Dear family!
Hey! How are things?
Things here in Battambang are
going great! This past Saturday we had a Book of Mormon finding
activity that went awesome! We had a great turnout and ended up having around
250 to 300 people show up to it. We saw a lot of members and
investigators that came and a good amount of people that were not familiar with
our Church. There were Book of Mormon activities and games, rooms set up
explaining the Restoration and the Book of Mormon, and there was a great happy
Spirit present. I think that everyone had a good time and felt a
special Spirit there. We gave everyone agendas with places to write
their name, number, and address, and thoughts. We will be going through
these and I am confident that we will be able to contact those who have
potential and find more of those whom the Lord has prepared. Our prayers were
answered and the activity was a success.
At the beginning of my mission when
I first got to Battambang we were teaching this family; Tiavii and her husband
Bong Tii, and her sisters. They were doing great and having great
experiences with the Book of Mormon, they were some of my favorite people
to teach; Elder Nebeker and I loved them so much. However, they ran into
some financial troubles and there was some things that needed to be worked out
so they were too busy to learn and we had to take a break from teaching them.
However, I am so happy to announce
that they are learning again! They saw Elder Oleson and Elder Gerrard when they
were going down the street and told them that they wanted to start learning
again! Sowandie came back from working in Thailand for a few months and
we had the opportunity to start meeting them again.
We met them this past week with the
Branch President; who is friend of theirs from their former Christian church,
and who led them to our Church. It was such a happy experience and the
Spirit was definitely there, we invited them all to be baptized in that first
appointment and they all accepted. It was a very special experience and I
felt SO happy seeing them again learning and being exciting and willing
to make this sacred covenant with the Lord. I am so grateful to see
them come back and to recognize the Lord's love and mercy for
all of His children!
Also, we had transfer calls last
night! And I am being transferred this Friday..I will be going to Phnom Penh
and to an area called Sensok and will be companions with Elder Hem. My
first Cambodian companion! I am sad and excited all at the same time. I
will miss Elder Jensen; we have become a lot closer and I am going to miss him
and his fun sense of humor. He is a great Elder! He is actually
going to be training after I leave. I love Battambang so much and
the members here. I am glad that things are picking up and that things
are going so good here right now. I feel so blessed to have been able to
serve here, especially with these angelic members. I will miss them
dearly but I know that the Lord knows where each missionary needs
to go.
I love you! I hope you have a great
week! May the Lord continue to bless you.
With love,
Elder Garlick
Pics: BOM activity. Food! Reading
makes one tired! Virea, Siitate, and Rhytie(one of our Recent Converts) helping
in a room, Our investigator Sokchen and a couple of his kids, BOM
missionaries:)
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