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Another good week!
Elder Brewer and I are getting settled in probably just to get torn apart in a couple weeks again. We had a bunch of lessons this week. A bunch of opportunities for spiritual growth. We also had zone conference and it was way awesome! Life is good as always.
I'll start off with some sad news first. Om Ai is leaving. He's going back to his province until next March. I'm super sad about it but hopefully I'll be able to see him again someday. I'm sure he'll get baptized when he comes back with his divorce paperwork. He did bring his whole family to church one last time before he left though so that was kinda heartwarming.
We actually had a bunch of investigators at church this week. Sunday is the day where all your efforts for the week either pay off or burn up in flames. This week we managed to invite others to use their agency to come to church effectively. The big story for the week was that Puu Sarit and Ming SreiToic made it to church.
This is their family:
And this is their baby:
They are the parents of our recent convert Srei Niet. We started teaching them a long time ago but then he lost his job and had to sell his motto and now they dont have a way to get to church anymore. Well we have been working with them and have been very straight forward and promised them lots of blessings. This week they made a huge sacrifice which was totally unexpected. They spent a whole $2.50 to get a motto dope to and from the church. That is a LOT of money for them but they came and stayed the whole time. Then we went over later that evening to their house and they were both reading the Book of Mormon! It's so awesome to be able to see people change. I know that the atonement can change lives. Missions are the coolest. Highly recommend 10/10.
President Moon has a promise for all his missionaries that every week in every single are there are at least 5 people that will accept the gospel. It is our job to find them. This week we got 5 new investigators! We found 5 new people that are very promising and accepted to learn more about the gospel. Its so cool to see President Moon's promise come true.
My daredevil companion:
Speaking of President Moon, this week we had zone conference. That means we get to spend 5 hours with a bunch of other missionaries, get training from President and Sister Moon, and get free food and real life American chocolate chip cookies from an oven. It was great. President Moon gave us all his book that he wrote and a poem that he wrote like 2 weeks ago. He's the coolest. Also the scariest though. We were doing a practice with another companionship, teaching them in Khmer, and President came over and listened to Elder Brewer and I teach for 5 minutes. That was kinda terrifying but I think I got all of my words out okay.
President Moon taught about the importance of the sacrament ordinance. It is the only ordinance we do more than once for ourselves. It should be the most sacred part of our week. We should have a spiritual experience every week just like we did when we got baptized or went to the temple. Sister Moon taught a lot about work. The most important part of missionary work is work. I'm really trying to work hard to get the most out of these 2 years as possible.
If you want a little insight on what my life is like you can check out this series about a missionary in Cambodia: http://www.
Spiritual Shpeel: If you want something or someone to change, change yourself first and let others see your example. I have learned how much more effective an example is than words. I have learned that if I want my companionship to change and do something better, I just start doing it. I wanted to start getting our investigators more involved by asking better questions. So every day I thought of a question to ask our investigators during personal study. Then I would write it down and ask during the lesson. Pretty soon every time we planned a lesson my companion and I would think of a good question to ask. I didnt have to sit down and make my companion listen to a conference talk about asking questions, I just started doing it
If you want something to change, just do it and people will follow.
I've been so blessed to have awesome companions to show me the way.
Life is good.
Tol is the coolest:
I love you all.
Keep me in your prayers, they really help.
Love,
Elder Osborne