So sorry I've been very busy these past couple weeks, both during the week and then on P-day too! I sit down to email and keep getting called out of my office to help with one problem or another.
Biggest happenings: Pshum Bun and turning 20.
Pshum Bun: A very big holiday here in Cambodia where they go back to their hometowns to worship their ancestors. Makes Phnom Penh pretty empty as everyone leaves the city (great for traffic!). We were invited to go eat at one of the Pagoda's with a member and his non-member family. He knows a lot of English and described it as a Thanksgiving feast kind of thing. We had a couple head monks come up to us and welcome us; they had really good English and were surprised we knew Khmer.
Due to the fact so many people leave the city we also had a week of activities and zone conferences to keep the missionaries busy with productive things to do. I helped coordinate much of it as office elder and it kept me busy!
Birthday: I don't think I've ever had so many different groups of people sing to me on one birthday in my life. Had dinner with the Thurstons, a senior couple, and then the Curtis' insisted on me stopping by their apartment afterwards to eat more dessert with them! It was fun because when I had my last birthday in KC the Curtis' were also there. I had just arrived to country and they didn't know me too well yet and Sister Curtis had made Walnut chocolate chip cookies to celebrate. She is handing out the cookies to everyone one and I look at the cookie as I'm going to take a bite. See the nuts. Pause. Ask her if there are nuts in it. Upon the affirmative response I gave the cookies to my companion and she felt so bad. So this year we happened to be neighbors again and she made me a chocolate cake. Thank you as well to all the happy birthday wishes from state side. I'm a bit slow on the reply emails but I'll get to you all!
On the missionary side of things we had a couple wonderful lessons with Bernadette and the Pervaiz family. The Pervaiz family lives far away from the church and need to find a new house close to the church so they can come. Keep them in your prayers to find a way to come to church!
We also had 3 men from India show up at church and share their desire to convert from Sikh to Christian and want to know what the process is. We should be meeting with them soon as well to get to know them and their story a little bit better.
I love you all! The work rolls on.
- 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
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