Dear Family,
Hey hey how are you guys? It's great to hear that things are warming up back home and all, spring is on its way! It's been a kinda crazy week a lot has happened since last P Day. There was Zone Conferences and a bunch of busy stuff happening-great news! in the Battambang province(my first area) they finally had the branch split and now there are 3 Branches there apparently the work is just exploding and there is just a lot of great growth and success there. I miss it a lot. But feel so blessed that I got to serve there for 6 months. So yeah, transfer stuff got figured out a little bit later than usual, so we got told on Tuesday night instead of the usual Sunday night… and guess what? I got transferred! I am no longer in Ta Khmao but am now in an area of Phnom Penh called Tuek Thla. It is probably the most city like area that I have been in and is kinda different from Ta Khmao but I really like it a lot here.
My companion's name is Elder Robert Mitchell Pettit from Taylorsville Utah! He is in the same group as Elder Jensen and has been in the country for a solid 7 months now. He is a hard worker, good at the language, and great at missionary work-I am excited to be serving with him. On top of that is he is really into running and so we are probably going to start going running with each other, I'm really excited about that!
I miss Ta Khmao, Elder Jensen, and the members there. It was a great final few days there, we had a really great lesson with Om Gum Ly and Bong Na about the Plan of Salvation and they both seem to be progressing well and especially Bong Na is growing in faith. Bong Na's 6year old daughter actually has been coming to church with Om Gum Ly and absolutely loves it, has learned to pray in Primary, and helps push her mom and grandmother because she likes it so much. One family had us over and made us a really yummy meal and gave me a parting gift, this Chinese shirt with a sweet dragon stitched into it. I love it! I love the members and everyone in Ta Khmao and will miss them.
But I really like things here in Tuek Thla, I am still trying to get used to everything and get to know the area but from what I've seen the past days the area is great! Good members, nice house, good companion, I can't complain:)
We don't really have many investigators right now, so Elder Pettit and I are going to try and do a lot of finding and contacting potential investigators. We have an appointment tonight with a referral we just got so we hope that all will go great with that! The other day we read a chapter in the Book of Mormon with one of our Recent Converts and her 19 year old brother joined in as well and read with us, his name is Sam Onn and has sat in on a few lessons before and he came to church on Sunday too! We are going to try and start teaching him more this week!
I feel so blessed to be serving here. I know that the Lord is truly preparing His children all around the world for the gospel and I have really been seeing it the past few days here seeing referrals being given out by members and people being led to the church. I love you and hope that you have a great week!
Love,
Elder Garlick
Khmer Language Lesson of the Week-Battambong translated means "lost stick", Sen Sok means like "eternal peace", Ta Khmao means "black grandpa", and Tuek Thla means "clear water"
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