In the words of Liv Demordaunt, this last week was my "Birthday Week." Thank you for all the birthday wishes! I had a great birthday that was full of surprises thanks to the members, Elder and Sister Thruston, my companion, and the sisters I live with. Probably two of the best surprises I had was when I opened the door of our bathroom the sisters tried to explode a confetti gun on me but they couldnt figure out how to pop it (Shout of to my BYU roommate Sister Garviet and all the times I surprised you with confetti ... :) ) and the second was when the Karaoke Club next to our house, that plays music so loud it shakes our walls, played the happy birthday song. The sisters may or may not have requested the song.... I guess we will never know.
I had a crazy exchange this week! I exchanged with Sister Lines and the first thing we did was go to the dentist because her tooth hurt! We get there and the next thing I know is the dentist is taking two of her wisdom teeth out to fix the problem! Since I was her companion, I have to stay in sight and sound of her. I got to watch them yank those suckers out! It was in that exact moment I realized I do not want to be a dental hygienist... So I have no idea what I'm going to do after the mission but hey I'll cross that bridge when it gets here.
The same day we exchanged, Sister Cook came in town and did an exchange with the other sisters I live with! It was so fun to see her again! We reflected on our MTC days and how we learned every Khmer word wrong. But hey- look at us now. It's amazing how fast you learn a language on a mission.
Last week I had the opportunity to go back to CICFO! A year before I got my mission call I actually came to Cambodia and volunteered at an orphanage called CICFO. I fell in love with all the kids. I surprised themand showed up on my Pday! It was so fun to be able to understand all that they were saying and to be able to tease them back. I love being able to speak Khmer.
We had a miracle this week. We have a member who was offended by another member a long time ago and would refuse to come back to church. She became so bitter that even when the missionaries would come over she wouldn't want to talk about church because it would bring up memories. It is so sad because their whole family was very active before. Some of their kids even served missions. I brought Sister Um over to her house this week and within 1 minute they made a connection witheach other! Her son served in Sister Um's ward and loved her family so much he would actually refer to sister Um's Mom as "mom". It was so good. It was the first time I have ever seen her talk so much and open up to us. I can't remember how this came up but somehow I told them that I raised pigs before my mission and the whole family just died laughing over that. Anyways, we didn't share a lesson but at the end Sister Um invited her to pray. When we left I told Sister Um how great that was because the entire time I have been in this area (close to 4 months) she has rejected the prayer every time. But here is the biggest miracle- this last Sunday we had District Conference AND SHE CAME! When I saw her I totally started crying. I have been praying and praying for her heart to be softened. I know God listens to us and I know that we are sent to areas to help specific people like how Sister Um was able to connect with her so fast. Missions are so amazing. You get to experience little miracles like this everyday and it makes you so so so happy.
I want to brag a little about one of our amazing investigators! Her name is Nika and I have been teaching her for two transfers! She is what we call a "Golden Investgator" that the Lord has truly prepared. This last week we had planned to do the Ten Commandment lesson but when we met her she had a drink and we were pretty sure it was tea. So we switched the lesson. I was a little nervous because the Word of Wisdom and The Law of Chasity can sometimes be a really hard lesson for people to understand. But she took it so well! After the lesson she dumped the tea all out. I am so proud of her. I love her so much!
Thank you again for all the birthday wishes! Thank you for the support also!
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