Thursday, November 15, 2018

October 28th, 2018: IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

I've been waiting to say that my whole mission!!!

Haha well as you can see, my mission is starting to wind down a bit, LAST TRANSFER! And my transfer call is.... IM GOING BACK TO SIEM REAP!!!!! The SSTLs called me last night and told me and I thought it was a joke. Nope, I'm going back to one of my all-time favorite areas for my very last transfer! I will be an STL (Sister Training Leader) covering both Siem Reap 1 and 2 Branches, and my new companion will be Sister Fa'atamali'i! She is from Samoa and I am so excited for her to be my last companion! I have loved serving in Comkamon but I am more than pumped to go back to Siem Reap. If any of you remember (you probably dont) I served in Siem Reap my third transfer right out of my training. my companion was Sister Snooks and it was her last transfer. Since she was ending, I thought I would stay in SR and lead out the area, but instead I got transferred and our area was white-washed (two new missionaries who dont know the area start off fresh in that area). I was so sad to leave and felt I had unfinished business there. BUT NOW IM GOING BACK WOOHOO.

So I'm sorry I havent been a good missionary and sent mass emails int he last few weeks, but let me repent and recap on my last three weeks.

1. General Conference was amazing. If you have not watched it or rewatched/read the talks, please do it. I received so much personal revelation from this conference and I know each one of us can if we earnestly seek to follow God's will for us and follow His Prophet.
2. The temple being built in Cambodia has been the rage for the last few weeks and members are so excited, they can hardly believe it. It makes my heart so happy.
3. Phallin was baptized on the 20th!! She is so amazing and comes to church every week and soaks up all the information. I am so lucky I was able to be the Sister to finish teaching her and see her baptized!
4. The 20th was also Sister Chan-tung's golden birthday! It was such a fun day including a party popper exploding in Sister Ban's face, and cake being smashed in Sister CT's face. We also had a Zone activity and bowling on P-day to celebrate with her :)
5. I went on an exchange to Stungmiancey this week and it was so much fun! Sister Reyes is from the Philippines and is the cutest thing ever! I also got to see Trash Mountain for the first time in my mission, and it really is just piles of trash everywhere! Most of the Sisters' investigators live and work there so it was cool to see the way that those people live and embrace the gospel because of how humble they are. 
6. Tad R. Callister (Sunday School General President) and Elder Meurs (first councilor of the Asia Area Presidency) came and spoke to all the missionaries this last Saturday, and it was so cool to see how much knowledge President Callister has. He taught us on different ways to teach the Plan of Salvation and the importance of prayer in lessons with our investigators. It was very inspiring and I hope I can apply it these last few weeks!

Sorry that was so much information haha. But I am so grateful for the experinces I have had here in CKM and will continue to have in SR. Love you all and talk to you next week!!

Sister Bashford

For some reason my SD card is not able to find my photos on the computer, so sorry! Maybe photos will come next week!

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