Hi
everyone!
This
week was so much fun :) Pchum Ben is a Khmer holiday where everyone goes back
to their home provinces and they honor their ancestors and party for almost a
whole week. And since hardly anyone actually comes from Phnom Penh, the whole
city was a ghost town the last week. All of our investigators left and we had
maybe 30 people come to church in all our wards combined last Sunday. For all
the missionaries, we got to do some super fun activities as a mission. On
Wednesday, we spent the entire morning and afternoon deep cleaning our
apartments! SO FUN... the fun part was we reorganized our room and now my study
desk is in front of our tall window that looks out to the entire street and
psaa Toul Kork (the local market). That night we watched the Phone Call and the
Joseph Smith movie which was a good time to relax and unwind.
On
Thursday we spent the entire day at the church doing our Semi-Annual
Read-a-thon. We took the challenge President Nelson gave a while back to read
every reference about Jesus Christ and His life in the scriptures. I read for
maybe 5 hours straight and barely made a dent in how many scriptures there are
that speak of Him. It was such an amazing day to focus on my Savior and His
love for everyone. I really reflected on what my purpose is as a missionary. It
is different from His, but it is almost the same. To bring others unto Him and
proclaim the Gospel.
On
Saturday we had Zone Conference and it was just another day of being completely
spiritually fed and I loved it. We had 4 out of the 6 dying missionaries in our
zone and they all bore their testimonies. It made me think about how short my
time is on a mission even when sometimes it feels like 18 months is a lifetime.
I have just over a year left and I feel like I just left home and my family. I
cant believe how fast it has already gone but how much more I have to learn and
grow! I know this Gospel is true! I love my Savior Jesus Christ and all that He
has done for me and for every single person. I love Cambodia and the people I
have the privilege of serving every single day. I LOVE being a
missionary!!
Sister
Bashford
Pictures:
Thanks mom for the package! I have become the most popular missionary in our
building :)
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| Text to Mom on September 20th |
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