We had another crazy week out here in Battambang. To start off my week we went to eat out at an american restaurant and there was a spider on the lettuce in my sandwich. Welcome to cambodia. Then we went and hiked wat banan and went on a bamboo train which was an adventure. We are really trying to get this ministering rolling out here in Cambodia and so we called up our Relief Society president and visited lots of less actives with her this week and we had a few of them come back to church which was a miracle! We are hoping to help her and work with her once a week and try to start out some ministering efforts.
The Siem Riep sisters came up for an exchange this week and so that was fun. I went with another girl straight from america and we had a good time. Her bike broke down but we made it work. We also did one more exchange with the other battambang sisters to help them and see how their area was doing which was a lot of fun as well.
BIG WEEK this week, we have Ming Hout, Hiang , Hon, Hong, Sombat and Nita all lined up to get baptized this saturday! WE ARE SO EXCITED! We hope all goes as planned this week. They are so amazing and so prepared and ready to get baptized. Our other investigators are still progressing and we are trying to finalize some baptismal dates with them this coming week so hopefully we can get them on track. The work is on fire out here and I love every minute!
Spiritual thoughts for the week focused in Hebrews 10:
32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
I have been studying a lot about personal revelation and received a lot of cool insights from a talk by Jeffry R. Holland:
"Once there has been genuine illumination, beware the temptation to retreat from a good thing. If it was right when you prayed about it and trusted it and lived for it, it is right now... face your doubts. Master your fears. "cast not away therefore your confidence" Stay the course and see the beauty of life unfold for you... After you have gotten the message, after you have paid the price to feel his love and hear the word of the Lord, go forward. "
"Along with the illuminating revelation that points us toward a righteous purpose or duty, God will also provide the means and power to achieve that purpose. Trust in that eternal truth. If God has told you something is right, if something is indeed true for you, he will provide the way for you to accomplish it... Fighting through darkness and despair and pleading for the light is what opened this dispensation. It is what keeps it going, and it is what will keep you going." (Elder Holland)
I know that the Lord is always fighting for us and helps us every step of the way even if we don't recognize it. The Lord truly is involved in the details of our lives and He wants to give us revelation but we need to come seeking. We need to keep pushing. When we receive spiritual promptings we need to have the faith to respond and press forward with faith. I have had this happen so many times in my life when I receive spiritual confirmations, lots of temptations come. But when we push through and trust in the promptings we receive we get so many blessings from them!
I am so thankful that I am able to serve these amazing people in Cambodia and learn from them each day! I know that the Lord has a plan for each of our lives and as we trust in Him and rely on Him we will have the power to accomplish anything!
Loves,
Sister Stratford
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