Hey hey hey!
How's it going?:) I hope all is going well. Thanks for all of the emails and letters I really appreciate it!
This week was really good-one of our lookruus left on Saturday to move onto bigger and better things-Lookruu Godfrey-he was probably my favorite and I really look up to him. He is so sincere and just has the strongest testimony and desire to serve, so he'll be missed! This week we had the opportunity to teach in the TRC which is where we teach volunteers who are just themselves and not acting or anything and we taught them about revelation through the Book of Mormon-that was neat and I enjoyed teaching them in Cambodian.
The language is really coming along well-although i know that it should be coming along better-we are told to SYL speak your language 100 percent if you know how to say anything in the language you say it. We've been slacking as a district and I have too, it's really easy to be lazy and just say things in English because it's much faster and easier. So that is something that I really want to step it up with this week and for the rest of the MTC-I really feel that this will be a blessing and help qualify me for the gift of tongues which I testify is real. It is insane how much we can already speak and use the language-truly a miracle-who knew that in just over a month I could pray in Cambodian and say a great deal of what I want to already and teach whole lessons pretty much without any papers to read off of. One thing that we've learned is that you have to work your hardest and study your hardest to qualify for the gift of tongues and so I really am going to try and do even better!
Elder Barney had one of his crowns on his tooth fall off and so we actually went to the dentist this week outside of the MTC via a Missionary Shuttle Van,which was really surreal leaving out into the "real world". We heard music at the dentist which was weird-Journey and Colbie Caillet:)-I was trying to study words while we were waiting and I could definitely tell that I was having a much harder time learning with the distractions and non spiritual music. But it was kinda neat to see provo a little, going past Provo high brought all sorts of fun memories of track back.
Okay quick spiritual thought 3 nephi 13:7-8 and pretty much the whole chapter, really realized that I need to be more sincere in my prayers and much more specific and just simple and humble. I definitely get too repititious and going through the motions and don't think of the fact that I am really having a conversation with my Heavenly Father! Wow, what a blessing and sacred thought-"Prayer" in the Bible Dictionary is also really good to read and has some great insights-I think we could all improve our prayers-I know I can! Just some food for thought.
Welp, Love you all and hope you have a great week!
Love,
Elder Tanner Garlick
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