He came. And left. And took a piece of my heart with him.
Elder Holland came to Cambodia. I sensed his presence as soon as he stepped foot in my country. He's a real apostle. Like Peter or John. I sensed it when he left as well. Now I'm just happy it happened and that he was able to see the country that I love so much.
The crew.
A person who attends my English class went to the conference and then afterwards found me and told me she wants to learn. I got a referral from Elder Holland.
View from a member's house.
Elder Holland said so many good things in both his address to a group of 2000 members and in his devotional for the missionaries. All of his words were amazing but the thing that hit me even more was just his presence. He commands any room he is in. By the time he left I just wanted to be his friend so badly. I hope I get to associate with people like that in the future.
We found a break-dance school. It's covered in graffiti.
Our English class lesson this week was on families so for the spiritual thought we always do at the end I decided to share some parts of the Proclamation on the Family. In the process of reading it to my English class I realized what a cool document it is. It is so simple but so powerful. Check it out.
Flaming Dragons.
Our investigators are all doing well. Nobody has been making any big steps recently though. But honestly, I'm not discouraged at all because I'm doing my best. It's a good life.
The sunset makes life better.
Spiritual thought: Elder Holland told us a cool thing. He talked about the Dead Sea Scrolls. Recently, researchers found some pages of a manuscript from forever ago. 2 or 3 of those pages had some references to Jesus (I'm probably butchering the facts, sorry). They then proceeded to build a big museum around the spot where the pages were found and now tons of people come visit it every year.
We have 532 pages jam packed with information about Jesus. The Book of Mormon is a huge deal. We know so much more about Jesus and his relationship with mankind because of those 532 pages. I know they are all true and I have felt God's love for me so many times while reading those pages. Go read them.
I love you all
Love,
Elder Osborne
P.s. A story about a generous man and a poor boy: https://www.dropbox.com/