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?" 

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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

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 

ទេវតាមុខខៀវ

Yo, raise up dat ebenezer

My companion went home. He went back to America. 

But before he left, we had a giant birthday party for him at our recent converts house (it wasn't his birthday, it felt a lot like those times when you say it is your birthday at benihana just so you can get free ice cream) and we did nothing but try and find new investigators his last day. 

The party was awesome. We bought them dominoes pizza, which none of them have ever had. They bought him a cake, and on it they wrote "Vander Cook". That is not his name hahahhaha. 

My new companion Elder Uhi is awesome. He is Tongan, so most the time we just talk about the Hinganos and how they tricked me into drinking kava kava to ask Sisileti to prom. 

He is just like my last companion, almost done with his mission. Man, nothing like a ton of companions going home to make me feel stoked to still be in Cambodia! 

I wanna tell you about some of the folks in my branch now.

There is one guy who used to have a job clapping at a place they filmed tv shows lol. 5 bucks a day.

Another guy looks like gollum and is like 75 and works 24/7 as a guard. That is not uncommon here. Can you imagine? That would suck ណឹត្ស.

Living in the same house as Elder Osborne is my favorite thing. He let me shave his head.

PJs 

PJs and bikes 

Classic Cambodian tourism

Another day another dollar

Best hat ever

All the pictures from the party are blurry because I was recording the whole thing and using the handy tool of taking pictures while you record. Except for the part where the pictures suck. But I feel like this picture shows enough. Go watch the videos. They are so good. At the party we got into a food fight and I was pelted with cake by little savages of young age. 

Even grandma was enjoying herself 

Teaching English class to like 4 people 

Elder Osborne let me shave his head #BallerBuzz2 #TheReturnOfTheBuzz

Frog heaven 

Members singing karaoke 

Classic driving move courtesy of the giant cars in Cambodia 

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