Success

My week has been wonderful! I’ve had some great lessons, and been able to do some fun things. Elder Connor and Elder Ballard were in Phnom Penh Tuesday through Friday, so I was companions with Elder Hall for a few days. We had a fun time, working hard trying to cover 2 areas everyday. We did a good job, and were able to be successful! Yay! Ha ha. I have to tell you of one particular lesson we had with a recent convert in Elder Hall’s area. She pulled out a mat and we sat outside on the mat and taught her about the temples. It is so wonderful to talk to the people here about the temple because it is something that they have to work very hard towards to get to Hong Kong. As we were talking about the temple, I could just feel the Spirit so strongly as I bore my testimony on the temple, and how wonderful it truly is. We are so blessed in America, and especially in Utah to have temples so close to us to help us and bless us in our lives.  On Sunday we ordained Hong, who was baptized 3 weeks ago to a Teacher in the Aaronic Priesthood! He is doing so great, and I am excited for him to be able to pass the sacrament on Sunday. He is really looking forward to the opportunity to pass the sacrament, it’s pretty awesome. And then we had the opportunity to baptize Sok Jia! After so much hard work, it finally paid off! I am also so glad that Elder Connor was able to have a baptism on his last Sunday here. I am sure that was a fantastic way to end his mission.  On Tuesday, we went to the island. It was beautiful, and I wore jeans. We had a fun time visiting the member family that lives there, and sadly didn’t have time to go and visit the other member family that lives on the island, but it was fun to go anyways. Ha ha, there were some places on the road that were really, really muddy, and when I pedaled, my bike tire would slip like a cars wheels on ice. It was crazy! But we had a really fun time. Elder Connor and I had a good last day together, and I am glad that I had the opportunity to serve with him. I am excited to meet his parents and grandparents on Sunday though! I am also excited to meet my new companion, Elder Kung (pronounced with a soft ‘k’ or a hard ‘g’ sound koong). Elder Thomas and Elder Ballard will be leaving to go to Kampong Thom and Gian Svaay, and Elder Nebeker will be getting a new missionary from the MTC. I am excited to see the new missionary to kind of see how far I’ve come since I’ve been here in the country. I know I’ve come a long ways, but I don’t exactly how much.