August 12th, 2018: CKM

I am so happy to be serving in CKM with Sister Eckman! We are already having so much fun together and our area is amazing, so far i love everything about this transfer. This week we got a new investigator who contacted us and learned about a year ago with the sisters and just now decided it was her time to learn again, and now she wants to be baptized! We are so excited to be working with her and our other investigators. One cool part of our week was we went to go teach one of our really poor investigators who is the mother of two small children. when we showed up, her entire right side of her face was cut and stitched because she had fallen on her moto. She was in a lot of pain and had no money to pay for any medication or medical care. I was able to testify to her about the Atonement of Jesus Christ and explain that He knows exactly how she feels and can take her pain away if she will only come unto Him. It was a very tender moment for me and she wept like a baby. I am so lucky I get to share about our Savior and His Atonement every day!

This week we were asked by our leaders to pray over our area and leave a special blessing on it. I really feel like God is going to prepare those who are waiting for us here and He will help our investigators and members have opportunities to feel the Spirit so they can come closer to Christ.

I love being a missionary!! Sorry, Gospel Principle coming next week!

Love you all!!

Sister Password (what all the khmers call me in my new english class)

Pictures: 

1. i bought a pineapple on the road and normally the pineapple guys cut up the pineapple for you but this guy just handed me the entire pineapple. i at it kid of like a popsicle. one of the best pineapples i have ever eaten.

2-3: saying goodbye to some of my favorite people in Keansvay!!

4. On of the coolest kids ever got baptized on Sunday in the JTM ward. Also the only pic I havetaken with Sister Eckman all week, i promise next week will be better.

Maile:

Hi! So no real news....EXCEPT WE BOUGHT A JEEP!!! We needed a new family car since Hannah is taking the green truck to ASU (which you two will share when you get home), so we bought a Jeep. It’s an older one so not crazy nice, but it’s still awesome. Oh, and Dad turned 43 on the 8th. :)

How is your new area and companion? I hope all is well and your having a very positive experience. 

Mom:

 

hey what happened to the fire mantel??? thats the real question haha. also WHAT THE HECK Carson is SO SPOILED. Hes a lucky one for sure. thats a way cool jeep im excited to take a for a spin when i come home. maybe in the middle of the night i might switch it with the ranger lol. look at you guys and all your toys and cool vacations and things. super cool. im excited to use them and do all those things when i get home! Question; do you guys still have nana's old bike? because i want it for college. if we still have it. if not thats ok i will get a bike somewhere else. 

I love my companion and my new area. Sister eckman is serioulsy the coolest and we are already super close. the area is awesome and kanika is in the same church building so now i see her all the time. also i have a recent convert who sent you and dad a bunch of pictures on facebook or facebook messenger. im pretty sure you dont use it anymore but i still had her send them. 

also what is the 'own your religion' thing in my dropbox. its over an hour long so i didnt look at it. my dropbox is also way full whoops! still have more things to put onbut i can do it next week. I LOVE YOU MOM i hope you have a fun week with the fam and at school

Yeah, we took out the fireplace, it never worked and was collecting dust, plus it was ugly. NAnna’s bike is a piece of crap. You’ll want a new one when you get home.
Carson drives the Jeep but it’s not his. Lol

aw really? i thought the bike was ok but now ifeel like i cant remember anything. super trippy when i didnt see the fireplace in that picture. i felt like my whole life was a lie and i swore there used tobe a fireplace there hahaha. did you know that iwill be home in exactly four months???????? insane. four months ago i was in my transfer with sister soeur. SO WEIRD. Sister jennings is home and think that was thefirst time i realized holy crap my mission actually is closeto beingover and its FREAKING ME OUT MOM i am not ready to go home and be a real person and have a normal life its too scary i dont want it but i am also trunky for america. its a terrible love hate relatioonshiop i have with ending my mission. ok im done ranting. i love you!!!