Elder Taylor in Cambodia: Update 101: Spiritual Highs and Physical Lows

This week has been a bit unusual. We had the wonderful visit from Elder Bednar at the beginning and then the last half has been filled with me being sick and two new elders moving in to our house to split our area for these next 4 weeks.

I was feeling good enough to go teach Bora on Saturday and he is still progressing wonderfully! He is so spiritually receptive and willing to follow all of Christ's teachings and make the necessary changes in his life to do so. Teaching those with true desire to learn of Christ is truly the greatest joy in missionary work, as you see the light of Christ grow brighter and brighter in their lives.

Elder Bednar met with all the missionaries on Tuesday morning. We had a discussion setting in which he asked us some questions and then let us ask him some questions.

Tuesday evening, he met with all of the members in Phnom Penh and he talked about:

1) Keeping the Sabbath Day holy

2) Paying Tithing

3) Preparing for a Temple

The first two points build on each other to come to the third point. It is through Sabbath day observance and paying tithing that we can come to fully enjoy the blessings of the temple. Elder Bednar said: "The church can build a temple in Cambodia. Building a temple is easy, preparing a people is the trial. Building a temple is easy, preparing a people is the trial."

Are we fully preparing ourselves to utalize the great blessings that are available to us through regular temple attendance?

Love,

- 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

For those who scrolled to the bottom, pictures:

1169 At the driving range for Elder Killburn's birthday