Week 27

Not too much happened this week, but it was good! for whatever reason, the work in our area slowed down a ton this week, it was weird.

Monday we finished the day by heading over to a guy named Sokunthea's. He is super cool but LA and he asked us if there was any way we could bring him tithing slips, it was cool haha! next we found ourselves going to the Peav's house, a less active family that just got back from cambodia, and they had some gifts for us, I'll send some pictures. After that we went and Taught Jonathan!

Tuesday we didn't have much, we had the Usual District meeting and then went home to eat and find some PI's and then go teach Prim, it was good!

Wednesday, we met with Samey and taught about repentence, then we went to Mcdonalds with Poamrong and then went to his house for Correlation. It was a good time. 

Thursday, we went to our service for a little and then went to teach Saroeuth. It was a really cool lesson, and we learned a ton about him. He was a Soldier in The Khmer Rouge fighting against pol phot (I don't know how to spell it...) and he came to america when he lost a battle and had to leave his wife and son there so they couldn't connect him to them. He met missionaries in 2007 and learned about the plan of salvation and then got baptized. He is amazing, and he has a really sincere deep love for the gospel, and we learned how much it means to him that the missionaries came back and found him again. We went to one of our members houses that night too, it was fun.

Friday we had weekly planning and then the first of the Cambodian New Year Dance practices!! It was fun, there were like 60 new faces out of nowhere, and this one guy brought his guitar and his friend had a ukulele and we played together, it was super fun! we can't teach them unfortunately, they're from fresno... 

Saturday we didn't have anything until 5, which was sad :( but we went to dinner with Jonathan and Chantha at Boston Market! It was super fun! after that we went back to searching for people to teach.

Sunday was pretty good! we didn't get the memo that there was no PEC, so we did language study at the Church! Prim and Chantha's mom came to church, which was a nice saving grace to our week! They brought King Kong with them too which was even better! After church we had a lesson with Lyana and then with the Loun family! we had never met they're whole family before, so it was cool to sit down with them. There were five kids there, only one of them is active, but they all love missionaries and have been around them their whole lives, so it's fun going over! after that it was "Why I Believe", and jonathan came for the first time, and we got King Kong to come too, it was super fun. 

I am so grateful to be a missionary. I love the gospel so much. This week was slow,and in all honesty a little rough, but for whatever reason I LOVED it. I am so grateful to be sharing a message of Joy with everyone I meet. It is really special to meet people and immediately only have incredible things to say to them no matter who they are. I know this Church is true, I know my work is bringing blessings for the people it affects. Just try to find one thing you can do this week to bring yourself closer to christ, and once you've seen it work, go share it with someone, literally anyone. There is no substitute for the joy that will come from sharing simple truths. I love you all and hope you all have the best of weeks!!

love,

Elder Cameron Tolman