December 18, 2015 at 9:10 PM
Subject: Back to BB
Hey Guys,
Wow, is it really the 19th of December? It is not beginning to look
like Christmas at all. But hey, we had a good week here in Cambodia. Starting
on Monday this last week Elieson and I headed out around the provinces to do
some exchanges. We got into Battambang late Monday night and all of Tuesday I
got to go out with Elder Zierenberg and his trainee in legendary Branch 2
Rothanak! It was one of the coolest days of my mission. I left Battambang over
7 months ago, and in mission terms that's a while (lot of turnover in
missionaries). So when we'd pull up to a house of someone I knew well they'd
double take and then realize that it was me. So fun! I really love that area
and so many of the people up there. Since I was there for a while and
Zierenberg basically had to whitewash in, I got to show him some houses of less
active members that I knew. It's crazy because I've been out of there for a
while, but when you get back in the area it's like you don't skip a beat. This
is the first area that I've left that I've gotten to go back and proselyte in.
Zierenberg and Schiefer are beasts out there and I'm happy and confident to
have them holding down that sweet area.
Then we drove around to the east and stopped off for another
exchange in Kampong Cham on Thursday. That was also cool. It was my first time
to go through KT and KC and they're really pretty khets. Doing exchanges is
like pinch-hitting in baseball--you're kind of coming in cold off the bench and
thrown right into the action. Sometimes you're successful, other times not. The
guys in KC have a huge island in their area that you get to by going over a
huge bamboo bridge. Way cool out there.
Here's a link I just found about a lady from Battambang that I got
the chance to teach back about 8 months ago. She's got great faith!
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| Left to right: Elder Schiefer, Sam, Elder Zierenberg (Sam's companion back in the MTC) |
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| Bamboo bridge to an island |
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