Hey everyone!!
I am happy to say no one contracted any diseases that we
know of from last week. God is really looking out for us!
This week Viccara was baptized! She is 19 and so spunky. Her
and I have become best pals with my limited Khmer and her limited
English.
One cool thing we did this week was "color
contact." Elder Maurer's mom sent him a ton of chalk so we decided to draw
the plan of salvation in chalk. We went to "the tracks" which is
where a lot of the poorer people live, and we drew until it go so dark we could
even see what we were drawing. A bunch of little kids came to draw with us and
it was so much fun. The only thing that was sad was a huge rain storm washed it
away a few hours after we drew it so we will be trying again this week!
One funny thing that happened yesterday was we were sitting
in sacrament meeting and the Bishop starts the meeting and when the hymn was
supposed to start, no one was at the piano. The bishop looked right at me and
Sister Luke so we ran up there and she led the music while I tried to figure
out how to get the automatic songs to play. I pushed a wrong button and the
song played super fast and all the members were so confused so I stopped the
song entirely, yelled "sorry!"in Khmer, then started the song over
and got everything to work out. The Elders in the back were cracking up and
gave me a hard time afterwards but it was all fine :)
So about the love: as missionaries, our purpose is the
invite others to come unto Christ, and as people do this, their lives will be
blessed. Well, a few weeks ago Srei Mian was baptized, and us missionaries may
or may not have chosen a strapping YSA to be the one to baptize her. They
became really good friends and now spend lots of time together. On Saturday,
Sister Luke and I went to teach Srei Mian at the church, and she was really
dressed up with lipstick on and everything. When we got out of the lesson, Bong
Chuen miraculously walks into the building. He walks up to her and says
"Hello pretty lady"in Khmer and their hands grazed each other. That
is HUGE in Khmer culture. They never hold hands, kiss, or show any form of PDA
at all, so Sister Luke and I had to go excuse ourselves and close the door to
the relief society room before we released all our happy giggles
and squeals. Little do you all know, we may be missionaries but we are
also match-makers. When you come unto Christ, you can find your eternal
companion with the missionaries help:)
Something I have trying to work on this week is developing
Christlike attributes. Sometimes, it is hard for us to remember to be all of
them, but if we can focus on one each week, we will benefit immensely from
it. This week I am focusing on patience. It is hard learning a new language,
living with other people, and being in a foreign country that you can't get
around unless you have your companion. I want to have more patience in the
Lord's timing, not in my own. If we all can have a little more patience in our
lives and put our trust in God through our trials, our lives will be less
stressful and we will be able to see God's hand more.'
Love all of you and hope you have the best week!
Sister Bashford
Pictures:
Viccara's baptism!
Contacting near the tracks
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