Week 26: I Hit the 6 Month Mark

This week is exciting! First off, Christmas is this week and second, I hit my sixth month mark! Time is really weird on a mission. I feel like I have been a missionary for so long and at the same time I feel like the days are flying by. Mission life is crazy.

Well, I dont have a lot of time...But here are some pictures! 

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​This is a member in our ward and his abstract art piece of Christmas! He is amazing! 

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This is Om Gia. She is hilarious. She changed her shirt to this one and told us that this shirt is more "Ganster". I like her way of thinking. She made sure to have her Book of Mormon in the picture. She is proud to be a Mormon!

​Merry Christmas from Sister Snooks and Sister Semones. 

I am thankful to have a loving Heavenly Father who sent His Son, Jesus Christ so that we can all return to Him again someday. I have been thinking about this a lot especially during this month. Even though it may not feel so much like Christmas here, this year I have come to realize what the true meaning of Christmas really is! 

Thank you for all your support and emails! Love you all! Merry Christmas! 

Week 25: Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! As a missionary in a country that is 98% Buddist, Cambodia doesn't really celebrate Christmas other than giving gifts and putting up Christmas lights..... but, it has made me have to put forth more focus on Christ's birth. Even though It's hard to be away from home during the Christmas season, I'm grateful for the opportunity to serve my heart out this month and get to know my Savior even better.

This week I don't have a ton to talk about...We are having a hard time finding new people to teach! We have two golden investigators but one is on a business trip and the other had a baby this week.... soooo..... We have been contacting a lot this week. Super fun. We are trying to be more creative in ways to contact, if anyone has any good ideas, please share!

I went to my first Cambodian funeral. It was a daughter of a less active member in our ward. The daughter was diagnosed with cancer and the family was mad at God for it so they didn't want anything to do with the church anymore and went back to being Buddist. We heard about the daughter's passing and went to the funeral to show our respects to the family. The whole time I was there I felt so sad for this family because they thought they would never see their daughter again. I am so thankful for the gospel and know that if anything was to happen to my family I have the comfort and knowledge from the Plan Of Salvation. I know that my family will live together for eternity. God is merciful and has given us a Savior and that through him, death will have no sting. 

Everyone should go out and find someone who needs the Gospel. 

Love you all!

Sister Snooks

Week 24- Happy December

Hey!

We decided to take a little trip to this fishing place with my District on pday! It was fun and relaxing! Reminded me of all the times missionaries would come over to my house to fish!

This last week was great! I went on an exchange with a Khmer Sister, Sister Hom, who lives in my house! She is the cutest but the best part of the exchanges was that she doesn't speak a ton of English and I don't speak a ton of Khmer! But with the help of the Spirit (and some charades) we had a great day together! We met with this Look Yay (what you call someone old enough to be your great grandma) and she was the cutest thing! She is tiny! I was a giant compared to her! She decided to make us food! We helped her debone the fish and the shrimp and she made this dish that is like rice soup. (I have no idea how to write the name of it for you... sorry.) While she was making the food she started talking to us and the stove caught on fire! Sister Hom went running over and put it out. Went it was out, the Look Yay looked at her and said, "Good job!" (in Khmer of course) and continued on cooking like nothing happened. haha Cambodians are the chillest people on earth. 

We also met another family and their little son was a character. His name when translated means "Handsome Boy". I asked him how old he was and he responded "Four! And I have 4 girlfriends" and went off listing their names. He then told me "Julia" was the prettiest because she was chubby. In Cambodia when you are chubby you are considered more attractive! Wouldn't that be nice!

Our investigator, bong Amap, is done with the lessons! She has to go on a work trip but she will hopefully receive baptism on the 24 or 31 depending on when she gets back from her trip! We are so happy for her! She is a miracle! She has been learning with the missionaries for over two years and when the missionaries would tell her that she can pray to God to find out if the church is true for herself she would tell them that she wanted an experience like Joseph Smith, to see God and His son Jesus Christ. The week I came to this area she called the missionaries and told us that she received an answer to her prayers through the Holy Ghost! She is so happy! I am so happy for her! Whenever we would tell her about a commandment that she would struggle with she would tell us that she trusted God and knew that He wouldn't give her something she couldn't overcome! She has such great faith! So, for all those missionaries who have investigators who have been learning for forever, don't give up. They will have a change in heart! 

I hit a pot hole while biking and crashed this week. I got the palm of my hand pretty good....ugh. But that's okay, I'm keeping it covered so it won't get infected! Don't worry Mom! haha We ran out of the tape to cover the the bandage so the dirty air wouldn't get to it so I have this rubber glove on my left hand to keep it clean. It's pretty funny looking but hey, you have to get creative sometimes on the mission.  But I am fine! No worries​​! 

We started decorating for Christmas! It's so cute! 

Love you all!