Dear Family,
How are you? I hope that things are
going just swell! Happy Pioneer Day!! Happy Birthday Ethan.
Things here in Battambang are going
really well! We have been preparing a Book of Mormon activity for this
following Saturday. We are doing it to strengthen the members and their
resolve to read the Book of Mormon; and also to find new investigators as
we are inviting lots of people to come and as friends and family of members
hopefully come too. A member of the District Presidency is
going to get up and give a challenge for the members to read the whole Book of
Mormon by the end of the year. We are getting a lot the members involved
and it is inspiring to see how excited and willing they are to help serve.
This past week I had the privilege
of going on an exchange with Elder Oleson and Elder Nelson(He is an Assistant
to the President-that guy we watched that BYU movie about his life, he is a
super good missionary!) I learned so much and it really strengthened me
as a missionary. I was with Elder Olseon just for
the morning while we were waiting for the Assistants to come
from the city to go on exchanges with. We were in my area for the
day. As we went out, the male member whose help we had planned on using
was not available and so we had to come up with some new plans. We said a
prayer and really tried to go by the Spirit. I remember feeling that we
should go visit a Less Active named Puu Chea. We went and visited him and
his family and we gave his wife a blessing who has been sick. We told him
about the Pioneer Day activity on Saturday and invited him to church.
Then later after Elder Nelson got
here we were biking down the street and I remember we biked by a kinda weird
guy with a cane who seemed a little lossed and I wasn't sure if he was all
there. We kept biking down the street but I felt the Spirit whisper that
we needed to go back and talk to that man. We went back and we started
talking to him. Right off the bat, the man we started talking to, knew
that we were Christians and asked when we met (he got straight to the
point!) We invited him to the Pioneer Day activity and to go to church on
Sunday. He showed some interest and we told him where the church
was. The contact's name was So Sai Sim and he is from Vietnam. He
has diabetes which makes it hard for him to walk and function normally.
The Pioneer Day activity came around
and it turned out that both Puu Chea and also So Sai Sim came. Some
of the members really helped them out and helped them feel welcome.
It was even greater the following day to see them both come to church. It
was so neat to see Puu Chea there with his wife and kids. Then also
to see So Sai Sim come and we helped him come in with a wheelchair. They
both stayed till the end of 3rd hour.
I am so grateful for the Holy
Ghost. I know that the Lord is at the head of this work. I
believe that He is a lot more involved than we recognize. I know that if
we will live worthily and take the time to listen that he will direct us
through His Holy Spirit. I learned a lot more about following the Spirit
and seeking to know what the Lord wants us to do and say. I love the Lord
and am coming to know Him better.
Welp, thank you for your
emails and everything. I hope that you have a great week!
Love,
Elder Garlick
PS. Stirakasourous? That is
what Elder Jensen says it is called:) Pictures from the Pioneer activity
on Saturday. We ate this rice soup stuff. It was pretty yummy...It
was made in these GIANT metal pots for everyone. And Elder Jensen found a whole
chicken head in his-yum-o! I love the members here so much. The youth are the
best. And the picture with me and those two men-to left is Sarien and is
a guard at the church and the Elders Quorum in the other branch he is always so
nice. And the one to the right is Bong Dat; He is really shy but super
kind spirited, he is a recent convert of Elder Oleson's and has already gave a
talk in church and has a calling as an Elder's Quorum teacher.
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