Goodbye to
Battambang! Transfers!! I am sadly leaving my home Battambang and being
transferred to Kampong Cham! Another khet! This will probably be my last area
of my mission! I'm leaving my dear sweet child Sister Lunsford and Sister
Winters (one of my favorite people ever) is coming to take my place and I'm
going to be with Sister Jennings! I'm super excited! Also Kampong Cham is
Sister Chhel's hometown so I will have served in all of my Khmer companion's
birthplaces haha. Super fun! So that's pretty big news. I am super excited for
Sister Lunsford and Sister Winters. I'm so jealous of both of them.
Anyways this week
seemed way long but really good. Our week started off great with one of the
best district meetings ever. Elder Lasswell taught about the Book of Mormon.
Sometimes in Cambodia especially because lots of people can't read and because
no one has background with the bible, as missionaries we've set aside the
importance of the Book of Mormon. But literally the Book of Mormon is our
greatest teaching tool. In the introduction it does not just say, "we
invite all Christians... or biblical scholars...” It says, "We invite all
men, everywhere" I have gained such a testimony of the Book of Mormon. If
I even wanted to doubt that the church was true I would have to lie to myself
and to God because I know with all my heart that the Book of Mormon contains
the fullness of the gospel and is the word of God. Anyways so we were
challenged to get a clean copy of the Book of Mormon, start fresh with a
question in mind. So that's what I'm doing and plan to finish with the time I
have left on my mission. I challenge all of you to do the same.
So after a great
district meeting, President and Sister Christensen came for interviews! I love
them so much. President helped me a lot. He counseled me to be more grateful.
Some parts of my mission have been really hard for me and sometimes I stress
and worry. But President Christensen told me that if I developed an attitude of
gratitude, stressing will not be a problem. So I really have tried to be more
grateful. More gratitude in my prayers, writing specific things every day I am
grateful for, giving thanks to God in the very moment. We can be grateful in every circumstance if we have a firm faith in Who we are
grateful to. That is another goal these next transfers of my mission. Gratitude!
Also if you study "happiness” in the Book of Mormon most all the
scriptures reference gratitude. Gratitude and joy (our purpose in life) are
very much connected.
My time here in
Battambang has been wonderful and amazing and I truly love this area. I have
been blessed to be here when Battambang is growing so much. Our zone this month
had 32 baptisms and more to come. So crazy. The Battambang Boom! A large
chunk of my heart will be in Battambang forever. I felt like I worked hard here
and I tried my best even if I didn't know what I was doing. I love the people.
I love Bong Tii, Ming Vii, Vonnate, Channy (sister Chin's sister), Bong Riam
(English class student), Sokea (Englissh class student), Ming Chon, Assing,
Thib. I just love my Battambang brothers and sisters. I'm excited to meet some
more in Kampong Cham. Thank you everyone!! Have a great week!
លាសិនហើយ បាត់ដំបង,
Sister Mortell
ស៊ីស្ទើរ ម៉ូរធែល
A couple of random things.
1. I saw this white girl at church sitting next to Vonnate
and I thought maybe she was a tourist visiting. Nope! haha Vonnate (our recent
convert) invited her to come to church. She is from Finland and is volunteering
to teach English at Vonnate's school for a couple weeks. So funny. She’s fluent
in English but I told her "kittos!" Thanks to papa for teaching me.
2. I still can't
believe Federer won Wimbledon. A bunch of Khmer people have rf (federer) hats
but they don't know where it comes from but I can literally never find a place
to buy them!!
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This is the FAM.
Lookpuu usually just wears a krama (scarf) as pants skirt thing but we asked if
we could take a picture so he rushed and put some pants on haha
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