Practically Perfect Week in Battambang

Hello Everyone!

I don't have much time so I'll make it quick! Basically this week was awesome. Last p-day was way super fun. Cambodia is probably the coolest and most interesting place on the earth.

Also! Remember last week when it was randomly raining HAHA nope. Thursday (wait might have been Friday) was so unbelievably hot. We biked so far. I got sunburned pretty badly. But I’m good now. So hot. We passed by a bunch of these moto cleaning places and they were hosing down their motos and I literally wanted to pray to have one of the people accidentally spray me. But now it’s okay.

This week we did service two times! First we... moved dirt! haha. We filled in this member’s house with dirt to level it out. Then for the second service trip we built a house! haha we made this foundation for a house. All these people were helping and they were way confused about all these white people who kind of know Khmer that were trying to build this way sketchy house. But hey it was way fun.

Then General Conference! We watched it yesterday and Saturday. So GOOD! Conference was so inspiring. And we had interviews with President and Sister Christensen. They came up for conference. It was so fun to be with them and spend time with them. I have a testimony that I was called to my mission president. He is amazing. I admire him so much. He is basically trying to establish this new, inexperienced church in a 3rd world country and then he still loves and cares about each one of his missionaries. If you want a crazy, busy busy life, try being the Cambodian Phnom Penh Mission President. He is amazing. Anyways... I was just uplifted and encouraged and motivated to be better this weekend. I encourage everyone to pick one thing from conference. And apply it. Make a plan and apply it. I will try too. From this conference I especially loved Elder Rasband's talk about the Holy Ghost. I also loved President Uchtdorf's talk. But hey who doesn't love President Uchtdorf?

Anyways no time, sorry, much love to you all. REMEMBER God is in our lives every step of the way. Let's thank Him for it! Have a great week!

Sister Mortell

Some random general conference thoughts

1.  Weren't you so surprised that they changed the name color background to blue?
2.  Didn't the women choir leader look like Jennifer Garner?
3.  Ally (and everyone else from River Valley Elementary), didn't you burst out laughing when Elder Holland talked about “All God’s Creatures Got a Place in the Choir?” I started laughing and the elders just looked at me.
4.  I don't know if I would drink the rain in Cambodia.
5.  Yes conference was awesome!



Last p-day, we went to Phnom Bandann

Born and raised in Idaho but my heart is in both

Why is Cambodia so cool?

Accidentally Asian squatting because it's a habit. Also white handbook all the way. And I added only a couple of the pictures to the very impressive study wall.

President was in town and it's Sister Christensen's birthday too so we went to a nice cute breakfast place. Super cute and delicious! Battambang has some way touristy places.

Voneat surprised me at the email shop with some birthday cake a few minutes ago!