Week 8: Cambodia is (hopefully) Just Around the Corner

                 

             

               We drew pictures of our family and practiced describing them in Khmae

 I've given this title because we were supposed to receive our flight plans on Friday and as of 30 minutes ago we still have not received them. Went to talk to the travel office and after a brief search they couldn't find anything and told us to come back at lunch. Hopefully this will be sorted out soon enough, but I know that it will our work out in the Lord's time. 

     Investigators have been progressing. Om Thom and Neakming Dii have accepted the challenge to be baptised (lookruu Garlick and neakruu Chheoun) but Neakming Ranii says she still needs to receive an answer from God before she accepts the invitation (neakruu Davis). Even though they're my teachers I love them and seeing them come closer to Christ is amazing. Om Thom has an addiction to smoking and we've been trying to help him. Our last lesson with him we invited him to give us his cigarettes to take away the temptation. He said he'd think about it. Later in the lesson I shared an experience, bore testimony, and invited him again. He thought about it, took a pencil out of his pocket and looked it it for awhile (the "cigarettes") and then gave it to me saying "ok". He was humble and willing to follow the Lord. I can't wait to go find and help people like Om Thom in Cambodia. 

     Back when I first came into the MTC we all watched a talk given by Elder David A. Bednar and he challenged everyone to read the Book of Mormon with a specific question in mind. I started it and this past week I finished it. It was the most meaningful read through I've had and I'd invite everyone to do this challenge as well. After you've read it write a one page summary of what you learned in the back.

     Big event of the week though, we had another apostle come talk to us, Neil L. Anderson. It was also his birthday so we all sang happy birthday to him. He gave a good overview of key points to missionary work. 

     ~Being a missionary is not complicated, but nor is it easy. 

     ~The elect are there to gather in if we continue to look, if we ask the Lord He will help us find those that are ready and desirous to learn. 

     ~We need to talk with everyone around us; you never know who needs your help

     ~Look for the positives not the negatives

     ~Develop the flame in the MTC for the work and don't let it die; remember your purpose

Hope you are all doing well; sending my missionary appropriate love your way! 

- Elder Taylor

                                                    Elder Tan, Otto, and I on temple walk

                                           Elder Andros and I, physics lab partners Fall semester