And the big news from this session of transfer calls is that I, Elder Taylor, will indeed be staying 5, you heard that right, 5 transfers in the office. As far as the Cambodia Phnom Penh Mission goes that is a new record for as far back as anyone can remember. My companion will also be staying the same. First time I'll have done 3 transfers with the same companion (also a pretty uncommon occurrence).
As far as happenings in the office Deepak is progressing and has accepted a baptismal date to work towards! Vivian was feeling a bit under the weather this past week, but should be back up to snuff soon. Bernadette was also sick this past week. Moses is still coming to church every week, but is too busy to meet and learn. Interesting fellow. We also have two new investigators named Bibin and Bholu. They are from India and don't speak very much English. Lucky for us, we have members from Pakistan who can help translate for us. They were both referrals from the TTP elders recent convert Hap (who I actually did his interview for baptism a couple transfers ago; so many interesting connections when you stay in an area for this long). We also have a long list of potential investigators, but they have just been too busy to meet or are out of country for awhile.
Other events: We had stake conference this past Sunday at a different building than where we normally hold our service. Had some miscommunication and a few of our investigators went to the normal place and time and missed out on the conference. Elder Nelson and I did end up translating for the international members by speaking into a small microphone up front that broadcast to headphones in the room. Rather nerve racking, but everyone says we did a good job and had a couple fun laughs. One sister who was speaking used an abstract story analogy and switching between points of view and people she was talking about and using words I had no idea what they meant. That was the point I was most lost in, but the others were all pretty straight forward.
The sisters from my MTC group are going home this week. So odd to have people leave, makes me realize how old in the mission I'm getting.
Last week I did an exchange with Elder Cox because I'm a district leader and he is my zone leader. It was fun to be able to go proselyting again with an old companion and see how much they've grown. I learned several words from him as well; quite the turn of events from when I was teaching him words in his 3rd transfer. It was good to get out of the office and go proselyting again. We had a memorable experience when we decided to go contacting.We didn't have much time left for the exchange and were trying to get to a good area. After biking for awhile, we parked out bikes and locked them up, said a prayer, and went looking. Just 30ft up the side street from where we locked our bikes we had a long contract with a middle aged man at a side shop/apartment building. After that we were out of time and had to bike back, but Elder Cox has a new potential investigator now.
The work is busy; life rolls on.
Love y'all!
- 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
PB202587: We played ultimate! First ever in the mission.
Everyone had a blast and we're planning on doing it again.
2375770_...: James: a recent convert and soccer player from Liberia and
Vivian: our investigator from China
DSCF7078: We went and ate at our potential investigators' Brazilian restaurant
and the food was grilled to perfection!
DSCF7053: Thanksgiving dessert at the Thurstons (a senior couple) with the zone.
The house also ate dinner at the Johnson's (a family in the international ward) house.
DSCF7047: Elder Nelson, Elder Vogel, and I donated blood also this past week.
It was a very long complicated wait, but we did it!
And because of that a member was able to get medical aid.
A time to give back, and remember what you're thankful for.
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