Letter Sent on March 11, 2012

Hey Family!

I hope that you are all doing great! I am doing good, thanks for asking :) Yeah, how about that weather? Pretty hot huh? I know it's really hot. I hope it rains today! Do you think it will? Yeah you're right; guess it looks like it might, I guess we'll have to wait and see..!

Well this week has been good.  I was with Elder Khlot and Elder Sin for 3 full days and I really love those two.  It was very hard communicating at times but it was all a great experience.  It was fun during language study; Elder Sin would help me with Cambodian, and I would help him with English.  He is pretty good at English, just comes out all the same tone and so that is kinda funny sometimes. I grew a lot and have been learning a little bit better how to get out of my comfort zone and speak Cambodian.  I am learning a lot about patience. My understanding when people talk to me is slowly yet surely getting better and my confidence in speaking has improved some too.  I would have to say I am all but fluent! Haha, joke.  But it's going good, not easy but it's going good.

Elder Nebeker baptized Srei Doit on Saturday and we confirmed her on Sunday so that was great.  I am very thankful to have been apart of teaching her and look forward to continuing to work with her.

We have an investigator named Vwillai who we committed to baptism last night or I guess when you get this it would be, tonight! haha, she is getting baptized on May 12.  We can only meet her on sat and Sundays but she has really been reading the BOM and is in 2 Nephi.  We have like 5 baptismal dates this month but I don't think any of these investigators will be able to make it then because we haven't been able to meet with them as much as we'd like but no worries because we will continue to help them progress towards that.

I love biking around here.  I am so grateful for the breeze.  More than ever!  It's fun biking to places and enjoying the beauty of Cambodia.  There are beautiful palm trees everywhere and I always feel like I am looking at a postcard.  It is weird not seeing mountains in the horizon it is very flat so it seems like the clouds just go on forever.  This does make for some amazing sunsets.  While we were in Elder Sin's Area on Tuesday it was the most incredible golden sunset, the whole sky was just gold.  Further from the city you could see the whole sky and clouds and it was incredible.  Sadly, I left my camera at the house, kripes! Oh well 21 more months to get good pics.  I remember at the MTC I loved seeing the Provo Mountains every day.  They are so beautiful and when it would snow it was so great to.  I guess I'm just saying wow what a beautiful world we live in! I am coming to be more appreciative of it and the little things.

Maybe you've read this before but, I read this a while back and it really means a lot to me:

"Footprints"

One night a man had a dream.  He dreamed he

was walking along the beach with the LORD.

Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.

For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints

in the sand: one belonging to him, and the

other to the LORD.

When the last scene of his life flashed before

him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand.

He noticed that many times along the path

of his life there was only one set of footprints. 

He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest

and saddest times in his life.

This really bothered him and he questioned the

LORD about it. "LORD, you said that once i decided

to follow you, you would walk with me all the way.

But I have noticed that during the most troublesome

times in my life, there is only one set of

footprints.  I don't understand why when I needed

you most you would leave me."

The LORD replied. "My son. My precious child. I

love you and I would never leave you.  During

your times of trial and suffering, when you see

only one set of footprints, it was then that

I carried you."

~Author unknown~

I am so grateful for our Savior, Jesus Christ. He is my best friend.  I am grateful more than ever for His Atonement and knowing that He understands it all.  I am so grateful that I can always turn to Him and that He always understands perfectly.  He lives and I know He loves us all, may we always remember Him and turn to Him, for He will carry us. (Alma 7:11-13)

I hope you have a great week! I love you.

Love,

Elder Garlick

Here are some pics.Elder Khlot was freaking out and when Elder Sin and I came into the kitchen this is what we saw, An earwigx100! Or is it a Centipede or Millipede? Don't know.  But I do know that the picture doesn't do it justice.  It was huge! We sprayed like a gallon of Raid on it.  Elder Sin said that "it is toxic." I was kinda paranoid a little that night after.  No idea how it got in.  Srei Doit(I feel so bad for her, she got this weird sickness and had like a swollen gluten or something, and I her face got really swollen and I think it's not very fun stuff! But she's one tough cookie.) and her Fam and her friend (one of our investigators), and Good ol' Elder Nebeker.