Dear Family,
Hey hey! This week was fantastic for
me, How was your week?? Sorry to hear that you aren't feeling so great Brynn
Bear, and Mom. Get well soon! I pray for you and hope that all is going
well.
This week we saw miracles and the
work here in the promised land of Teuk Thla continues to go forward.
This past week Elder Clayton from
the Presidency of the Seventy came to Cambodia along with Elder Wilson who is a
member of the Seventy. They came and met with all of us missionaries and
we had a great meeting for an hour and a half and Elder Clayton just opened it
up for a questions and answer session and it was amazing hearing the general
authorities and President and Sister Moon all come up and share their
testimonies with us and answer our questions. There were only a few
questions asked but they gave some very thorough counsel and teachings for each
one. One thing that was asked was something about life after the
mission(I honestly couldn't really hear the question) but afterwards Elder
Clayton talked a lot about conversion and how we need to become so converted to
the gospel that it is "a part of our DNA", about how we need to seek
to become so truly converted that no matter what happens, no matter what is
said, that we will be here to stay and that we will stay true to the Lord. They
also talked a lot about preparing for stakes here(we are so close!) and about
recognizing the voice of the Lord, the promptings of the Spirit. I
learned a lot and I was really strengthened in my testimony that I am supposed
to be hear and to boldly share my testimony with the wonderful people in
Cambodia.
On Friday, we had an appointment
that we were going to and it fell through because our male investigator wasn't
there and so it was just our investigator Chanta who is a girl... and so we
weren't able to teach and so we left and started biking down the street and we
were just going down the street kinda just minding our own business looking for
people we could contact and then this lady looks at us with a kinda surprised
look and flags us down saying, "Elder!"
She told us that she was an inactive
member and asked if we could meet with her-Yes- She welcomed us to her house
and we met her husband! We sat down on the floor and got talking with them and
got to know them better. They have 2 children(a 4 year old and a 7 year old)
the lady's name is Vanna and the husband, Narack. As we got talking Vanna
told us that she learned with the Elders before and that she was 20 days away
from being baptized when she got caught up with work and went far away where
there was no church. She had felt that she had grown far from the Lord
and that she had been caught up in the world and that she wanted to learn with
the Elders again!
10 days before this she had seen us
biking down the street and had followed us down the street on her moto
wondering if she should have us pull over to talk to her; but, she was in a
hurry to go to work and ended up choosing to not talk with us and turned around
to go to work. Afterwards, she prayed that she would be able to meet with us
again.
Her prayer was answered and we have
started teaching them both. We were talking afterwards and Elder Fisher
and I had received a couple of very small promptings that morning that had
kinda helped lead us to that situation. I know that they are very much
prepared by the Lord and that he led us to meet them and answered Vanna's
prayer. What are the odds that we would have our other lesson fall
through and be biking down that street right at the time that Vanna was walking
to go and buy something to eat and "just happen" to cross paths? This
was a tender mercy from the Lord, that has further strengthened my testimony
that He hears and answers prayers and that He is preparing His children to
accept His gospel. I know that He led us to this family and I am so grateful
for how very much apart of each of our individual lives He is.
Things are going fantastic and we
have been blessed with many investigators whom we are teaching right now. Hope
all is going great back at home and know that all is going well here in the Kingdom
of Cambodia! It is great to hear about the blessings and tender mercies that
you experience everyday too.
Welp, I had best be getting on, I
love you! Keep on keeping on!
Love,
Elder Garlick
Elder Garlick
Pics; Lighting!:)
Pu Broh a guard at the church and
Mr. Toad!
Elder Fisher:)
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