Week 21

I Love being a missionary. This last week has been one of the hardest and one of the coolest yet.

Last monday, we finished off a lesson with a less-active named Phouen and her two kids Tyler and Nathan. It was so cool, we had been trying to meet with her for about a month before then, and lots of different things kept happening to keep it from working out, but then she finally called us back and said she could meet! We called Siphal to come with us to fellowship her, and he said he had just been let off work early so he would be right there! We taught an awesome lesson on having faith in God and really following the commandants and living the gospel. It was awesome, and Siphal said he was super grateful for the opportunity to feel like a missionary again. It was the coolest.

Tuesday we had a Zone Training and then got Panda Express with some Elders for Lunch, then went to teach some people back in Oakland. We also got to teach Prim that night, which was awesome. He is progressing really slowly, but it's really cool, cause the way we teach him is exactly how we would teach in the MTC, just better, and We always know exactly what to say! He has a really hard time understanding the Gospel, but he is doing awesome!

 

Wednesday we had some service, then got to teach a less-active named Saroueth, and we taught about Jesus Christ and he cried so hopefully It was because of how strong the spirit was haha! We went to ZLC after that, it was good! That night we didn't have any success trying to contact, it was a little rough.

I Already talked about thanksgiving, I hope everyone elses was awesome too!!

Friday we got back to work right away!! And by that I mean we went knocking doors all day because all three of our lessons fell through haha! It was a long day, but we kept going!! we met some nice people, but no Cambodians unfortunately!

Saturday was great. We had been praying all week that we would be able to find more people to teach and more opportunities to teach the people that met with us. One Less active named Daven (The super crazy one) said he could meet with us, and we went over, and he told us that he tried praying to get the people to go away, and it worked until he did crack again, then they wouldn't leave him alone. He freaks us out a little, but it is really cool to be able to come to him with the power God has given us to bring light into his life that hasn't been available to him for years. After that, we got to go meet with one of the Young men in our branch named Sean. He is 17 and wants to get ready for a mission, so the mission president started these things called "mini missions" where he will be able to go out with the missionaries for a couple days! We taught him about how to use preach my gospel, it was really cool. Next, we met this old guy that we had never taught before!! His name is Om Lim, and he is a mechanic in Oakland. He gave us a bunch of fruit and said he was too busy for church, but that will change soon. He was way cool. after some dinner at Boston Market from Chantha and Jonathan, we went to see the lights at the temple!! Prim and his daughter Melissa came to meet us there, it was so fun! I can't quite say it's as cool as salt lake, but it was super neat. There were probably over 1000 people there! Lots of Missionary work!! 

Sunday at church, our branch presidency asked us to get up and tell the branch what we need from them, and we ended up getting 13 lessons scheduled from it. God answered our prayers!!! after church, we went to teach a recent Convert at Chanthas house in East Oakland, and Her non-member brother came in while we were all bearing testimony, and we invited him to sit in with us, and he did!! I felt like I should ask him to share his Testimony, cause he has been taught by missionaries in the past, and he did!! He said that he knows it's true, but that the kind of person he is isn't the kind of person God needs. We talked with him for probably an hour and ended up getting a new investigator too!! Heavenly Father took care of us this week, but only because we did our part in doing his work. 

I know that Prayers are answered, and I am so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who wants to speak with us. I know that he is looking out for us, and always making sure we follow his plan. never doubt that he will answer you. Never have too much pride as to not turn to God with any and everything. I love being a missionary!! The Church is true!!!

Love, 

Elder Cameron Tolman