Great Growing Week in Kean Svay

Hello Everyone!

Well transfers! And I'm staying in Kean Svay! Maybe I'll actually stay in an area for more than 9 weeks who knows! My cute companion Sister Chhel is leaving and Sister Chin from Steung Mean Chey is coming! She's the koon (child) of Sister Pace too! So both of Sister Pace's beloved, wonderful children are serving together. Which is going to be awesome. I'm super excited! I'm kind of nervous because it's super hard to remember all the houses because an address in Cambodia is useless. But I will try my best. The big highlight of the week was zone conference with President Christensen. I feel super pumped. We focused on teaching repentance in every aspect of the gospel. I thought that was so cool. That's what the gospel is, change! This work is not teaching facts or spilling out information about the life of Christ. It is helping people change and know Christ. To experience the Atonement. How wonderful is that? We are given this life to change and to become like our Father in Heaven through Christ's Atonement. This week I studied David A Bednar's talk from the General Conference October 2007? "Clean Hands and a Pure Heart.” So cool. The Atonement digs out the weeds and plants the flowers! One of the verses that has become a major theme of my mission is Mosiah 3:19. Becoming a Saint through the Atonement of Christ. And I know that sometimes the process of Becoming requires a little sweat, stress and some tears. I feel a deep gratitude for those hard times. Those precious moments are like Heavenly Father trying to help us become like Him. I'm just pumped about the gospel.

I really don't have much to say about this week. It was just the normal biking, eating, studying, teaching kind of week. We also did move dirt once again. Let's see the Language? Yeah it's still kind of hard but hey last week we were biking and I actually read a word spray painted as graffiti on a house in Khmer and knew what it meant.

Also one very sad tender moment this week: Sister Kosal called me from Ta Khmau a couple days ago. She said that Ming Narri died. Ming Narri was one of my favorite people in Ta Khmau. She has been sick for 20 years. Sister Kosal and I visited her every Wednesday morning and sang Christmas and church songs to her. She started getting really weak and sad when I left. I had the chance to see her when I went on exchanges with Sister Kosal. I just held her hand. I love her so much. But the gospel is true so I know she is in good Hands. I'm thankful for the opportunity to meet her, to gain a new friend. I didn't know that serving a mission was also gaining more family and friends. It's pretty awesome. 

Anyways kind of jumbly email this week that doesn't make any sense but what does make a lot of sense in Cambodia? I wish you all health and happiness and a very great week!

Love always, 

Sister Motell (my name in Khmer doesn't have the R sound)

  

So much Digritty (mission motto: DIGRITTY=dignity + gritty)