So much to tell about this week! We have so many amazing people we meet everyday in Cambodia. Sister Smith and I were sitting at the church waiting for our investigators to come and one of the girls from our english class drove by and saw us so she went to the market and picked up some food for us and brought it back. These people are seriously so nice! We had two different Christmas parties with the stake and our ward this week which were so good. There were so many people that came and 4 of our investigators came as well!! The spirit was so strong and got me so excited for Christmas! It doesn't feel like Christmas time because it is in the middle of July weather out here but I can't wait.
We got 3 new investigators this week who seem really promising. Maari, Kanida and Seumei. They are all about my age and are all so excited about learning. Kanida is from english class and she said everytime she comes to the church she feels that there isn't chaos and how it feels like a safe place. Seumei came up to us this week when we were handing out english class flyers and said that she wanted to learn about Christ. THIS NEVER HAPPENS. We are really excited. And Maari was a referral and so we cannot wait to continue teaching them these next weeks.
We also got to play a hacky sack type game with some of the youth in the church parking lot as we were waiting for an investigator which was so fun. All of the youth and children here are so cute and I love interacting with them. The only 20 minutes that it was raining this week we were outside and got so drenched. The rain is my favorite.
As I was studying this week I came across a beautiful quote by Elder Bednar "Spiritual creation preceded the temporal creation. In a similar way, meaningful morning prayer is an important element in the spiritual creation of each day and precedes the temporal creation or actual execution of the day. " I think this is so important that we are having real meaningful prayers each day and not just saying prayers. Our Heavenly Father wants to communicate with us and we have the amazing opportunity to do so. Pray is such a powerful tool we can use every single day to draw nearer to our Heavenly Father and to help bless His children. I love D & C 10:5 "Pray always, that ye may come off conqueror; yea, that you may conquer Satan, and that you may escape the hands of the servants of Satan that do uphold his work." Prayer is so powerful and I am so grateful that I am able to use it each and every day. I know the Lord loves all of His children so much and is just waiting to communicate with us!
Love Sister Stratford
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