This week was totally packed with HARD WORK. On monday we went straight from email to a lesson with a member who fed us this awesome garlic shrimp khmae dish, then went and finished the day with a lesson with Prim.
Tuesday we had district meeting and then all our plans fell through again, so we went and found like 10 new less actives we didn't know about! It was awesome!!
Wednesday I was on exchange in Walnut Creek with Elder Languido. He's a good elder. I met a Guy who is pagan and he had some pretty scary tattoos, but he was interested in the gospel, and he taught me how to properly comb a beard, it was pretty cool.
Thursday I was on another Exchange with Elder Weaver in Oakland! All our plans fell through once again, which was kind of nerve racking since I was leading out the area, but it ended up being ok, we did what president hang asked us to do and went through the ward directory to find the lost sheep and ended up visiting 56 less active members by the end of the day, we felt pretty good.
Friday we had a lesson with a less active named Daven, and he is hilarious. He has some mental issues as a result of drug abuse (don't do drugs) and he ended his prayer by saying "Heavenly father, Fight for us homie, peace out, amen". It was totally hilarious. We also asked him if he was still praying to find a new job, and he said that now he is praying that heavenly father will help him teleport to Iraq so he can get a cool face cover. Regardless, this is a leap and a bound from where he was when we found him haha! We also went to decorate for our branch halloween party that night! it was super fun, and we got to know a ton of the members and schedule some teaching appointments for the week! We also taught Jonathan while we were there, and he has an awesome testimony. He stopped drinking coffee 100% since we taught him the word of wisdom last week, so we are super excited.
Saturday was great. We had our branch halloween party. We've been giving out flyers for it for like the whole time I've been here. There were a ton of Cambodians there and we hadn't met like half of them, so we went to work and started to meet some people and speak some Khmer! We figured out a ton of our branches family tree too, it was cool. Our whole branch is related, and it's really cool. Prim came to the halloween party too! it was awesome! Elder Hibbert and I had a room, and elder hibbert stood at one side of the room with a pass along card, and I hid behind the door and scared the kids when they turned around then gave them candy. It was hilarious, I would just scream really loud and come out from behind the door, I loved it!
Sunday was good too! Prim came to church, and Poamrong gave a lesson on Jseph smith in priesthood, and he aske prim where the book of mormon came from, and he just said " I think it came from the Elders, they brought it to my house and told me to read it so I did", It was super funny haha! and We had a meeting with President Hang about what he expects for the branch, and we are super excited for this week, because we have a really specific need and direction our work will be going, and it will be awesome!! I'm pumped to see how much work we will get to do!!
We also had a funny experience running one morning! we went to a park and we saw these two guys there smoking and went to say hi to them, and we said we were missionaries, and they just busted up laughing, and they said "dang! we thought was comin up here to rob us! but you two wanted to share Jesus! Thats like the opposite!" They both are investigators now for the spanish Elders! along with their 15 family members!! It was definitely guided by the lord that we were there that morning!!
I have been slowly developing a super strong testimony of the word of wisdom while I've been here. we constantly are learning of people who have utterly destroyed their entire lives because of their history with drugs and alcohol. God warned us about how dangerous it is before it became what it is today, and whether or not you see it or not, your life will always be blessed when you follow the word of wisdom. Your life will be blessed when you follow anything that god says. It's really cool that God only asks us to do things that brings blessings!! The church is true and I'm grateful for the oppurtunity I have to have been raised in a family centered on christ and his gospel!! I love you all have a great week!!
Love,
Elder Cameron Tolman
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