Dear Family and Friends,
Not much happened this week... we spent hours
and hours biking with not very many lessons... it was the worst. But that's
over and done and hopefully this next week is much better than last.
Last Monday I was trying to get money out of
the ATM and it ate my card... I got my money, but I guess I took too much time
folding it and putting it in my wallet cause as I reached my hand out to grab
my card, the machine sucked it right back in. I was so mad!!! I just came out
and yelled, "it ate my card!!!!"And then Sister Luke, who had an old
man trying to speak French to her, started freaking out too... We didn't know
what to do. So once I calmed down, I found a number and called customer
service, but in order to get my card back we would have to wait until Tuesday
at three... so we just went throughout our day like normal and then biked 45
minutes to their headquarters on Tuesday just for them to tell me that I needed
my passport to get it back. All I had was a copy and apparently that wasn't
good enough... so then we had to bike 20 more minutes to the mission home and
get my real passport, then bike back, but by the time we got back.... the bank
was closed. What bank closes at 4?? Apparently some banks in America do, at
least that's what Sister Luke told me, but I always thought they closed at 6...
so that was just a cherry on top of that day... then we had to bike to one of
our far areas, another 50 minutes to meet with Tola our investigator. I wasn't
happy to be biking that much and we showed up super sweaty, but I love her, so
it was okay. We still didn't have my card though... so we had to bike back out
there on Wednesday and I finally got my card. I was super enthusiastic and the
lady helping me just laughed at me as she handed it back to me. haha everyone
just loves me. (; But that wasted a lot of our time, so not much to say on less
active lessons...
Thursday we met with a new investigator. Her
name is Bunleu, it means light, and she's super cool. She’s pregnant and way
funny. She is a referral from English class and last week she went to church
for all three hours, before we even met her. Super cool. We asked her why she
was interested in learning about Jesus Christ and our church and she said that
she wanted to have a light in her life. She wanted direction. That changed our
whole lesson. We ended up sharing a verse on how Jesus is the light and then
showed her this way cool picture of Jesus holding a candle. After we taught
her, we just let it sink in and all she said was "light...". I think
that means she liked what we taught, but we natted (set up another appointment)
with her this Thursday, so we'll see if she read and prayed!!! Feels
good to get new investigators. (:
Friday we had a killer zone training. Like so
good, but one of the ones that if I try to tell you guys what I learned you
wouldn't really understand. You kind of had to be there... but there is an
elder that dies (goes home) in 2 weeks and he bore his testimony... that's when
things got way real about going home... I DON'T WANT TO... I got super
emotional, but enough of that. The actual training went like an hour over, so
we missed one of our lessons and that just set everything else in a downward
spiral... we didn't get any lessons on Friday and I was super super bummed...
like way ticked.
Saturday was spent biking as well. We had
started our personal study, when a member called us and asked if we could meet
her sister, Srei Leak. She is our investigator, but super super busy and can't
ever meet us, so this was an answer to our prayers. We went and met her and it
was really good. Taught the plan of salvation and she said a great prayer. Said
it really helped her understand her purpose in life. Hopefully she keeps progressing!!!
Saturday night we biked 30 minutes, only for the aunt to tell us her niece
wasn't home and that she'd be home at 5, so we biked to the church to meet with
bishop, who didn't show up... and then biked back out to Tola's house. She
walked in and I asked her how she was and she said not good and started
crying... so I asked her what was wrong, but she was crying too hard to tell
me, so her cousin and aunt explained to me that she had failed her English
test... we were just going to move on with our lesson and not really address
the elephant in the room, but we knew that wasn't a smart idea and knew that
this was an opportunity for us so show our love and concern for her, so we did
what we do best. TAUGHT ENGLISH!!! Except it was way hard because it's a rule
that I never learned in English, something that comes naturally for us, but for
them they have to learn it and it's way hard... so we spent a way long time
teaching her, but she seemed to get it and by the end she was in a lot better
spirits than when we showed up. We also taught her about faith and it was super
powerful. I LOVE TEACHING THE GOSPEL!!!!
Sunday was a testimony meeting full of the
spirit. We had two girls get up and bear testimony that through us their
prayers had been answered. It was so cool for me to finally understand that the
lord is working miracles through us and we don't even know it. I started
thinking about my mission as a whole and all the people I’ve talked to or come
in contact with and realized that I’ve done a lot more good here in Cambodia
than I could've ever imagined. Such a sweet experience. Also, with transfers coming up I was really
hoping to leave, but after the great Sunday we had I am super hoping to stay. I
love Pochentong. The members have become some of my closest friends and I don't
want to say goodbye to them. I can joke around with them and be spiritual. It’s
the best!!! We have a ward activity this Saturday and I am way
excited!!!!
Love,
Sister Loftus
Double D
Sister Loftus and Sister Luke in matching soccer jerseys
Pulling a "Chantrea" haha one of the young men in our ward. These are his only two poses.
Ming Samay, my Cambodian mom, making hand made ties. She's the best.
Sela the cutest little girl. She shared sweet potatoes with me, even though I was fasting and she gave me a kiss on the cheek. She stole my heart!
Reaksa and Tola. We ate lunch at their house with them on Sunday. SO GOOD!!!!
Everyone keeps commenting on my name tag... I am cit slab hauy (I am almost dead) as you can tell by my name tag... taking this bad boy off is going to kill me.
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