Hey mamma!!!

Not tons happened this week either. That is way cool with all of the people leaving i know all the ones that you said and i hope they all do really well. I can see all of them being really good missionaries. We had a couple of things happen this week. We found a couple of people to teach but for some reason some of them are just not sticking. We had one person who we taught and he said that he really wanted to be baptized but when we went back to his house he was never there so we kept calling him and eventually he changed his answering machine to "elders i am really busy with work right now but i will see you on the 21st" It was pretty funny but we are wondering what happened. We did find a guy next door to his place named โอ. He is a christian and the fist thing that he said was to come in because at his house all christians are welcome. I dont know if he is catholic or protestant but we didnt even say who we were or what we were doing. Elder Gudmundsen and i talked after and there is a page in PMG that says that some people will just recognize that we are the Lords servants and that is how it was. He brought out his bible and was really excited to learn. The first thing that we teach is the Book of Mormon in this kind of a situation. We started teaching him and he said something that no christian in thailand ever says. He said that he learned in the Bible that just because God gives us one thing doesnt mean that he wont give us more. Usually they quote a part in revelations where it says that there will be no book after this one but they dont consider that the Book of Mormon was written before John wrote that hahaha but he took the Book and was going to read and pray about it. He talked about how his sister had come home from france and she was converted from buddism and came home and told them to throw out everything about buddha they had and they did. He was way cool but he had to go out of town for work and wanted to visit his girlfriend. Yesterday we also taught a person who was really being worked on by the spirit but was trying to deny it. The more that he tried the more he struggled with it and he couldnt express what he was feeling but he wanted us to come back so we are going to tomorrow. We also found someone who used to meet with the Missionaries but they stopped meeting with him for no reason and we have no record of him so it was really weird so he wanted to be taught again and wants to be baptized but he wasnt sure when yet.

Tell Wilson and his sister that I said hi next time that you see him. I didnt ever get to see him before i left which was a bummer. We did see a preview of the Harry Potter Movie and it looks so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Elder Gudmundsen was rubbing it in my face that he gets to see it before i do hahaha but i would much rather be here and he said that he would too hahaha. I still dont like the fact that my church isnt going to be my church when i get home! how am i supposed to give directions to our church now hahah i cant just say look for the big brown building hahaha. Well that was about all that had happened this week. I did see 2 more elephants and this week i get to go on exchanges with a person who is from laos who doesnt speak english hahaha it will be an adventure. It sounds like everything is going well back at home but just keep me updated!

I love you so much mamma! ผม รัก คุืฌ

Hey Dad!!!!
Hahaha i still cant believe the boat wasnt fixed yet hahaha but it sounds like it should be good by the time that i get home. I did learn that i cant go fishing here but really the only place to go fishing is in a pond about 2 kilos away or in the pond in front of our house. There are cat fish there but they cant be eaten just because of how dirty it is hahaha. You will see it in one of the picturres and videos that we have but there was a freaking huge spider that was in our house. We killed it with bug spray and a lighter. It was really really fun hahaha. Read moms email because it has what happened this week so it was a really odd week though hahaha. Some of it i will tell you all when i get home. That is really weird what you said about fishing and people actually skiing on Schofield. I know i never saw anyone doing it whenever i went there for scouts. From what i saw right before i left it looked like everywhere was going to have a lot of water hahaha. How are grandma and grandpa doing? Tell them that they can email me and tell them thank you for the letters and that they meant a lot to me. I did see the big sign when we went out of the MTC that ariel fireworks were legal and we all cheered hahaha.
It will really be odd when I get home and have to speak at a different church. I dont like the idea of it hahaha and we have to walk a lot farther to eat at the moellers on fast sunday hahaha. I love you so much dad and thank you for everything that you have done for me. I love you and i know i can never thank you and mom enough.

-Elder Bryce Revelli

Hahaha i love how your subject was not much going on and your email was the longest haha just kidding mama i love your emails because you give me the most information haha. Steph sent me some pictures of Savannah and she looks adorable and nothing like Micah. She actually has hair. I will pray for the Johnsons and I will just keep them in mind.

I just really hope that he will be awesome, if you do see him tell him that i said hi and to have good luck when he goes. I agree with Ciara and Dad, i don't like the idea of going to that church when i get home. can we get a special request that ii just speak in the old building and that we just have a meeting where allen spence and bracken and i speak? hahaha By the way HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Its kind of weird to think that im not celebrating that hahaha.

The branch in Buriram is very interesting. We have some very strong members and the branch president is pretty good but a lot of people are inactive. We only had one worthy preisthood holder to bless the sacrament so my comp had to go and help. We did invite a random guy off the street to come to church and he came but he was a very interesting guy but we are teaching him later this week at the church and hope that we understand him. a lot of people are just very prideful and don't get the point of every member a missionary so the branch is really struggling. Also the 1st counsellor/ward mission leader is inactice and was seen dressed as a woman last week so that isnt a good sign. Buriram is just a very rough area but it will get better. Its not the actual rejection but just the fact that what we have can really help their lives and they just say that they are very content with how they are. There are also budda statues everywhere and temples everywhere and people always say that every religion will always lead to the same place so we leave them a card and tell them to call us but i love it here. Thailand is just really funny sometimes. yesterday i talked to a drunk person and could sort of understand him but he was sluring all of his words but we are teaching him on wednesday and i think he will be sober hahaha. We did have two people who were going to get baptized but they move to Bangkok so we had to call the elders there and had to give them to them. Elder Gudmundsen wasnt very happy about that but things are better today. We have one english investigator but he also thinks that if we just believe we will be saved so who knows. He is the most christlike person I have ever met but he doesnt quite get why we talk to him so we have to work on that.
All the elders names were Clark, Kunz applyard, stott, richardson, radmall, raven, maples, christiansen, zitting. Most of us went to the east which is usually not the case but it happened. Usually most of us would have stayed in bangkok but that didnt happen. someone went way north but i cant remember who it was. Do tell Ciara that there are only monkeys in one area in the mission and it is closer to bangkok. I will send pictures next week because i really havent taken very many hahaha.

Alma 42:31 is the one that i want on there if thatas ok.
I want to end this email by telling you how much i love you mamma. I miss you so much and love you so muchand i know that the Lord is watching over you everyday. I love you and i dont think there is a better mom on the earth!

-Elder Revelli

This is one Bryce sent to his Dad.

I cant believe it has been that fast too! Your UVU class sounds like it will be interesting hahaha I would have laughed if the entire think would have been filled. What would you have done? Things are still going great in Thailand. My area is just one city and we are the only missionaries is the city. Its a college town so there are a lot of foriengners so we speak English every once in a while because they really cant speak thai hahaha. I thought that i was bad at it but they are worse than i am hahaha and they have lived here for a long time. Its all underground sewers but the toilets are very weird. We have a normal one but everyone else has a hole in the ground and it is a little hard to get used to hahaha. We have tuktuks, taxis, buses, trains, cars, and lots of motorcycles and scooters. Almost everyone has a scooter or motorbike here instead of cars. water is only safe to drink out of a bottle and you are basically right with the water buffalo and farmers hahahaha. Most people live in apartment shacks or old businesses. And everyone has a tile floor. almost no carpet and there are geccos everywhere inside and out. Sorry i don't have a lot of time today and i am already over but I love you Dad. You helped me out so much and I cant thank you enough for what you did for me. I love you so much Dad and i will make sure to work hard. I love You and thank you for everything that you have done.

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