Thursday, September 21, 2017

August 6th, 2017 Why does Cambodia hate me?


Hello everyone!!



No, Cambodia doesn't hate me, but the food might be trying to kill me. My stomach has been hurting so bad the last week and I have probably sat on the toilet for a total of three hours while drinking pepto-bismol through a straw. Hopefully I will grow a steel stomach and be able to eat this Khmer food sooner than later.

My language skills have been picking up and I can do a little more than just bare a testimony of what we are teaching at the end. I am so glad that the Lord is blessing me every single day in learning this language! My favorite thing to do is compliment the girls and older women at church and they think it is so funny :)

Other than horrible bowel issues, everything has been so awesome!! We committed three more people to baptism and have at least one baptism every weekend for the next month! We could not be more excited about bringing people into the waters of baptism and having their lives change through their faith in Jesus Christ! The Khmer people have such simple testimonies but they are so strong. From what I could understand from the two testimony meetings yesterday, the members here in Cambodia love the gospel so much and it brings so much joy into their lives. I am so blessed to be a part of that and help them find so much happiness! My favorite lesson to help teach people is the Plan of Salvation, or the Plan of Happiness. I love seeing the wheels turn in their heads and the light come into their eyes when they realize that we will live with our families forever and live with our Father in Heaven again. The work is progressing so much and it amazes me how God puts people in the exact path they need to be in to here the gospel. 

I love all of you and am so grateful for all the emails of support! I feel so bad that I don't have time to answer but I read and love all of them!! You are all so amazing!



Love, Sister Bashford

Side note to Mom:   If you are ever starting to put a package together, send me tootsie rolls, and any other american food/candy that wont melt when you send it because all the candy here has menthol in it just like Brazil which isnt bad but you know, no one wants to eat cough drops for 16 months and pretend its candy :)



Pictures: (So all the good pictures are on my companions camera but we cant figure out how to send them to me, hopefully next week!)

1. Sorry its super dark but me and Sister Luke in front of the national monument

2. At the Internet cafe today! I only send this because I have nothing else.





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