Holy cow!! I love being a missionary!! I'm not even gonna lie, this week was super hard, I have been kind of sick all week and it has not been fun, but we were so blessed for our willingness to keep working!!! We had to full days off from proselyting, and still managed to get 14 lessons!!! In the Cambodian program, that is unheard of. We are quite literally experiencing miracles in everything we do because we are willing, obedient, and BOLD!!!
Monday, we had a short P-day, so we went to work and had four lessons!!! We taught Bunthai again and Jonathan and Puu Dii and one other less active, can't remember who, but it was a miracle and an awesome start to our week!!!
Tuesday we went to teach Saroueth, and he let us try to play his cool Cambodian instruments, it was a ton of fun, he said he would teach me if we keep coming to see him! after that we had district meeting, which was fun as always! especially because it was transfers, so we got to meet a bunch of new missionaries!! after that we went back home to eat and finished up the day teaching Prim! it was an awesome lesson, we talked with him about who God is and he decided he really wants to know if God loves him, so we committed him to pray and ask for help to know!! It was so amazing.
Wednesday Siphal Rith came out with us to teach, it was awesome! We taught Samey, who is less active and has come back to church for the last three weeks and been meeting with us consistently, we are so happy for her!! She has been working so hard to help her family! We taught Puu Dii about the plan of salvation also, he had a lot of good questions and the spirit was really strong! after that we went to teach Bunthorn, Bunthai's twin brother! It was a good lesson, his girlfriend listened in too!
Thursday we had weekly planning and a New Years Eve Zone activity! It was a ton of fun! I love the missionaries I get to serve with! We got to watch Inside out and Big hero 6, It was awesome!
Friday was also awesome. We had an all day P-day! We helped Bunthorn move houses, and it was a bunch of fun, he's a super funny guy! After that we went to arbys to fulfill our dream of eating a Philly-cheese-steak sandwich and then drove to walnut creek to hang out with Elder Dey and Elder Apostolos the rest of the day! We went shopping for some winter clothes, it was a blast! after that we went to this place called Rasputin's Music. It was fun, they had a ton of really cool Vinyl records and stuff and we just looked around for a bit! after that we went to Chili's for dinner, cause Elder Hibbert was kind enough to share a gift card he got for Christmas! It was an awesome day!
Saturday was my favorite day of the week. After we finished studies, and ate a little lunch, we drove to the temple to meet up with a very special Member that was going out to teach with us....
LOKRUU MICKELSON!!!!!!!!!
His wife is from Danville, and they were over here for the holidays, and he happened to speak Cambodian really well, so he came out to teach with us!! It was the best!! We visited two older Less-active members, and he had no problem at all talking with them and helping them come unto Christ!!! The spirit was there in both lessons and it felt awesome and it was really cool to be able to have him come teach with us, he is the greatest!!! After that we drove to walnut creek to deliver some luggage to a sister that is getting ready to head home, and then we drove back to teach Bunthai, and he had set goals for himself for the new year to help himself stop smoking and doing drugs and start building up his testimony!! It was so amazing!!
Sunday we saw a few miracles!!
1- We had 4 investigators at church. Prim, Bunthai, Bunthorn, and their mom!! It was awesome, almost their entire family was their! (prim isn't in their family but he is still great)
2- We had a goal to find a new investigator this last week, and our lessons fell through, so we went and visited some potential investigators, and the very first one we visited let us in!! It was so cool!! His name is Om Ly, and he met with missionaries in '91 and showed us a bunch of pictures he took with them! he let us share a message and asked if we wanted to learn to read Thai so we could read the book of Mormon to him and help him understand! so we will start learning Thai with Om Ly and eventually get him to get baptized!! We are so excited for him!!!
The other thing that happened sunday was Lokruu mickelson came to our branch and bore his testimony in cambodain, it was hilarious because I was sitting next to Bunthorn and Prim, and their jaws dropped and Prim was like "Elder he speak better than Elder Khpuah (Elder Tall)!" and then Bunthorn was like " F he speak better than I do!" It was hilarious!!
I am so grateful to be apart of the plan that the Lord has for the Cambodian People in the Bay area, they have the best intentions and want to be good people. I am lucky enough to have to chance to show them and help them learn how they can do that Through the Savior and Their heavenly father. I know that the gospel will Change the lives of all those who apply it and seek to receive help! I have seen it myself and am watching it change people little by little every single day! I have the best mission and am a part of the most amazing work that has ever been manifest on the earth! I LOVE it!!! The Church is true!! I love you all!!
Love,
Elder Tolman
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