Update 53: Week of Yeardom

Well. I officially hit my year mark for my mission. I'm "old" now. We had fun and sent out an email to everyone from our group with fun gifs for each of them. Also, we googled holidays for each day this week and had some fun with it. Monday was saunter day. Didn't really do too much with that one. Tuesday was ice cream soda day and we forgot. Wednesday was selfie day and we made use of that with our English class page: https://www.facebook.com/ReanEnglishClass/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE&fref=nf   Thursday was chocolate eclair day and our year mark day; so we stopped by Aeon mall and bought one. DSCF0990 Friday was typewriter day. We added an extension to chrome to make our keyboards sound like typewriters. Saturday was put a pillow on your fridge day, so we did that. ​

​Sunday was catfish day. We can't really buy catfish here, so we printed out "catfish" and hung them up: catfish-4...

 

We went up to north stakes english class this Saturday to meet up with some potential investigators from Laos, but while I was there I got to see some people from when I served there a few months back. This is Tra; my old investigator. Right before I left for transfers our last couple appointments fell through, so I never got to say goodbye to him. He was just baptized a few weeks ago and it was so good to see him. He used to have long hair and I didn't recognize him at first and then he ran over and hugged me and I was so happy to see him. I had been so sad I didn't get to say goodbye to him and now I got to see him again! ​

Similar story with this guy! So his name is Kackuhda (means July). When I first showed up to TukThlaa he was interviewed for baptism and he wasn't ready and got offended with the elders. We kept trying to meet with him, but it didn't seem to be going anywhere. And now he was baptized yesterday! So cool and happymaking to see how much the people I loved so much have progressed since I last saw them. ​

This is a chocolate bar I'd been saving since Christmas for my year mark. Twas quite tasty. ​

We went golfing at a driving range last p-day. Wasn't planned, but our tuktuk was driving too slow to make it out to the mountain we wanted to go to in time, so we were trying to figure out what to do when we drove past a driving range. Just stopped, pulled over, and had a great time. Used this photo as my lock screen​

Taking some videos for the facebook videos​

Best double rainbow I've ever seen in my life​

African fried rice. Way good. Right next to our new Nigerian investigators, Owen, restaurant. 

A cool hallway that leads to an investigators house. This place would make an awesome haunted house. ​

The car we drive. I'm still not street worthy, but we'll get there. Also, we had just washed the car when it got way muddy driving down the road in this photo. Just can't keep the car clean. ​

Spiritual Thought: 

Helaman Chapter 14:

30 And now remember, remember, my brethren, that whosoever perisheth, perisheth unto himself; and whosoever doeth iniquity, doeth it unto himself; for behold, ye are free; ye are permitted to act for yourselves; for behold, God hath given unto you a knowledge and he hath made you free.

31 He hath given unto you that ye might know good from evil, and he hath given unto you that ye might choose life or death; and ye can do good and be restored unto that which is good, or have that which is good restored unto you; or ye can do evil, and have that which is evil restored unto you.

I'm so grateful for the gift that God has given me, has given all of us, for the chance to choose what will make me happiest, and that when I choose to follow Him, He never stops helping me go the distance. 

Keep going everybody! 

- Elder Taylor

Letters will be joyously received at: 

Elder Taylor

Cambodia Phnom Penh Mission 

House 2B, st. 222 off Norodom

P.O. Box 165

Phnom Penh Cambodia