I don't have a ton today. We got our transfer calls last night and sadly they are splitting our area back into two branches for sisters. So Sister Davis and I will only be over branch one and two sisters will come and take branch two. Sister Davis and I are pretty heartbroken because one of our beloved recent converts is in branch two and we also have a ton of investigators we love in branch two. But we know that it is better for us to just focus on one area and that it will help us be able to help branch one a lot more. Plus, we no longer have to bike hours and hours to get to houses now. That will be nice. Hopefully I don't gain all that I've lost this last transfer!
President and Sister Christensen came last week for interviews. We went out to lunch and then Sister Christensen went and taught with us! I love her so much!! She is so fun. All the investigators and members love her so much and are so honored to have her come and visit them! I can't wait for my family to meet the Christensen.They are such amazing people. Another bonus about Sister Christensen coming to teach with us is we got to ride in a car. It was so fast!!! haha
We decided to have more district unity... So after district meeting we did Gold masks.
Tim asked Ali what she typicall does on her Pdays. I found it really interesting. This was her response.
So I actually don't love Pdays because I get really exhausted on Pdays. haha In the city it was a little different than now but every Pday we wake up at 5:30, personal study for 30 mins, clean our apartment, go to the market to get food (like vegetables, meat, fruit, and so on). Then we try to find a little side store that we call the American store (only it is nothing like anything in America) but we find milk or bread or like crackers. After that we bike back home with all our groceries on out bike (super hard to bike with 20 eggs on a bumpy road) and we clean all the food because it has mud and gross stuff on it. We bleach the fruit and veggies. We clean off the blood on the meat and pour a bunch of salt on it. If we have fish then we descale the fish and gut it. Yes, I know how to gut a fish now. haha Then we go and email family and after that we go and eat. Depending on how much money we have, we usually try to eat something American so it is more expensive, but worth it. Then after that we have a few hours to go do stuff, if we want. The thing is, if we want to go do stuff it is expensive because I am white. For a Khmer person it will be $1 but for me it will be $15. I hate knowing I'm getting ripped off. So we usually just hang out with other missionaries, go get ice cream, go to the church and play games with the members and missionaries. In the jungle, because there is only Sister Davis and I and four elders we have to do stuff all together because Sister Davis and I can't just be with one set of elders because it looks inappropriate. So we play volleyball, basketball, or soccer together. We went to the night market once which has a ton of cool stuff. We got those fish massages when the fish eat the dead skin off your feet. We haven't done a a ton here in Seim Reap yet but I think in the future we are going to go to a waterfall and another time we are going to a cool wat (ancient temple). We just have to figure out how much it is for the white people. Good question!!
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