RIDIN' SOLO

This week was another crazy one out here in Cambodia!! First things first, the work is really progressing. I have really realized that God can work miracles through us. Although we are so far from perfect, not the best teachers and have so many weaknesses, if we work hard God will do the rest. We just need to put ourselves in the situation for Heavenly Father to use us as his tools and his instruments. 

So this weekend was a little bit of a rodeo haha! Me and Elder Obray (an Elder who was in the MTC with me) ended up all alone for two days in the middle of Cambodia haha. Our comps are both district leaders so they went up to Siem Riep to go on exchanges with the ZLs. That left me and Elder Obray with two areas, a lot of biking, and very little ability to speak Khmer haha, we were truly Riding Solo!! But it was a real BLAST! We taught a good amount of lessons and almost all ended up pretty bomb because we had member help. Member help is the key to missionary work! I would just try to explain something but they didn't really understand and then the member would just come in clutch and explain it perfectly. It was a lot of biking, but it was really cool because we got to go to the forests of Odembong (no idea how to spell it in English) and it is straight jungle out there. It was legit. We came home after a long day though and just had a complete ant infestation. There were ants EVERYWHERE in our house. We just went ham with the raid and managed to get most of them swept out of the house and cleaned up. 

Funny things that happened this week:

• So remember when I said that ALMOST all of our lessons went well? That's because there were a few we couldn't find members to help. One especially did not go so hot... We get in there planning to teach about Priesthood, missionary work, teaching and learning in the church, and service. However, we realized it was gonna be a long lesson because literally every word that came out of our mouths they laughed out us. Just constant laughing haha, and so we only had taught the service part of the lesson and I just called it. I just said, "Okay that's all we got!" Hahaha you just gotta laugh at yourself sometimes.

• We were teaching one of our investigators who is awesome, but he has been really sick. Anyway, we were getting him ready for baptism, so from what I understood we were just giving him a priesthood blessing to help him prepare for baptism and to be able to know that he is doing the right thing. Looking back I realize how dumb it sounds haha, but he asks me to give him the blessing... So I just tried my best and finished the blessing and everyone just kinda looked confused. Turns out it was supposed to be a blessing of good health. So that's why we used the oil....... I felt like an idiot, but God knows what the Lookpuu needs and he will provide! You live and you learn haha. 

• The only service that you do here is moving dirt from one place to another? Doesn't really make sense to me, but I guess you just do what you are told...

• We went to the crocodile farm last week and it was crazy! I got to hold a baby crocodile and then we threw fish heads into the cage to give them a tasty snack! 

Anyway, I won't write much more except that I love it out here! Every day there is some crazy new adventure. Read the Book of Mormon and especially read 2 Nephi 31! The doctrine of Christ needs to be the center of our lives. Hope everyone has a great week! Go watch some hoops for me!

Yours Truly,

//Elder Gochnour