I can't find my penpal on my new account

Hey guys, I hope you're all doing well! So this is what has happened: about a year and a half ago I sent a letter to this guy who lived in Canada. I waited for about two months but he didn't respond to my letter (although he had read it) so I removed him from my friends list. I think I didn't know at the time that removing basically meant blocking someone. Anyways, today I was going through my removed users list for some reason and restored some people, including this person and I saw that I had a new letter from him but apparently he's moved to Thailand. He had replied probably a few days after I removed him (about a year ago). His letter was really nice and I was going to respond to it but then thought he probably has removed me since it's been a year since he sent it. So I sent a photo sharing request (he had mentioned in his letter that he'd love to see my art and photography) to see if he's removed me or not. He has been online a few times since I sent the request, but hasn't accepted it, so I guess he has removed me ☹️ I felt really bad about this and decided to make another slowly account and send him a letter from that one, so I did make a new account, but I can't find him among people who live in Thailand. I also used age and gender filters but still can't find him. I came to the conclusion that he's either excluded my region or doesn't accept new friends. It made me so sad because he seemed really nice and I just wanted to apologize for removing him and making him wait ☹️ Is there any other way I can find him? Am I missing something?