Sunscreen has been proven by scientists to prevent sunburns and even cancer. If you can remember only one thing from my email today, I hope it would be my advice to wear sunscreen.
Another one bites the dust: Sister Stevens from our district went home this week. she was sick and the doctors told her she had to go home. i think it's because she has to get married within the next year and a half, but don't tell her i said that.
Bacon: this week was by far the best week ever for one reason only: we got pizza with bacon wrapped crust.
so the story goes like this: we were walking around our classroom building and yelling at each other in Cambodian like we normally do and some random cleaning guy says something in Cambodian to us. turns out he went to Cambodia on his mish! so we talked to him for a while and naturally we start talking about food and pizza gets brought up. this guy is APPALLED that we haven't tried the bacon crust pizza so he says "I'll get you some!" 30 minutes later he comes back with a whole pizza in his coat!!!!!!!!! he will forever be my hero. please try the bacon pizza and then you will know what I'm talking about.
so the story goes like this: we were walking around our classroom building and yelling at each other in Cambodian like we normally do and some random cleaning guy says something in Cambodian to us. turns out he went to Cambodia on his mish! so we talked to him for a while and naturally we start talking about food and pizza gets brought up. this guy is APPALLED that we haven't tried the bacon crust pizza so he says "I'll get you some!" 30 minutes later he comes back with a whole pizza in his coat!!!!!!!!! he will forever be my hero. please try the bacon pizza and then you will know what I'm talking about.
Sons of Provo: so it turns out that pretty much everyone in my district have been closet Sons of Provo fans for the past 9 weeks and didn't even tell me. early in the week in a class discussion i said that Mormons can be Buddhists too and then we all broke out into song for the next 5 days straight. it was amazing.
In field orientation: for a full day we didn't have to speak any Khmae and instead we just talked about how to contact people and work with members and stuff. the best trick i learned is to go up to somebody on the street and ask them to help me read a word in the Book of Mormon and then you've got an in right there! genius huh!
i have hardly anything written in my journal this week because every night has been an egg party. it's my last week so i had to get all the eggs in before i leave! you understand right?
i feel like the MTC is my life now. after 9 weeks I've gotten so used to it. I'm totally in denial that i will actually be on a plane tomorrow. I've been trying to keep my excitement down for so long. i really am so excited tho. it's going to be soooo amazing.
SHOUT OUTS!!!!: (in no particular order)
-- Michael Jackson: for always being there for me.
-- Teija Springman: for restocking my Cheeto supply this week and also giving me a stomach ache from that weird Asian candy
-- Alex Ray: for the nasty but delicious burrito delivered straight to my desk on Friday
-- Paper towels: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-- My camera: for having such a wide lens to capture my beautiful face every time
that's all! better luck next time!
i miss you all! i especially miss Jon Bellion tho. so go listen to the song called Luxury for me.
Spiritual shpeel: Repentance: it's really cool. it's actually like the coolest thing in the world. over these 9 weeks I've heard a bunch of talks on it but it's just starting to hit me now. it's funny how that works huh? in Cambodian, the word for repentance is brae cet, which literally means transform heart. i think that's really cool because that's what it is. you change and you transform your heart when you repent. Heavenly Father gave his son to take upon him all of our sins. he completed the atonement so that we can repent and change. that is past tense. he already did it. now it is up to us to use it and change our hearts with his help. yesterday the guy who was talking said that Jesus is never sad when you repent. we are on this earth to learn to be better and to use the atonement through repentance.
i have a strong testimony that the Savior did take upon my sins. and that through him i can change and be a better person and ultimately live with him again along with my family.
I'm so happy to be a missionary.
keep praying for me.
love, Elder Osborne
