Dear Elder Slavens

Dear Elder Slavens
Elder Trenton J Slavens
Thailand, Bangkok/Arizona, Gilbert/
Texas Houston East
Elder Dallin J Slavens Cambodia, Phnom Penh
Elder Chancellor J Slavens Idaho, Twin Falls

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe

Listen to the beginning of this week

At first I tried to get some lady to tailor some shirts I had. She said she needed half an hour. I gave her an hour. When I went back, she said, "wait, I left them in my house, I'll go get them" so I sat there as she went to her house, got my shirts, came back, and the sewed them because she took them home and didn't sew them, just put them on the floor. 

Then I found a hat that had been lost or 3 weeks, but then it fell out of my bag as I was riding my bag. Luckily, a nice citizen told me in his broken English that I dropped my hat. So as I turned around to go get it, I watched a guy kick it up onto his moto with his foot and drive away with it. Dang it. 

Then as I was walking down the stairs my Birkenstocks exploded. 

 Then a kid (who was 6 years old, so it was kinda cute) threw rocks at us because we were trying to teach his parents. But that one was more cute than bad. 

But the week all was made better when I watched a dude birth a pig. Meaning he pulled a Mike Rowe and got down and dirty to help this pig birth 12 piglets. SO MANY PICTURES. But they are extremely graphic. Email me if you want to see them. 

BYE 

Exploded... 



Would you trust one of the fish they caught? 



That was in one humans stomach. I mean pig. But it will be in one humans stomach when I eat them all 



She's ready to burst



I saw a dude help a pig give birth this week.



How to pick fruit



How to watch a guy chop wood 



How to Loco Moco



​How to watch someone chop wood 



How to watch them dip watch them nae nae 



We had a really long ride 



And I got really bored



​And there was no one on the street 



So I made flash cards (while riding my bike) and then memorized them all 



​We had to climb up on a bridge to cross it 



How to be super stoked when your son finishes his mission



How to be a thoog 


How to wear a really tight shirt when you do service 


​See you next week 

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Wersher Kwayla

This week there was a simple service project to cut down some trees, so we invited like almost literally everyone we know so that they can all help do service because doing service is the funnest (auto correct did not say that "funnest" is not a word, so suck on that Gary Preisser) thing ever. We had a group of recent converts and investigators all show up to do the work of like 2 people. It was awesome. 

The more time I spend talking to random people in a random language in a random country, the more I realize that the Cambodian race is just full of a ton of people who look and sound like Johnny Depp, but only in Captain Jack Sparrow form. And only when Jack Sparrow drank a ton of rum.

We have a new dude we teach named Hua who is the drummer in a members band. He is super cool and since Cambodians are out of school right now on summer break, he hangs out with us and does service with us all the time. Pretty cool.

I will tell the rest of this week through picture form!!!!


Bye 

The super Asian van that everyone drives here is my dream car 


I taped a ton of flashlights to my helmet 


We were talking to a group of dudes and they all started cracking up cuz they said this guy looks just like me. He's a handsome guy, huh? 


Giving someone a ride on your bike is called "doping" 


Free ice cream from a less active member 


People living on boats


We tried a new method of finding new people to teach we call "ballooning". We put questions in some balloons and told people to come pop a balloon and answer the question inside. Questions like "what are your goals in life?" and "what are you thankful for?" 



Classic birthday party on the floor for a baby 


Jack Sparrow. Video of him talking in the link below 


Kid playing in mud. Right before I took the picture, he was using money to scoop up the mud and drink it


Our investigators who serenaded us (video in the link)


Video in the link of this little girl praying 


Video in the link of these kids singing "the wise man built his house upon the rock" 


This guy gave me his shirt when he was drunk, so I gave him my shirt (I wasn't drunk) 


He didn't even question why I took the picture like this 


Poo Bot


Quack quack quack


"Don't go chasing waterfalls" 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BwzLAsjhbrMxWkEtQ0tuWVI2M2c?usp=sharing




Sunday, September 4, 2016

I got a free shirt from a drunk dude

Hi everyone. 

I have top fill you in on 3 weeks. 

Well for a while I was companions with Elder Osborne and Elder Uhi. But then Elder Osborne started training someone from America so now Elder Uhi and I are just rocking it.

We have started teaching a lot of new people. One chick we are teaching has literally no food. She showed me where she keeps her rice o feed her kids. It has nothing in it. 

Also we had a different investigator get drunk cuz his dad died, so I asked him if I could have his shirt and he gave it to me. 

For more stories, stay tuned till next week.


A big group of dweebs riding their bikes 


This cute guy who only speaks Chinese 


A thing you put your phone in to make your phone look 3D 


Making chicken! 


Chicken made right!


The 3 best companions 



Leg


When Elder Uhi puts on sunglasses, he changes to "J-J Cool" 


An old guy making a roof


A young guy making sandwiches


They call me "Mr. Sandwich" 


This is our neighbor, whose panini press we borrowed. I loves a Pranini. 


Cool!


The cutest thing I witnessed 


Last but not least, Elder Uhi and I made shirts for our zone. We are the East Zone. 


If THAT doesn't build unity, I don't know what will


They are v-necks, too 


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