Hello!
I would like everyone to know that I can finally Asian Squat! Super happy about it. If you don't know what that is, shame on you. Just kidding. But it's really hard. Look up how to do it and try it out. You will understand why it's such a big deal for me.
Earlier this week The MTC provided us with some clothes since they changed the mission rule about wearing pants/long skirts in certain places because of Mosquitoes. So before the mission I got some awesome pants but The Cambodia Mission decided to just wear long skirts. So sadly, I don't get to wear pants but that's also a blessing since it's so hot there. Anyways, the MTC provided us with three NICE skirts. Us Cambodian Sisters got all the same skirts.
Super cute. #thankyouthithing
As most of you know, I struggle to stay awake. As a missionary we have very long days. At the MTC we don't have a lot of variety in the days. I wake up, eat, go to class, eat, go to the gym (pump some iron, ha), get ready again, go to class, eat, go to class, go to bed, and wake up. So it can be hard to focus some days. I was really struggling to stay focused one day and it was getting mad at myself because I couldn't get myself to pay attention without zoning out. So... I prayed for strength. A simple prayer of "Heavenly Father I need help to wake myself up and stay focused in this lesson." Right as I ended the prayer the fire alarm went off! I kid you not! Wasn't exactly expecting him to help me wake up by pulling the fire alarm, but it worked! Prayer works! Y'all should try it. As we were walking out of the building one of the Elders started singing, "The Spirit of God Like A Fire Is Burning". I thought it fit the circumstance quite well.
Missions include all kinds of work and this week we had the lovely job of cleaning toilets.
Awesome
Guess who can read Khmer? This Sista! But slowly.... like one verse takes around 30-60 mins to read. BUT HEY, I CAN READ! And that's really amazing.
We skyped some members of the church from Cambodia last night! It got me so excited to go there! Only 21 more days!!!!!!!!!
So this last Sunday our big topic was faith. Faith is everything. It is what we, as missionaries, try to help our investigators develop. One thing I love about Cambodia is there is very little Christian belief which means I will have the privilege to introduce them to their Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and allow their faith in them to grow through the experiences they will have as they have a desire to believe. I have felt my faith grow so much as I've had faith in Jesus Christ that he will help me learn Khmer. He will help me in Cambodia. He will bless my family while I'm gone. He will keep me safe. I know there will be days out in the mission field that will be hard but because of my faith I will be able to endure to the end and have the strength to continue on. I know most of you have watched this Mormon Message before, Mountains to Climb,but I invite you to watch it again.
It is powerful and has touched me this week. Our faith during our trails will help us endure through the hardest times in our lives. The Savoir has promised us that he will have angels on our left and our right to bear us up and he always keeps his promise. I know this to be true.
Thank you for all your support. The emails, the letters, the packages. They mean the world to me.
I love you all so much!
Sista Snooks
*Its always so fun to "accidentally" run into people you love on your Sunday temple walks .
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