So this week was crazy. but incredible, as always!! :)

we have this one awesome inv. such an inspiration! she told us this week that shes so busy with work she doesnt eat breakfast or lunch! but she always makes time to meet with us-anytime we ask. i just think that if we could all be a little more like that, putting whats most important first, our lives would fall a little better into place. how often do we make excuses for not staying the full 3 hours at church? or not attending young mens/young womens? are our excuses holding us back from receiving full blessings of the gospel, and from coming to know our savior on a more personal level? i believe as we put Him first, in front of EVERYTHING-even eating-the blessings of the gospel will be ours, and our lives will change. 

right now, we are over 2 wards, one in ToulTomPong, and the other in Chaktamok. Our ward in CTM is just a bunch of neak mings (basically moms). and all i can think about is how in the last gen conf so many people talked about how it will be strong women that will lead the growth in the church in the last days. so watch out CTM!! growth is coming!!

also, we discovered this new wonderful food. (mom-stop reading here) anyways, we make a PB sandwhich, and then we french toast it, and then we cover it in myboy (sweetend condensed milk). and its a heart attack, but so so delicious. 

oh also, we got transfers! so im staying here, and saying goodbye to my koon (shes headed to austrailia in a couple weeks to continue her mission there), and ill be training a new koon! so send lots of prayers my way 

basically, cambodia is the happiest! ill send pics next week!

love sis smith

Hi fam! THis week was another fantastic week here in Cambodia!

Probably the best part was gen conf. im obsessed. like i was excited for it, cause i knew it was gonna be good, but THEY KILLED IT. seriously, every talk was so applicable and so beautiful and basically the gospel is so true. so join:) 

also, the other happiest part of this week was that i went on an exchange with my MTC comp!! We live together, but we never proselite because we have different companions. but for gen conf, since both of our comps are khmae, they watched it together in khmae, and we got to watch it together in english. SO HAPPY. just like in the mtc. also, it was way cool. we got to proselite together and teach lessons, which we havent done together since the mtc. it was super awesome to see how much we both have grown. 

basically, the mission's the happiest. if your thinking about going on a mission, or about investigating the church, take the leap of faith and do it. what do you have to lose? i promise it will be the best decision of your life. 

love you all!

sis smith

HI HI HI FROM CAMBODIA.

ok this week was awesome! its still raining and still flooding! biking is the funnest. pretty sure when i get back to america, ill be a biking professional:) 

probably the best part of this week was when all the sisters in the mission got together and watched womens conference. i am so amazed at the wonderful talks. women are truly so important in gods work. also, how good was sis eubank's talk? SO GOOD.let us continue to invite more and more women to link arms and stand for truth together. also, we started an annual womens conf activity, which i hope will continue to be as amazing as it was this last week. we received a lot of training from the senior couples and our mission president. and ate delicious food:)  also im  STOKED for general conf this upcoming weekend. i know it is truly from god. 

we had a wonderful experience this week in eng class! every week we teach english on wed nights and sat mornings, and we always give a spiritual thought after (to hopefully contact people that want to learn). eng class is usually a super great place to get inv because these are the people that are voluntarily coming after long days of work, that are tired, and often have kids, but want to improve their life, so they are willing to sacrifice to learn. and these are the exact people that want to learn about christ. but for whatever reason, this last transfer, it has felt like our pretty steady stream of inv from eng class dwindled and kinda died. it felt that our spiritual thoughts werent having an effect of these students, and it was pretty discouraging! but this week, when we asked someone to give a closing prayer, this ming that comes every week, doesnt talk, and has never wanted to learn before, volunteered. and she gave the most beautiful prayer! so it was just a reminder that the effort we put in to eng class truly matters, and to not give up, because even if someone didnt used to want to learn, it doesnt mean they dont want to learn now! 

keep studying your scriptures every day!

love sis smith