Cambodia

Goodbye to the Office 8/5/16

Hello I did some things this week.

Saturday: We found a ward party in Stung Mean Chey and the missionaries made tons of chili. All the Khmae people had no idea what to do with it. Some of them tried to use it as lotion and rub it on their skin. https://www.dropbox.com/s/et2q6nfv1rco0nr/IMG_1692.JPG?dl=0

Sunday: We had a baptism! Little Sitha is a champ. Hopefully his mom and dad will get baptized soon. https://www.dropbox.com/s/uj0t84pieet7sso/IMG_1696.JPG?dl=0

Monday: 

Tuesday: We had a Leadership Council. I got to show everyone some cool graphs and then teach a little bit about using time wisely. Pretty cool. The council is really good this transfer. We had a discussion about being Preach My Gospel missionaries and how to use PMG better. A really cool part of the council was after we sang the opening song and had a musical number Sister Christensen got up and bore her testimony. She said that if we keep singing the way we sing on our missions that we will be alright in life. It was really cool.

Wednesday: We taught English class! And then afterwards we took a group pic and made a sweet video. Super original. The Cambodians had no idea what was going on. https://www.facebook.com/ReanEnglishClass/videos/1018774621531896/

Thursday: On Thursday we were all super hungry so we went to a nice buffet for lunch and stuffed ourselves. And then that night we went to our recent converts house to teach. And when we showed up he had a full on hummus dinner made for us. https://www.dropbox.com/s/y1swppfkj9bdo57/IMG_1707.JPG?dl=0
We almost exploded. I still haven’t eaten since then. Thats a lie. But I said it to emphasize my emotion. Is that a sin? Idk.

Friday: We had to leave our zone training meeting to go teach more English! This time we taught at the Cambodian Ministry of Environment! Whaaaat? Yeah. We walked into this giant building. https://www.dropbox.com/s/b3y52lddj5vzrko/IMG_1715.JPG?dl=0
And then taught English to a bunch of old people in this beautiful conference room. https://www.dropbox.com/s/vctjagkg4eamh1u/IMG_1710.JPG?dl=0
I guess we are trying to be more involved in the community and get a good name for ourselves. So we have set up a system where every day either the APs or the Sister APs or us go and teach an English class for an hour and a half. Pretty cool.
Then we went and filmed some cool new videos! https://www.dropbox.com/s/rf96agzonvxwaws/IMG_1726.JPG?dl=0

Today: I found out that I will be leaving the office!!! I am transferring to a new area on Wednesday. The transfer is only 90% official right now so I wont say where I am going but I will be training when some new missionaries get here in 2 weeks. I’m kind of super excited. I loved the office. But it has given me a real appreciation for full-time proselyting. I’m going into my final area too! Super weird. 

Hold to the rod. Sing like you did when you were on your mission. Everything will work out.
Love,
Elder Osborne

Shout out to Elder Asay who dies on Thursday: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7nsk9dgggi4wom5/DSC_0001.JPG?dl=0
And its his birthday today.