Transferred

What a week it has been! Elder Decker and I arrived in Kampong Thom Friday afternoon, and then ate lunch at the Grimnes’ house. Their cook made some stir-fry dishes that were super good! We were able to go out and teach a few lessons on Friday night, and THIS AREA IS SUPER AWESOME!!! We also went on Saturday morning. There are a ton of investigators, and quite a few families in our area in Kampong Thom. Even though we were only able to teach a handful of lessons before Sunday, there were 11 investigators at church! So that is super awesome! Elder Decker still can’t go out a full day because he is very much out of strength, but he is regaining it quickly. Things are just going super great, and I am super excited to be in this branch. The members are good, and there were 109 people at church. There have been a fair amount of baptisms recently, and Elder Decker is pretty sure that there will be about 10 baptisms in the month of July. So we’re super excited about that.

Things are just getting off the ground, so I don’t have a whole lot this week.

Elder Decker is a great teacher, and he is doing great. He has been in Kampong Thom since the beginning of his mission; he started at the end of February, and he is doing really well. I am excited to work with him. We tried to take a picture this morning with my camera, but the batteries died, so I don’t have one this week. But I will next week. I hope to have a lot more pictures of the area too. It is really beautiful out there. Sorry that I don’t have much this week, things are a bit rushed. I’m in the city right now for Zone Leader Council, which happens the first week of every month.

Still Working Hard

Well, this week has been insane! So busy!  We had the opportunity to meet Elder Oaks! What a wonderful experience that was. We greeted him at the airport and got to shake his hand as well Elder Hallstrom and their wives. 

I loved Elder Oaks’ talk. He talked about having Holy Habits and Righteous Routines. He also did something that was wonderful. He kind of finished a thought, and then paused and said, “I am going to bring up something that might seem a little strange to you,” then continued, “but I feel impressed to share this with you. We are a record-keeping people.” My jaw dropped. The records here in Cambodia are very poor, and he went on about the importance of keeping records here. Super awesome. Elder Oaks also talked about enduring through hard trials and keeping your chins up through it all. 

Monday morning we picked up the General Authorities at the hotel, and took them to the church for the missionary meeting. There was a wonderful Spirit there as we got to hear the General Authorities and their wives speak and share their testimonies with us. Each missionary had the opportunity to shake the hands of the General Authorities and their wives, and that was wonderful to associate with them. At the end, I got to shake Elder Oaks’ hand, in a more formal setting, and he put his hands on my shoulders, and said, “Elder Kuhn, thanks for all you are doing, keep up the good work.” What a neat experience that was! I am so glad that I got the opportunity to be around him and his wonderful Spirit. He truly is an Apostle of the Lord.

I do have some pictures that I would like to share with you! This is a picture that I was able to get with the Apostle! Pretty sweet! And then when we had transfers on the 18^th, this time I was able to get a picture of the van all loaded up with 12 missionaries, 7 of which had luggage loaded up in the van. It was super crowded! We had to sit 4 people on the front bench, and it was hard to shift… ha ha! But it was really fun. It’s a good thing that we only had to drive a short distance to the bus stop, because if we had to drive 6 hours to Battambang crowded like that it would have been such a burden.