Hey Famary!
How are you? Well here I am in
Cambodia! It's crazy. So we had a 5 hour layover in LAX waiting for our
flight to Hong Kong, and I had the opportunity to share the gospel with a two
young women. I was waiting to use the phones and was sitting a seat away
from them. I started talking to them and it turns out that they were on
their way home to Australia after a 2 month trip around the US and
Canada. I asked them what their names were and they told me Sophie and
Monique. They asked me mine and I told them Tanner but I go by Elder
Garlick and then they kinda asked about why the "Elder" and what that
meant and stuff and about what I was doing and everything. Then I kinda
was explaining about the Church some and then Elder Barney came and sat
down by me and I just asked if we could tell them about our church-they said
yes, and we taught the whole first lesson and answered a bunch of their
questions. Monique said she was Christian and was very open and Sophie
didn't really believe in God but had some questions for us. Sophie didn't
want to take a Book of Mormon but Monique did and said she would read it some
to learn some more because she is open to things and interested. We told
them about Mormon.org if they wanted to learn more(which is a sweet website
bytheway) They were both really kind and fun to talk to, who knows what will
happen but I am so grateful for that opportunity to open my mouth and share.
The flight here was really great I actually enjoyed it a lot. Sounds weird but
I did!
Cambodia. It is so very
hot here. Anywho we got here and stayed in the Mission home for
a night and ate some good food and received orientation and
such, then the next day, Friday, we got assigned our trainers
and first areas. I so blessed to be with Elder Nebeker. He is
from Twin Falls, Idaho and is great! He has 12 weeks left on his
mission and so I am going to "kill" him. He is a great
teacher and knows how to follow the Spirit. He is
very warm hearted and encouraging to me. He's great and I have
a lot a lot to learn from him. We are in Battambang.
It's one of the "kites" of Cambodia, about a 6
hour bus ride away from Phnom Penh. (on a map it's gonna be northwest
I think..) It's a great place!
Pretty much everything I thought
a mission would be and what people told me is coming true. But it's
one thing to talk about it and another thing to actually do
it. Our house is pretty..uh...well for Cambodian standards it's
great!:) Definitely not like my real home but the study room and the
bedroom are great with the A/C-my new best friend!-we have tons of big spiders,
um some geckos, and yesterday we had a big lizard called a
"dokai" hanging out in our house. Its an adjustment but
I'm getting used to things better. We have some
great investigators and had 9 investigators come to church
yesterday. We have like 6 investigators with baptismal dates for
next month too. Things are going well. The people are
so kind and humble! The language is...tough. I can
say some of what I want to say but I have a very hard
time understanding what people say to me. I figure that if I can't say
anything then I can at least smile-so yeah, I've been smiling a lot:)
haha. But I know that if I remain diligent and do my best I know that
it will come! I think I'm learning more and more the need to
be reliant on the Lord and that I am not going to be able to do this
without Him. So I am grateful for that and for this opportunity that
I have to continually seek to draw closer to Him, to lean and
rely on Him. I love this work and the people of Cambodia-they.
are. incredible. They are super humble and open to the gospel and the
Lord is preparing them.
I had better go but know that I am
safe and doing good! I love you and know that I am grateful for you!
Love,
Elder Garlick
PS. Here are some pictures-the
lizard, a talking bird that makes crazy noises, and some Cambodia.
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