Well, what a
surprising, "What the crap?" kind of week I have had. So on Thursday,
Sister Pace and I were biking home in the worst storm we've been in. I felt
like I was in one of those hurricane movies. Ahhhh! Anyways we came home,
soaking wet, ready to plan for the next day. We were sitting on our floor,
planning when all of the sudden the phone rings. Sister Pace looked at me and
said, "President" I thought she was joking. She answered the phone
and gasped and looked so serious. She finished the call and then just screamed.
EMERGENCY TRANSFER. AND I WAS THE ONE TO LEAVE AH. So I left my wonderful,
dirty, trafficky, awesome, lovable birthplace of Steung Mean Chey to go to Ta Khmau.
I'm now companions with Sister Kosal! She's the daughter of the Kosal family in
Steung Mean Chey that I love so very much. I'm not going to lie when I found
out I was leaving Steung Mean Chey I cried and cried. I did not want to leave
Sister Pace, Sister Y, Sister Winder, the members, our investigators, our English
class students. Oh I love them all so much. My heart still hurts a bit. It's
just so sad that I didn't really get to say goodbye and I'll probably never see
those people ever again. Ah my heart. But all is well. Sister Kosal is awesome.
She is so sweet. Sister Pace was her companion before and told me all about
her. She paints her nails about every 3 days. She absolutely hates banana and
she makes salty food. So of course our first day together she painted my nails,
I ate salty-ish food and offered her every banana I could. She screamed.
Anyways she is so cute! I love her! It's quite difficult with the whole
language barrier though. But I swear the Khmers have a talent of loving without
speaking. That’s how Cambodians are. They push love on you. That’s the only way
I can describe it. Oh my goodness, they are awesome.
Also Ta Khmau is
beautiful! It's more country-ish than Steung Mean Chey but still city. I think
the economic gap is less balanced here. A lot of wealthy people who can speak
English and live in mansions and a lot of poorer people who live in stick
houses and can't read Khmer script. The roads are less crazy. Apparently Steung
Mean Chey has the craziest traffic of the mission, so now I’m a pro. Anyways,
I'm doing well. My Hand of God this week is my new companion. I love my
trainer, Sister Pace so so much. You have no idea. I feel very blessed to
already have loved Sister Kosal's family before I even met her. I'm excited to
be friends with her too, just like her family.
The senior
missionaries here are from Utah and are in charge of LDS charities here in Cambodia.
They are super awesome. Also, I actually really love our house here. It’s all a
mintish blue green color - like everything - the walls, curtains, paint, and
tile. It’s awesome. It’s so beautiful here. Our room has a balcony and the view
is so beautiful. Cambodian skies are like no other. I don't really know
much about the area yet. Let me tell you my Khmer is going to improve these
next weeks.
Oh and every Sunday,
our senior missionaries make lunch for the Ta Khmau district. And two of the
elders in my MTC group are in our area. So fun! Anyways, yesterday for the Sunday
lunch we had cheeseburgers! What! Burgers with CHEESE! wooh! So that was a nice
welcome.
Cambodia is awesome
and so is its missionaries! I honestly think Cambodia is the best place ever. It’s
beautiful, the people are so tender and nice. Yes it's dirty and quirky and far
from home but I've gained a whole lot of more friends for the rest of forever. I
love it!
The members here
remind me of the early saints . . . so faithful and hardworking and such hard
lives. It will be so awesome when the temple in Thailand is finished! It will
change Cambodia!!
I’m excited to get
to work and get to know the people here. I will so very much miss everyone but I
guess that’s what missions are. It seems like when you get into your comfort
zone you're ripped right out of it and plopped into another out of comfort zone
scenario.
I love you all!! Enjoy
Halloween and the leaves and all things Fall, I will be biking in the rain. Eat
yummy chili and cornbread, I will be eating rice :)
Also a few days ago,
I gutted a frog and salted a whole fish (inside its mouth too). I’m quite
talented. haha
Happy
Halloween! 
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