Dear Dear Family:),
Things are going good here in Battambang! This week has been an exciting one for me with having a new companion and all and sending Elder Nebeker off. I love Elder Nebeker so much and am thankful for all that he did for me and all he taught me.
It was weird and sad saying bye and
sending him off to Phnom Penh on Wednesday. I went down to the city on
Friday with Elder Sin and Elder Khlot who are both going to new areas. I
will sure miss them! But yeah anywho, we rode the bus for like 6 hours
there and then went to the mission home to meet our new companions. My
new companion's name is, Elder Jensen! He is from Fort Collins, Colorado; and
he has been out for just over a year now. He is our new District leader.
He is very organized, and he's a nice guy!
There were 23 missionaries that came
in which is a TON. Twelve of them are Sister Missionaries and before that
we had...8. hah:) The work here is definitely growing and it's really exciting.
We actually got another set of Sister Missionaries in Battambang and they
are in our branch which is really exciting as well!
One of the best parts of going to
the city was that I got to meet up with most of my group from the MTC which was
so great! I haven't seen pretty much all of them for 3 months since I
haven't been to Phnom Penh since I first got here. It was really great
talking with them and especially Elder Barney and just seeing them and how they
are doing. You definitely have a special connection with the group of
missionaries were your district in the MTC, cause we are all in the same place
going through similar things.
Elder Nebeker and I had a really
cool experience last week; We had a referral that we had contacted and had set
an appointment to meet...and was pouring rain really really strong. We were
soaked. And so we met our member help under this big gas station canopy where
she was waiting for us to go and help teach. And when we got there this
guy, Croy, came up to us and asked, "Are you Mormons?" and we told
him that, "As a matter of fact we are!" and he then told us that his
mom is a member in Phnom Penh and had told him about the church and encouraged
him to look into it. However, he didn't know where it was and he said he
had been looking around for us and he found us! It was a really cool experience
being led to him-as he was seeking shelter from the rainstorm at the gas
station too-and it just strengthens my testimony that we may not know where all
of God's children are; but, I know that He does and that He love us all one by
one.
He came to church with his wife and
son this Sunday and we met him and his wife that night and he is going to
continue to keep learning, another incredible miracle.
Things are going well, it's a change
being the one who knows the area and having to take charge a lot of the time
until Elder Jensen becomes more used to it. It's stretching and humbling.
Plus we have 2 new American Elders in our zone-it's really weird not
being the youngest one anymore...there's actually a group under me-crazy! It
makes me feel even more of a need to work hard and to be a good example! Things
are going well.
As always, thank you so much for
your love and prayers. I am so thankful for you. And I cannot
express that enough.
Okay I'd better get going-I love
you!
Love,
Elder Garlick
Pics; The District President's fam!
Elder Nebeker and I love them so much, they were the last members we met with
before he left. Incredible family. Elder Sin bought this yummy treat for
at a bus stop.. They made me try some.. haha:) They actually were pretty yummy!
haha, only in Cambodia.. They had a mothers day program yesterday! Real neat.
Don't know why it wasn't last week? haha, but here is a picture we took
afterwards of all the women in the branch! Another picture of our house.
Me and Elder Jensen! A picture from mine and Elder Khlot's photo shoot a
few weeks back. Probably my favorite missionary yet, Elder Monkey!:)
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