First email from Bryce in Thailand

Hey Family!!!!!!!!!!!! This is Elder Revelli signing on in Thailand for the First time!!!! The plane ride was fantastic. I mostly did personal study, slept and played some games. I didnt watch a movie but there were movies going on everywhere and when i found myself staring i just closed my eyes and slept hahaha it was pretty funny hahaha but it as so long!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just a heads up on some stuff I have an hour to email on p day and i can write letters but it takes about 10 days to get to the US so I wont be riting very often. Thailand is so so so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got to the Mission home at about 2:00am so we were exhausrted the next day so it was a pretty easy day but that night we did the dan jones activity where they gave us a comp and said go place the book of mormon and commit someone to be baptized. My comp was ay cool. His name as Elder Carlile and e taught 2 lessons and i was very lost but i placed my book of mormon and gave the taxi driver the commitment to be baptized hahaha it was coool. BTw look up who dan jones is he is awesome!!!!!!!!!! So the next day we went to the church and we got our new companions. Mine is so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!! His name is Elder Gudmundsen. He has been out a year and is really good witht he language and helps me a lot. He is from California and his family sounds really awesome. We have 2 people with a baptsim date but we havent taught them the law of chasitiy yet and e think they are going to struggle with that one because they live together but they are not married yet. Not a lot of people get marrried in thailand. They just start living together and that is about it hahaha. Well we almost got attacked by a group of dogs on satuerday and there are dogs everywhere. This sounds funny but i am mostly serious, if you could send me a retrackable police batton that would be really helpful hahaha it sounds funny but it would really help hahahaha. I'm in a place called Buriram. It is in the east part of Thailand about 6 hours away from Bangkok. Most of my MTC group didnt stay in Bangkok which is really weird apparently but it is ay fun. Buriram is pretty small. We bike across the city everyday and it doesnt take too long. Whenever you are able to send a package please make sure you send me anti persperant deoderent because they dont have it here. They have everything else but not that. The food here is so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the fruit is amazing. I'm out of time so I wanted to end with this. I love you all so much and miss you a ton but 2 years are going to fly hahaha. Dad i think it is a great idea to just buy a house in Thailand and lets just move here hahahaha. I love you mom. I love you dad and thank you for everything that you have done for me. You are the best parents in the world!

ps i already have seen 3 elephants!!! but no monkeys hahaha

Pictures from Sister Smith

Sister Smith posts pictures of the missionaries at different times during the mission. Here are the first pictures that she posted today.



The first Thai dinner that they had at the mission home.



All eleven new missionaries with President and Sister Smith.



Their first breakfast after arriving in Thailand. Sister Smith said that they arrived after midnight and they looked "green."

First contact from Thailand

Dear Revelli Family; we are happy to report that your son, Bryce, arrived safely in Bangkok and is in very good spirits. He has been iterviewed by President Smith and oriented by the office staff. He will receive his first assignhment in the morning at the regular transfers meeting.

His preparation days are on Mondays and we encourage you to have an email ready for him to read when he checks his email on Monday.

--

Sister Johnson

Thailand Bangkok Mission Secretary

Bryce and one of his best friends, Michael Hess. They are both going to be fantastic missionaries.

Last pictures before he left the MTC

Along with some things that Bryce didn't need, or couldn't fit into his bags when he left for Thailand, he sent his memory card. He didn't put who was in the pictures, so unless they have a name tag I really have no idea unless I already knew their names. They left for Thailand on June 20th. Bryce called from the airport and I could hear the growth in his voice. He bore his testimony in Thai and it was amazing!!!!



Some of the boys celebrating leaving the MTC. I sent them goodie bags for the plane and sparkling cider so they could "celebrate in style." On the left is Elder Stott, then Elder Appleyard, then ? and Bryce.



The group with a couple of their teachers.



I'm thinking this is the group that was going to Thailand.









Elder Parker Edwards and Bryce.



Bryce and Elder Kunz with their Branch Presidency.



Elder Suzuki



Elder Stott's sister works at the MTC and one day brought them Cafe Rio.

Bryce really loved that day.

Not totally sure what this is talking about, but from the drawing it may be the creation.
I do like the sun.







Elder Turner and Bryce

Elder Kunz and Elder Appleyard

Last email from the MTC

HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well this is my last email at the MTC!!!! I have learned a lot here and i still have a little more to learn but i am ready to just go and serve the people in Thailand!!!!!!!!!! Not a ton to write about this week but just a little news from in here. I finally ran into Michael Hess by chance! I went to dinner early but as I started to leave we literally ran into each other. He told me about life right before he came in and he seemed like he had a few adventures but he seemed like he was really excited to be here haha. I really have run into so many people that i know while i have been here! I just run into them by chance really but it is way cool to see all of my friends out on missions! One of our branch counsilors told us a story and basically said that no enough people are choosing to serve missions, and that we need more people now than ever before! There is more to the story but i will cover it in my letter home.

Well almost all of the Missionaries on our floor left today. The Cambodians, Viets, and mong elders all left today! Literally all we have on our floor are a few english missionaries and all of the Thai's. But we leave on monday!!!! We go straight from Salt Lake to Tokeyo. I will send a copy of my flight plans in the mail but my flight leaves in the afternoon so i will be able to call you from Salt lake before i take off.

Something that really isnt fare for us is that the First Presidency is come the day after we leave!!! They might come sunday but we are not all the way sure. Sorry its a short one today but the laundry room is way too hot to write and focus hahaha. From what you said in your emails it sounds like life is doing good haha. Thank you for the heads up on pday and a few other things. I think i am cover for the most part. I'm going to pack up most of my stuff today and i will send home anything that cant fit or that i dont need. You will be getting a couple of preach my gospels that are romanized Thai that i wont use. They are ok but some of the translations are wrong. One part is says that god will destroy you when it is supposed to say that he will forgive you so we dont use them hahahahaha. So I didnt know that Lauren Poet is actually in Cambodia right now and she will be in Thailand while i am there! I cant believe that I didnt know before but hopefully i get to see her! Another thing i didnt know that Matt Burnham worked at the MTC. I saw him one day clocking out from teaching and i walked up and said hi. Also if you could send me my memory card that would be awesome too.

I love you a ton and miss you all. I'm way excited to serve the people in Thailand!

Well i will be sending a bunch of letters home this week but for now this is Elder Bryce Revelli signing out.

-Elder Bryce Revelli

Email from June 7th.

Hey momma so just a little news i read your emails so i didnt have a lot of time to type so my letter in the mail will be long. I feel much better this week. I dont know why i was getting down on my self last week but really it is nothing to worry about. My teacher did a progress interview with me and he said that he has really seen me become a missionary. The language is coming better than ever. I can speak in thai for most of the day until i get tired and then i start speaking english again. Everyone looks like they are doing very well there and that is a lot of fish! I remember last time we were there we could hardly catch anything. Tell Ryan and Kimbal to put their papers in asap!!!! WE heard a sstory the other day that there really isnt enough missionaries in the world. There are only a little over 100 in thailand and we would need that much for one area to really preach the gospel. My district has been talking about writing a letter to president Monson and tell him to start getting everything ready for the temple in Thailand and we will fill it. They already have land and permission to build but they just dont have enough active members to build and fill it. They have enough members but a lot of members will go inactive quickly. no one knows why but it happens all of the time.

Tell JJ if you see him that i said hi and also Trevis. I will be hosting this week so i might be able to see Michael. If i do that would be the best thing ever!!!!!!!!! There are people that i know everywhere here hahahaha. It has been a blast. So here is another exciting bit of news. WE GET OUR TRAVEL PLANS ON THURSDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It finally feels like we arent just going to be serving at the MTC for the next two years hahaha.

Somthing also really cool happened in class the other day. We dont have anymore grammer stuff to learn. We only review now so that is really nice. I'm starting to learn how to spell in thai and that is really really fun!

Well i dont have a lot of time so I will say thank you so much for everything that you have done for me. Thank you for all of the packages that you send me and all of the encouragement that you give me. I love this work and i love the Lord. I love you so much and it makes me so happy that we will be able to live together for eternity. I love you and miss you but i cant lie i would not want to be in any other place at this point in my life! I see the lords blessings everyday in my life and i know he is blessing you. I love you so much.

-Elder Bryce Revelli

Email from May 31

Hi momma! It sounds like a lot is going on. I see timp everyday and me and Elder Stott are blown away at how much snow is still there. It has been a much better week this week. I can basically have a full conversation in thai and i understand some conference talks that we listen to. I'm able to read sort of fast now and it is way fun and i am understanding what i am reading. I really did feel the power of the adversary last week. Me and elder kunz taught our progressing investigator one day and we didnt do well at all. I did forget to tell you me and elder appleyard are companions a lot now. My comp is district leader and his is zone leader so they are constantly in meetings and so we are together a lot. He says hi by the way.

My branch presidents name is President Roach. He is a phenominal man. He loves us so much and he always loves talking with us. He actually reminds me of dad because every night that he comes and he visits the residence halls he always asks if any of us have chocolate hahaha. His counsellors names are Brother Nelson and Brother Ricks. Brother Ricks actually lives in Highland but he is in a different stake. He tells us stories all the time about his mission and he is really funny. We will be having a lesson and sometimes he will just go off on a story for 45 minutes. We love all of them.

Well not much has happened witht he language this week. We are able to teach the first and 2nd lesson in thai and sort opf have an everyday conversaition. Our teachers are the best! they always love telling us stories and experiences they had in thailand. It hit me this morning that I will only be here for another 20 days. We get our travel plans next week and then we are off to Thailand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We get letters from our Phii thais and they are loving it there. They had way cool experiences on the plane ride but they said that they talk to a flight attendant once they were getting off the plane and she said that she was hoping to be taught by the the eintire plane ride but they fell asleep. But they gave her a pass along card and a book of Mormon and she said that she would look into the church.

I have seen a few more people that i know who got here last week. Easton Hadly is in my zone and i told him to tell his dad that i said hi.

Thank you for everythin that you have done for me. I feel your prayers everyday and i know you love me. I love you so much and cant wait to tell you about my adventures that i will have in thailand!! I just cant wait to get to thailand!!!! I love you so so so much.

-Elder Bryce Revelli พม รัก

Email from May 24th

Hey! well it sounds like a lot is going on in the outside world. I got your dear elder about that one group of people who thought the world was going to end. What happened after they found out that it didnt end? A lot of elders here heard the same thing from their parents hahaha.

Well my district usually gets to the temple at 7:10. I dont remember seeing her at all. The only people i usually see are missionarys and really old people hahahaha. They dont usually ask us to do certain things but we are told not to participate in prayer circles, baptisms for the dead. We can do sealings but we just can only be children. We usually only do endownments but sometimes we get to do some other stuff. I will see if i can spot her while she is here. haha but like i said we dont spend a lot of time out of the classroom building unless its to get food or for gym time.

That is way cool about marci! tell her congrats and that I',m very excited for her. I think that is way awesome!. Tell CC that she is way too spoiled. That is really wierd what they are doing with the whole switching churchs thing. I dont know what i think about that because i have been going to that church for my entire life and now they are going to change it?! That is just a little too weird for me hahahaha. This week has been a very good week for me. I Have learned a lot and the TRC went well. We did miss a few things like asking the investigator her name and anything about her life but we were able to teach the full lesson in Thai. I love this language so much. In this next letter home I will be send a Script card, and how to pronounce everything. Before i leave the MTC I will send home a Thai Book of Mormon. I can read now an sort of understand what I am reading and it is Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have bought some more journals and they are way cool. We had a speaker on sunday and he really stressed the importance of keeping a journal.

Well i dont have a lot of time left but I want to tell you how much I love you. It has been amazing here at the MTC and I cant wait to go to Thailand. Our teachers tell us stories all the time and it just makes me love the people more and more everyday. Although one told us about the spiders and me and Elder Christiansen started freaking out! I will write more about it in the letter that i send home. We have been keeping track of how much time we have left here and we only have 4 more weeks! we have 4 trcs and we get our travel plans in just 3 weeks. Everything moves so fast while we are here. The days are so short and the weeks are even shorter. i felt like i had just written you yesterday and here i am agian. I love serving the Lord so much.

I love you momma and tell dad that i love him so much! Tell everyone in the family that i love them too so much and they have all been a great influence in my life and have helped me become the serveant of the Lord. i know I have so much more to learn before I leave and I only have 4 weeks to do it in. I love you so much.

-Elder Bryce Revelli

Email from May 17th

HI Momma and everyone else.

I am doing much better this week. I was hoping that you were not going to be able to tell that i was down last week and i dont know how you were able to, but i am much better. Everything is still going smoothly and life is really good right now. This week we get the next group of thais that come into the MTC. My whole district is so excited about it. We remember what it was like for us when we fist came in and our Phii Thai's ( older thai) helped us out so much and we cant wait to do the same thing with them. Keep sending updates about elder wagner because we all love it. I cant believe that i have only 5 weeks left here and then i get to go to Thailand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All of us cant wait!. I almost cried when i saw the pics of the cats. It was insane! they are so big now and i wish you could just send me one in the mail and i could just keep it here.

This week the laguage makes a lot more sense we learned some grammer that would have helped at the begginging but now the language makes more sense. Sorry i dont have a lot of time to email today because i have my doctors appointment. My toe is doing great! Instead of soaking it the doctor gave me this stuff so i just have to put this creme on the spot and its healed ereally fast and im walking just fine.

This last week was amazing!!! I had awesome experiences which were so amazing but i will put them into another letter. Thank you so much for the package it really did cheer me up and everyone here loved all of the toys hahaha. I will write you more in the letter. I love you all so much! I miss you all and I am so excited to see how much has changed after two years. I love you and miss you. I will talk to you later.

Elder Bryce Revelli

Email from May 10th

Hey same thing today only 30 min.

Well a lot has happened since the last time that i sent something to you all. Just monday the older thai group left for thailand. I know that was just yesterday but it is technically wednesday there hahaha. I did learn that i will be about 14 hours ahead of you guys. Well my toe is just fine. I went to a doctor yesterday to get it looked at and he said that he would cut it out that same day because i was a missionary.

Thank you for telling me about chandler. I think that is so crazy! Well i will now give you my day to day activities. Everyday we have 6 hours of class separated into three hour blocks. While we are not in class we have about 40 minutes for meals. We also have an hour for personal, language and comp study. Then we have 30 minutes of planning and thats about it. They make sure that we are busy almost all of the time so that we wll focus on the work. It is really not what i was expecting. Elder turner is a very quiet kid. He is very spiritual person and a very awesome guy. him and I talk alot about what we read in Jesus the Christ. he is awesome he is getting stuff now but not very often. He lived in Virginia before he came on his mission. That is about all that i can really tell you

Elder appleyard said that he would love some more british candy before we leave hahahaha. He loved it the first time you sent it. Not a lot of exciting things happen at the MTC. Really the temple is the most exciting. I love just sitting in the celestial room as long as i can. They dont let the missionaries be in the prayer circle. I'm not sure if it was th same with adam but i understand why. I love it here! Honestly my testimony has grown so much! I get a lot of time to just sit and think about the gospel. I wanted to finish the Book of Mormon at least once while i was here but it took me about 3 days just to read one chapter. I will probably buy new scriptures in english when i get home because mine are full of writing in the pages and highlighted and underlined like crazy!!!!

Just to tell you more about what we do here. During our gym time, (which is about 50 minutes a day) I am really good at 4 square hahahaha. It is way fun to play i love it. i was really bad at first but now i can get most people out. And I can choose the days that i want to be nice.

I cant believe that you got a dog right after i left! I want to hear the story asap. I dont have a lot of time so i will probably send individual letters in the mail in one envelope. Thank you for all of your prayers and your support. I will send pictures as soon as i can and if dad wants i have the toe nail hahaha dont share that with anyone but dad hahahaha. I love you very much.

Sorry im out of time i will write you all soon. I love you all and please tell all my friends who havent written me to look up this scripture Alma 60:6 it is really funny hahaha

Elder REvelli