Dear Family and friends,
This week has been pretty great.
There have been some really great things that have happened!
We have had a whole bunch of bike
issues-especially Elder Jensen-he had to replace like 2 tires, spokes, the
middle part of a tire, and a couple of tubes-pretty much all at different
occasions. There was even a time when both of our bikes needed to be
fixed at the same time. But long story short things are going well and
the bikes are working fine but for a while they weren't being too cooperative.
I don't know why I shared that but that just seemed like a big theme this
past week. And a sneak peek into the life of a Cambodian missionary! Fun
stuff:) baha!
We have been teaching this family
that is Christian already and goes to another Christian church. We taught
them the about the Great Apostasy and Restoration. One of the members
that was helping us invited them to church; and they said that it was really
far away and that there church was a lot closer but the mom, Ming Srei, said
that she'd see if she could go. I remember feeling a little discouraged
after the lesson feeling that they hadn't understood what we had taught of the
Restoration and that we didn't teach it very well..On Sunday it was a happy
surprise to see the Ming there at church and then even more exciting to see how
we were able to see how the members reached out and fellowshipped her and she
ended up going to all 3 hours of church. The rest of the family (her mom,
mother in law, children, and her neighbor) who are learning with her didn't
come but she is the one that they all seem to rely on and so I hope and pray
that she felt the sweet Spirit and something special, which I am sure she did.
It was a great blessing to see her come to church and a big step forward
for her family.
Another neat thing that happened was
as we went and visited a less-active named Sopheak. He was recently given
a calling by our Branch President to be the 2nd Counselor in the Sunday School
Presidency. He accepted the call and talked about how he feels a need to
go to church every week now because of his new calling. He said that he
has been a member for a while and that now that he has a calling he feels more
included in the Branch and a greater desire to come to church. It
strengthened my testimony of callings and how truly important they are.
It also reminds me of that talk from this last conference from Bishop
Richard C. Edgley who related a familiar story. I felt even more blessed
to be able to participate in strengthening him as he is a Melchezidek
Priesthood holder as well. Truly, when people feel that they are needed and given
responsibilities, callings, opportunities to serve; they feel appreciated and a
desire to be more faithful. I love this church and know that it is truly
inspired and organized according to God's will. Incredibly orderly, and
making sure that all sheep are accounted for and cared for. My testimony of the
organization of giving people callings has been strengthened as well!
We had an appointment fall through
and so we just had a thought of going down a road that was unfamiliar to us.
We biked down it and eventually it wrapped back around to another road
that we go down pretty regularly. Just across from us was a family sawing big
logs. We felt that we should go serve them, the tired father was more
than happy to let us, as we sawed we talked with him for a while and asked if
we could meet again and he was open to us coming back. What a blessing!
I feel so blessed to be able to
participate in this work and the more I ponder about the gospel the more
blessed I feel. Sometimes I just feel that wow it's just too good to be
true! But it is true. And for that I am eternally grateful. Thank
you for all of your love and support. Your prayers and all help and
sustain me. I love you so murfin much!...Welp, Seeya later!
Love,
Elder Garlick
PS.Some things I studied that really
touched me, you can go and look up yourself if you feel so inclined; Nephi
4:15-35. I love Nephi and his attitude v28 especially. Also Alma
32:41-43. I just feel a great need to choose to strengthen my faith
daily. Mosiah 2:22-24,41.
Pics; Hey. Little kid wanted
to try out taking a picture haha. Morning shot of the street outside our
house. A tour of our "Supermarket" The Vegetable Department.
The Meat Department. More of the Produce Department. Fun stuff!:)
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