Tenth Week in the MTC

I GOT MY FLIGHT PLANS ON THURSDAY!!! :D :D We leave on June 14, 2011, and our flight from Salt Lake City leaves to Los Angeles.  We have a layover in LA, then we fly to Hong Kong.  We then have a layover in Hong Kong, when we leave for Phnom Penh, Cambodia.  We should arrive in Cambodia at 10:30 am on June 16, 2011!!! I am so excited, and I can hardly wait until we get to leave in a week!  I went to the temple today and it was wonderful! I am sad that I only get to go to the temple one more time in the next two years. I really will miss it. So on Friday I went with Elder Clark to his doctor appointment off campus. There was a possibility he had a hernia. It was so interesting to leave the MTC! Ha ha! I haven't been in or ridden in a car for two months, and I was wide-eyed and curious to see the "real world."  I can't believe that I leave for Cambodia in a week. It just doesn't quite seem real yet... I mean I've known I've been going for 5 and a half months, but it's actually happening now!!! Yay!!  I learned about the culture. I learned just how important it is not to point your foot at someone, and especially don't stand on top of a Buddha's head. Your feet are considered dirty, and your head is considered sacred (why you don't touch others' heads). When you say hello and clasp your hands together in front of your face, the height or level of your hands shows your respect to people. Typically the tops of your fingers should be about with your nose. Everybody loves food! If you didn't eat yet, they will always invite you to eat with them. But we have to tell them no because they are too poor. But the people are so giving, they will just take care of you like you are a king to them, and our teachers have made sure to tell us to remember to be humble while we are over there because they will treat us very well. I don't think I will sit on a chair for two years...they have mats that they always lay down when a guest comes over, and you sit on the mat.  When you hand something to or accept something from someone, you always do it with 2 hands. If they are too far, you can reach across with one hand, but your free hand goes to the front of the shoulder of the arm that is reaching. It shows your respect and your reverence for that person and the object. You never toss or throw anything, it is disrespectful. So we will see how I do when I get there!  My well-being is completely in the hands of God.