After a week you can write an essay.
After a month you can write an book.
After a year in Cambodia all you can say about it is "its complicated."
Yesterday President Christensen came up to Battambang to work out a hairy situation with some members. We had to translate. Basically there was a disagreement, it got physical, a lawsuit is happening. And thus we see, despite our perfect doctrine and perfect Leader (Christ), our members are still not perfect. Which is okay. We are working on it.
Last week we spent $15 on ice cream sandwiches:
This we had our big leadership meeting in the city again. It was super good this time. Its always good. But sometimes its actually not that good. This time it was more of a council meeting and we all got to ask questions and talk about our zones. Elder Allred and I made a zone vision and we got to share it with the Jedi council. Our vision for our missionaries in our zone is to become Zion-builders and better conduits for the spirit. We are going to focus on strengthening our branches to make them more like Zion and we are going to be obedient in order to have the spirit with us always. I heard a talk in the MTC by Elder Cook that said "missionaries are not the marketing department of the church, they are the branch and ward builders." I thought that was really cool and we will incorporate that into our zone this transfer.
Some weird elders at the Jedi council meeting:
Hitting the city:
This week my testimony of a living Prophet has been growing. The President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Prophet of God. His name is Thomas S. Monson. He will not lead us astray. If we follow his council we will prosper.
https://speeches.byu.edu/
https://speeches.byu.edu/
I know that this church is true even if its members are not perfect.
Love,
Elder Osborne