Week 18: Tarantula Treats

I hit my four month mark this last week! Pretty Crazy! Time is flying by! I can't believe I only have three more weeks till I'm out of training. AHHHH

So Sister Haddock and I didn't do so well on budgeting our money last month so we had to cut back a lot this last week. This last week together Sister Haddock and I only spent five dollars! HAHA I'm really proud of it-and it's not like members feed us here either. Eggs, Rice, and the free ketchup packets are great meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. :)

The Elders took the Sister to a less active's house that we could go to. They live on the river in this "tree house". It was pretty cool but also a little scary. I felt like at any moment I was going to fall through the floor. When we were done we were walking back to get to the road and you have to walk on these tiny wooden pallets that are used for a bridge. One of the Elders was walking on it and it totally broke! HAHHAHA It's actually not funny because this board/bridge is the only way for these people to get to their house. Don't worry, we helped fix it. Needless to say, he's going to hear fat jokes the rest of his mission! hahah that'll never get old.

Kaden, Carson, and Dallin- you will love this next story. In english class I was going over what different parts of speech there are and I was having everyone go around and tell me a verb. I teach the advance class and most of them are adults but there are two brothers in the class who are 12 and 14. I love them so much! I pointed to the 12 year old and said "Tell me a verb." and he stood up and said, "Dab." and Dabbed. HAHAH I died. For all those who don't know what the Dab is, ask a teenager.

This last week a new church building got dedicated in Cambodia! It isn't in the city, its in the jungle in a town called Champong Jam. Since I have an amazing companion who is musically talented, I got to go :) She played the violin in the open house and the dedication. THE CHURCH IS HUGE.  No joke, it is bigger than the Park Lane building for sure! They said it will take around 20 or more people to clean the church each week! It's beautiful! We got to road trip there with a senior couple, the Thurstons! Just like any other road trip, we had to stop for some treats. Lucky for us, the famous Tarantula Farm was on the way there! Yes, I ate a Tarantula. No, it did not taste good and No, I did not get sick. If you don't believe me I have a video to prove it.

**Road Trip**

**YUMMY......NOT**

Everyone loves my nose here! Two times in one day random people come up and grab my nose while I'm walking by them. hahaha it always catches me off guard! Apparently they like my pointy nose!

I read today in D&C 24:12 and it says, "And at all times, and in all places, he shall open his mouth and declare my gospel as with the voice of a trump, both day and night. And I will give unto him strength such as is not known among men." I loved this because it is saying all I have to do is "Open My Mouth" and work as hard as I can day and night. God will provide me the strength to continue on. MISSIONS ARE HARD. but somehow every day I can continue to put one foot in front of the other, continue to bike, stay awake though lessons when I can't understand what anyone is talking about, eat something I know I'm going to regret, over and over every day. God gives missionaries some crazy powers. I know that if I wasn't set apart as a missionary, there would be no way I could do this work.  MISSIONS ARE SO COOL! EVERYONE SHOULD GO ON ONE!!!

Thank you for all the prayers! I sure need them! Love you all!

Sister Snooks