I gave a talk in sacrament meeting last week. In Khmae. I talked about love and read a couple scriptures. Then I subtly switched the focus over to loving everyone by sharing the gospel and then talked about how we all need to share the gospel and give the missionaries referrals. I'll do anything for a good referral!
The mission home has the stash.
I think I'm getting pretty smooth in Khmae. This week we were out contacting and talked to some guys hanging out on the street. I asked them what they do for work and they said they were carpenters. And then I was like "Have you ever heard of a carpenter named Jesus?" and then went on to get his phone number and stuff. Its super fun to talk to people now.
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Sometimes I feel like what I'm doing is way above my pay-grade. This week we have been trying to help one of our investigators quit smoking. He is pretty reluctant to stop because hes been smoking for 20 years. That's longer than I've been alive. Holy cow. And I, a kid who can barely speak the language and has been in the country for just 3 months, am supposed to help him gain a strong enough testimony to want to quit smoking and then help him through the process!? I'm not sure how its all going to work out but I know that I have the Lord on my side. Pray for me.
Sometimes the road needs an umbrella to keep from getting wet
Cambodia is hilarious. One new phenomenon that I have seen since coming to this area is what I like to call the "bridge boost". Sometimes there is a moto that has a massive trailer. Sometimes carrying 20 pigs, sometimes fruits and vegetables, sometimes rubber nipples stacked 15 feet high. And usually this is no problem when they are just riding along a busy city street. But when they need to cross a steep bridge it becomes problem. So the drivers enlist help. To get more horsepower they call 2 of their buddies to drive their own little motos right next to him and give him a boost. The buddies stick one of their legs out and press it to the back of the trailer and for at least 200 meters before the bridge they build speed, honking the whole time for people to get out of the way. Most of the time with all 3 of them they just barely get over the hump of the bridge and they all take a deep breath.
I love Cambdia.
Spiritual Thought: I know that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have distinct and separate physical bodies. I know this because of a true prophet of God. I am thankful for a living prophet.
Love,
Elder Osborne
