Monkey with an afro

So before I moved to this new area of Chbar Ampov, I was still in Tuek Laak with Elder Ros. This was last week, people. And one night we got in the elevator that went up to our house, and we stopped on a floor that wasn't ours. There was a family that wanted to go down. But we were going up. So they said, "oh. no problem, we'll wait for you guys to go up and then we'll get on the elevator when the elevator comes back down." and so the elevator starts shutting. But their 3 year old son didn't get the message.

He hopped on the elevator with us before the doors closed. And everyone was screaming, " NO! Where are you going?!" and then the doors shut. 

We were all trying to pry the doors open. Smashing the open door button. Hoping the door would open. But then it didn't hahahhaa.

So we went up with this kid. I felt like a kidnapper hahahhaa. So we got off at our floor, pressed the button for the floor the kid was on, and then left as the elevator doors shut and it started heading down. It was hilarious.
So the move to my new area was good. My new companion Elder Cook is awesome. He is finishing his mission in one month. He is from Idaho. The area is super dusty-the dustiest in the whole mission. I have to wear sunglasses and a face mask everywhere I go so I don't get dust in my mouth and eyes. But I am too lazy to buy sun glasses and a face mask so I get dust in my mouth and eyes everyday. 

It also rains exactly at 2:30 everyday here. I can't tell if the sky here is different then other sky's, or what. 

B  Y  E  

Happy birthday to me.

THE PICTURE I WAS TALKING ABOUT LAST WEEK!

Look at all those chickens! 

How we taught body parts in English class 

Elder Ros and I had to wear trash bags so we wouldn't get wet from the rain​

Me and Cambodians

The guys who worked at my last house who would clean up after me and stuff. They were my best friends. 

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This dude is a beast. His name is Cetra. I had to leave him in my last area. I knew him for one week, but he wanted to meet us everyday to learn about the Book of Mormon because he loved reading it. And he found us on Facebook. There is a page called, "Cambodia Phnom Penh LDS Mission" on Facebook that some people find us on. 

This is my new companion

Just kidding. This is my new companion.

I should have caught it on video when I pushed him into that river. 

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In this new area, there is a school right by our church where all the kids wear the same red helmet no matter what. It doesn't matter if they are biking or walking, they all wear the same helmet. 

The majority of my new area is one road that is super duper dusty 

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This description of a Thai light bulb feels like an epic novel when you read it. 

Elder Cook

 https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BwzLAsjhbrMxTUlMMTVkX3RVSnM&usp=sharing

The bird is the WORD!

Did you guys hear the news? Korea is accepting people to go do physical labor there now! So if your Korean is good enough, you can test to see if Korea will accept you to go work there! Take this opportunity, people! They pay you 3 times as much as you get now to do the same job, such as lift dirt and fix cars and sell gasoline.

Everyone I talked to this week, including all the members, were all going to test their Korean to see if Korea would accept them to work there. Who DOESN'T want to work in Korea, right?

This week Elder Ros was super sick. Hashtag phlegm is all we have to say to sum up this week.

But I did get the chance to try and print some pictures and then the print shop computer had a virus that deleted all my pictures! Goodbye 3,000 pictures from 7 months of my mission. Lol

That especially sucks because while I was sitting in the house while Elder Ros was sick, I was watching some construction workers. And they were standing on this super tall, sketchy scaffolding to drill some holes and stuff, and their only form of protection from falling was a guy behind them, holding a ledge with one hand and the driller guy's butt with his other hand! It was awesome.

Also in my free time this week I studied "feasts" in the bible dictionary. It's super long and confusing. And it also inspired me to ask you, Bishop Barlow (you know who you are), to set up a stellar linger longer when I come home. Got it?

Also, after 7 and a half months serving in this area, with like a billion different companions coming and going but me always staying, I am finally leaving the city area of Tuek Lakk. And now I go to a little more farmy place called Chbar Ampov. Translates to the sugar cane garden. Sweeeeet...

I will be Elder Cook's last companion. He has been telling me that I will be his last companion for quite some time now. I never believed him.

I wish I had pictures to put this week, but...


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Elder Ros' email

66th Episode/Epistle of អែលឌើរ រស់ - The Living Slave is Free. *Season Finale*

ជាតំបន់សូមជំរាបសួរ!,

       How's it going everybody! It's another well week while I am still recovering from my aftermath from the fever from the Rain, so I did found out that Rainy Season's not until somewhere around August in Cambodia...*sigh...sniffles* Hahaha. Well here's how'd this week went:

    Well unfortunately for a few days I couldn't do much because of the Fever I caught, but I recover quickly. Blessing do work when you allow your faith in the restored priesthood to work! I am grateful for the restoration of the Gospel and the Priesthood just for us to have enduring revelations and blessings from God everyday in these Latter-days! 

      

      I don't really have to much to post except the fact I conquered the "NEW" Language Achievement Program! Which I'll have dinner with the mission president soon! Yay! Concerning Investigators... it's tough to meet them all, but we're doing our best we can to keep contacting and visit those that is necessary for to visit and help!

   The best news I can give that happened last week was me and Elder Slavens had a new investigator throughout last week since last Saturday! He's been commited to a baptismal date for a while and he has a ton of excellent questions and concerns about Christianity he know how's it excellent for us to pray because we can communicate to God and receive blessing from him, he's got potential to develop faith in this church I love this new investigator we had. (Giving a shout out for  the Assistants and the office Elders such as Elders Lauritzen, Asay, Osborne and Lambert!  Because of the new Facebook page it's how he's found as someone that wants to learn how to pray!  This new one anyway is named Bong Chetra very cool guy to. So excited to keep serving him! 

    REAN English Program from Wednesday's excellent despite that I can't talk or teach in REAN English when I am sick, however later on Saturday I recovered and shared a spiritual thought about the Church! It's kind of random when I gave my spiritual thought I was applauded from sharing a spiritual thought about what's behind our REAN English Classroom because I was sick while trying to share it! So it got across and apparently some participants from English Class came which was awesome and was very happy! 

    To summarize this fast, and simple is we're doing our best here, unfortunately this Transfers over because hey guess what! TRANSFER CALL ALERT: I will be a leading Senior Companion in Teuk Laak having a new companion known as Elder Lamborn from Honeyville, UTAH!  Super excited to serve with him soon! I am thankful for the chance to keep serving this mission helping my divine heritage come closer to our true savior who is JESUS CHRIST!

       I testify that miracles can happen when anyone works on what they pray, apply the faith and live because you want true happiness can be felt in our live in the latter-day! I still know that the Church I serve as a FULL-TIME missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is true, it's been restored and I know that God has a plan for each and every one of us! I am still doing my best to learn the Khmer language there's still a ton to learn to be honest! But I love to learn off of my mission! I'll miss serving with Elder Slavens! I've learned a ton from him! It's been a absolutely phenomenal 2 transfer serving with each other!   

     Now I am ready to lead the area, I know I can do it, I can keep testifying this with GOD all things are possible and if we allow the Holy Ghost to be the true teacher of ours and follow promptings we can reach up to our spiritual potential! I love you all! I got to get going! Just want to let you all know that I love the members in Tuek Laak it's getting better and I would love to keep it that way along with Elder Lamborn next transfer! Here I GO! STAY FANTASTIC AND BLESSED! 

សូមជំរាបលា!

🌏💓 -អែលឌើរ រស់  known as Elder Ros the Elder that stills lives on! 😇💊🛡🛃

  "And now, behold, my beloved brethren, I suppose that ye ponder somewhat in your hearts concerning that which ye should do after ye have entered in by the way. But, behold, why do ye ponder these things in your hearts? Do ye not remember that I said unto you that after ye had received the Holy Ghost ye could speak with the tongue of angels? And now, how could ye speak with the tongue of angels save it were by the Holy Ghost? Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do. Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye cannot understand them it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye knock; wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but must perish in the dark. For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things what ye should do." - 2 Nephi 32:2-5

For my soul delighteth in the words on Enya

All my notes from last week:

I live with an Elder from Vietnam. I call him Sam. Because he is like Sam from Holes. Anytime I have a problem, he can fix it. I had a zit in my nose, and he said, "I can fix that". He popped it for me. 

I though of Amir Sagafi this week. Shout out to you, home brother. 

All the leaders in the mission (not me cuz I suck) had a meeting and then had a lunch, but they ordered too much pizza so they called Elder Ros and I to the meeting to help eat pizza. 

I thought of a game as I listened to Enya this week. It is called "Ernest Enya". You have to listen an album of Enya's music and guess what the songs are named. Here are some examples her song names: "Evacuee" "Shepherd Moons" "Marble Hills" "Book of Days" It is a really hard game. 

Rumor in Cambodia is that there are 52 states in America. I have also heard 54 and 53. I have never heard 51... I have also never heard anyone guess 50 before, so. 

The Bishop in the Tuek Laak ward that I have been serving in for 7 months now said in sacrament meeting that if a missionary serves in an area for a long time, then that area needs them. I don't know who he was directing that at. 

Cambodians love crocs. 

If someone will make a T-shirt that says "Cambodians love Crocs"and send it to me I will pay for the shirt and the shipping. 

I translated an EFY song called "These are the Days" into Cambodian and then performed it karaoke style for all the missionaries in our zone, and then we all left the church and invited random people who were hanging out around the church to come in because church meetings were about to start and we thought it would be fun just to invite everyone. As we were doing that, it starting pouring rain. All the Cambodian Sisters said it was because I sang and my voice sounds like a dying animal. Cambodians are very blunt. 

Karaoke 

"I have canker sores"

"I can fix that" 

Pizza 4 breakfast 

My money was ripped and then tapped and also covered in blood so no one would take it. So now I am just keeping it for a souvenir.   10,000 riels is $2.50

Sittin on the toilet....

Sittin on the toilet...

Sittin on the toilet... 

We went to a waterfall. This is my Zone. 

​They filmed Twilight in Cambodia 

They also filmed Star Wars in Cambodia

They also filmed Scorpion King in Cambodia. THE ROCK!!!! 

I also filmed a waterfall in Cambodia. 

Hello

Just... HANGING OUT. BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who do you think is going to win? 

Cool Boyz

Lunch with hobos

Sisters walking back to church after my singing caused massive amounts of rain 

We are standing on a rock! 

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Week 63  https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BwzLAsjhbrMxR0VlWWpMT24wOU0&usp=sharing

Elder Ros

64th Episode of អែលឌើរ រស់ - Monster Progress Record

ជាតំបន់សូមជំរាបសួរ!,

        Hey everyone for the huge delay of this e-mail this is all summarized and packed down to how much Elder Ros can remember this is what he came across:

     Last Tuesday, as contact around an around a area in Teuk La'ak we found a very old member of the ward who hasn't been to church for a long time,  his name Bong Chan or in literal translation "Monday"! Hahaha Very nice and cool guy, we're working on understanding how's he doing and anything he needs help with! After that, Elder Lambert and Osborne current Office Elders got me and Elder Slavens to access some free Pizza at the Mission which was mainly for the leadership around the mission and then we came across Elder Wong earlier before meeting him in another day on Wednesday for a mission tour!

    Last Wednesday, I had the chance to participate in Elder Wong's presentation in the mission tour about repentance which was fun but kinda crazy hahaha! Later we dashed on to the North Stake Building to get on to the program back on REAN English Program! 

    Last Thursday, majority of the day was spent on filling a ton of information on a Progress Record the entire. Which was super time consuming but it was worth when preparing for Ward Council Meeting our first time in a long time especially for the area! Whoo! 

     Last Friday, we had Zone Training which was fantastic! Learn a whole lot about contacting and how to help other become more familiar with the church! We came across Bong Sophal who's a long time ago return missionary he's okay, still needs help from what's going on in his circumstance we shared a lesson with him concerning JOB from the Old Testament. Anyone can learn a ton from Job if anyone follows his example! For real! 

    Last Saturday, REAN English Program was wonderful as usual, after that we met up with Oun Sakada who's one of our recent converts we reviewed the gospel with him and committed him to study the doctrine of repentance a little more deeper! I love sharing the gospel when it can usually be in about 5 steps! Same idea applies with Puu Kosal who's on of our other investigators who never came to church yet.... he's somewhat a busy guy, but does believe in Christ and how much relevance it has to him, we shared the gospel with him also in this time visiting him, we committed him to learn more about repentance basing on his understanding and the scriptures he given including the Book of Mormon. What also happened in this lesson is both Om Mong and Pu Darin joined in on the lesson which was AWESOME! I love the members in this area so much! On top of that our recent convert Bong Sou helped us taught the 10 commandments to Seha like Sniper bullet shot through a time warp! Man, he nailed the doctrine right at it as what it is to Seha! I love Missionary Work! 

      Sunday at Church was great! Showed the Progress Record along with Elder Slaven and the Bishop was devastated of how much information I put for those we served since last week during Ward Council before Church!!  #DEDICATION!

Well everyone stay blessed out there I am still alive out here in the mission! Will be posting another one of these post soon! God bless you all! Thanks for keeping me in your prayers!      

សូមជំរាបលា!,

🌏💓 -អែលឌើរ រស់  known as Elder Ros the Elder that stills lives on! 😇💊🛡🛃