Hello everyone!!
I survived the first week of the MTC! It has definitely been
challenging, but so worth it. I am loving it here! Also, I apologize for all of
my grammatical errors, I have limited time and am typing at rapid speeds. My
district is 5 people, three other sisters and one elder. My companion is sister
Davis and she is awesome!Our zone is our district combined with the Thai
district, and one elder speaking Mong. We are supposed to getting a new batch
of Vietnamese speaking missionaries in the next few weeks as well.
The Cambodian language (Khmer) is SO HARD. Every word sounds
the same. The one thing I did not expect was for my teachers to speak Khmer to
me right when I walked in my classroom and they NEVER speak english. If we
don't know what a word is they will write it on the board and then we have to
memorize it. I have gotten better at understanding what they are saying because
they speak super slow and act out almost every word they use. They are all
return missionaries that served in Cambodia so they are super young and cool.
They are maybe a few years older than me. But my class is just us 5 so its easy
to ask questions and feel comfortable. The Thai district has 15 people in a
classroom and I feel so bad for them.
We taught our very first lesson on FRIDAY (two days after I
came into the MTC) but we were not allowed to speak in english, we had to speak
in Khmer!! I was a hot mess, but my companion is so good with the language and
hopped right on it. It is great to have her so I don't have to worry too much
about messing up with the investigator, she helps me out.
Other than that it has been great! I miss all of you and am
so grateful for all of the love and support I have received!!
Sister Bashford
Pictures:
1. The Cambodian Sisters!! Sister Pratt, Sister Clark,
Sister Davis, and Sister Bashford :)
2. My district at the Provo temple
3. My name tag, in Khmer
4. My companion, Sister Davis
5. Typical missionary picture in front of the world map,
pointing to Cambodia
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