Letter Sent on March 4, 2013

Dear Family,

How are you doing? Things here in Cambodia are heating up.  Definitely can tell that the hot season is coming in full swing! Wow it's gonna be super hot like it was last year.
This past week we had a Zone Conference and had Elder Wilson of the 70 and his wife come and help teach us.  It was super great and I learned a lot, we learned especially about repentance and about using the Book of Mormon in conversion.  I am really grateful for great leaders and for opportunities to learn.  I want to strive and use the Book of Mormon more and I have a desire to study it more sincerely.
We had a great lesson this past week with a couple of our investigators, Om Gumly and her daughter Bong Na. We finished the first lesson with them and gave them baptismal dates for the 24th of March. Then we met with them again and felt impressed as we followed up with their reading and stuff to talk again about the Book of Mormon and about praying to receive a witness. I just remember us asking Bong Na to start reading Moroni 10: 3-5 for us and as she started reading those words I felt the Spirit fill the room. It was a testimony builder for me and helped me recognize the power that the Book of Mormon really has! Just reading the words has such a powerful effect. I love the Book of Mormon and as I've been reading it personally I am strengthened and inspired to be better, the prophets words seem to ring through the pages! Om Gumly and Bong Na are doing really good, Gumly says that she believes! Bong Na isn't so sure yet but really wants to know and says that if she does come to know it is true that she's going to join and get her family to do so as well.
Things are going good here. Thanks for everything and have a great week!

Love,
Elder Garlick

 

Pics; Last P-day I was in the mission home and a couple of my friends from my old area in Sen Sok came to pick up their mission calls! Chenda and Sarat! They both are going to be serving here in Cambodia and start their missions on May 10; I was so happy to see these great guys.  Plus there are 2 Sen Sok sisters that are serving here that just got back from the MTC in the Philippines. So come May there will be 5 missionaries serving from that small branch in Sen Sok. Tubeular!!