant shrub!

This is the way we used to travel back in the day!

A Thai candy store!

The local police couldn't believe a big group of young people wouldn't smoke or drink!!

Cinderella's carriage

One of our beautiful Thai sisters on the beach at PranBuri

President and Sister Johnson at the conference.

The beauty of Thailand at PranBuri beach

The beauty of Bangkok at sunrise.

Kate's sister Jenna came for a visit!! She was with a BYU group.

Markets have sure changed since I was last here!!

Our district before Elder Day left for Myanmar.

In PranBuri with Sister Christensen

One the way back from PranBuri we ran into these guys in Petchburi, and they were not nice!

Petchburi

They look cute, but one of them grabbed my skirt and wanted my water bottle! (But not this one)

Mangrove Forest

Supreeda took me shopping in Thonburi.  Coming back to Bangkok across the river.

 Thai silk

 Chatachuk Weekend Market with over 8000 vendors!  You can get lost!

 One of these bags is Elder Hinkson's!!!

 I have never seen a Thai clown on the streets before!

 A beautiful scene on my way to go teaching with the young sister missionaries.

 The moon over PranBuri

Me and The Hulk posing for the camera!!

The first 7 kings of Thailand

A mountain??

Catching tiny fish with a large net.

The jaws of death!!

Helping Hands!! The young single adults cleaned up the beach as a service project.

They were very hungry after!!

An amazing group of young people!!

An ancient king's summer palace.

I was NOT going to walk back through the monkeys, so I rode the tram to get back down the hill!!

Another summer palace of another ancient king.  I liked the blue one on the beach better!

Steven and Som.  Cutest married couple ever!!

Supreeda!  Best tour guide ever!!

A very hot and very tired me!!  And mangrove trees .