October 19, 2010

We are currently teaching a husband and wife, and they are doing way awesome. They have been learning for about 2 months now. He has read to Alma 20 and she is to Mosiah 23. He used to smoke 6 packs a day. Now he hasn't smoked in the last 3 days. So he's doing way awesome, and it is all because he's been reading the Book of Mormom. For some reason, that book just has a way of changing people. We've been finding some investigators, and we're really hoping to get them going too.

October 14, 2010

There is actually a senior couple in every kaet. And since I'm still in the kaets, I still have a senior couple. This time it is the Reynolds. And, they are way awesome. They feed us every Sunday. Last Sunday, we had French toast with bacon and brownies and ice cream imported straight from Thailand. It was really good to say the least.

Transfers were good, but are super stressful at the same time. I spent all of Tuesday and Wednesday going to and from Zone Council though. And, Saturday and Sunday are General Conference. So, we don't have much proselyting time this week. We have 2 investigators. That's it. A husband and a wife. This area is good. But, it needs some serious work. I've set some really high goals, and I'm going to be working like crazy in order to get them.

October 5, 2010

I'm getting transferred. I was going to Siam Riap to the best area in the mission, 30 investigators including 5 families, but President just called me this morning saying that he received new revelation that I'm going to Battambong to be a zone leader, which is cool. I'm in the best area in Battambong. But, I've never been more excited in my life than when I found out I was going to Siam Riap. I didn't sleep last night. I was too excited. 30 investigators, and it was all mine for the taking. Why does this happen in my life?

September 14, 2010

Last week we had bunch of dudes drinking call us over. I always ignore them. But for some reason, this time I went. The one calling me over looked like a straight up bum, super long hair, facial hair, and stunk like alcohol. He said that his sister-in-law is a member in our branch. And funny enough, we managed to figure out who that was, and she really is a member. He told us he really wanted to learn because he was trying to quit drinking. So I gave him a pamphlet with our number on it, took down his info, then completely forgot about him. He then called us the next day and for some reason I somehow recognized his number. He wanted to meet us that day. So we went out to meet him after Pday. We rode right by him. I didn't even recognize him!! He had cut his hair, got all shaved up, and looked like a completely different person. He said he took the day off because he wanted to get ready for us to come. So we met him, and his wife and they are our best investigators now. He went from being an alcoholic to a complete stud in a week. His wife said yes before we could finish the commitment, and he said he'd been preparing for baptism since the second he met us. Tender mercies of the Lord are just the greatest things ever and are such a blessing to see in our lives. We are meeting them 6 days a week since she is 8 months pregnant and wants to get baptized before she has the kid.

I love my family so much, especially more and more as I keep teaching families here. I love families more than anything. And, I love the Lord.

September 2, 2010

Yesterday we spent all of P-day moving to our new house. So, they've given us a little bit of time to e-mail today. The nwe house is way, way nice. So, we're excited.

Things are starting to pick up more. We're working harder than ever trying to find new investigators. I'm desperate right now. I love families. That's what I want, to teach families.

August 24, 2010

This week has been way rough.

I set a goal of baptizing 5 families while I was here. Just this last week, we have had 2 families drop us, 1 that we dropped, and 1 that is currently in the process of dropping us. We have also had 4 or 5 other investigators that have gone down the tubes. So, now we're pretty much all out of investigators. I tried to work so hard to get those families to progress. I loved them, I served them, I helped them, and what of it?

Now we have tons of free time, contacting and finding does nothing. No matter how hard I try to strengthen the members, to help them keep the commandments, to get referrals out of them, I haven't seen any progress at all really. Even when we use the stuff we learn from zone conference nd other things, it still gets us nowhere. Families who were drifting into inactivity when I got here I haven't been able to save, families who are semi-active I haven't been able to get them fully active, and families who are fully active, I can't get to save up money to go to the temple. I've never loved an area or the members as much as I have here. But, it still doesn't seem to be getting me anywhere. When I first got to Cambodia, I just wanted to learn the language and baptize people. Now that I've been here a while, I've realized there is so much more to being a missionary. So, I've been trying really hard to be a missionary, and I haven't seen any improvement.

Maybe I'm just focusing on the bad things this week. But, it's been way rough. On the bright side, we have found 2 new families that might want to learn. One famliy is Christian. We have taught them once. The father used to be a minister in some other church. He knew a lot about the Bible, which I don't know at all. And, he was asking some tough questions. But, I was getting those crazy flashes of knowledge that I didn't know I had, and we were able to not only answer his questions but completely dominate them and revert it back all to the restoration and the Book of Mormon. The family seemed to be pretty impressed by our message. So, hopefully, they go somewhere.

Another positive. There was a lady and her daughter that we found which I was in Branch 12, and they were way awesome. And, I never got to see what happened to her. But, the other week, the Elders in that area told me that she is now baptized and is the new Relief Society President, and that she wants to thank me for finding her and leading her to find the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, which is a way cool feeling.

PS. Remember that one karate tournament that I forfeited because I wouldn't fight that girl? I remember it the other day and laughed at it because it is real funny.

August 17, 2010

We had talked to this guy once for about 10 minutes, but he wouldn't let us inside his house or anything like that. But, he did agree to meet us the next day. And, that night he had a dream. He came to church with his son on Sunday. Only one hour, but it's better than nothing. They are going to be a way big struggle. But, I think they will be converted if we can help them push through everything. We asked them why they wanted to learn with us, and they said because they love us and feel happy when we come. So, that's a start.

Work is going good. We're really trying to work with the members because a lot of the members need a lot of testimony boosters.