SO MANY GREAT THINGS HAPPENED THIS WEEK. 

CAMBODIA IS THE BEST

but have no time:) so quick recap and some pics!! 

we have 3 scheduled baptismal dates and im SO HAPPY for them cause they love the gospel and i love them so its perfect. sadly, i wont be here for any of them because TRANSFERS!! i am leaving this area (which is way weird cause i have been here in august!!) and im headed to Keansvy and Chibambo!! And i have this feeling that great things are coming so im way excited!! also this week we found out who the new mission presidents will be and ate new years dinner with a member (way delicious), made an english class video (if you want to see more, check out FB Rean English Class), got chocolate french toast, krispy kremes, dominos pizza, and played games with our inv for pday. 

as for the biggest struggle with investigators, it's probably that their parents/grandparents wont let them learn because of family/religious traditions that they have followed forever. its really sad and hard, actually. we have a couple of girls that have had wonderful experiences, and would really like to continue to learn, and get baptized, but their parents wont let them. but i know god has a plan for them. so no worries:) another big challenge is coming to church. unlike the culture in america, in cambodia there is no such thing as a weekend. they dont have days off. school is every day. work is every day. and on top of that, going to church, going to a worship service is almost unheard of. so we focus a lot of church. and often, that is the defining factor between those who are ready to follow christ, and those who are not. but god is real, and this gospel is true, so all these challenges are small compared to the blessings they receive!! so cool. 

basically cambodia is the best. and God is the best.

let god into your life. he will make a wonder out of what you have. 

love sis smith

some pics:​​​​

1 and 2: me and my inv sievmey

3-5 idk what order but this is roti (the crepe thing we always buy on the side of the road that im obsessed with. its just dough and milo and sweetend condensed milk), and this is me and my pizza and the last one is of another one of my inv kanita

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 1 with my inv!! sievmey and kanita

2 wearing this members glasses lolz

3 this is a fertilized duck egg. so after its hatched, they wait a couple days then steam it and its partially grown!! super fun lolz it doesnt taste that bad:)

4 this is my koon trying the fertilized duck egg for the first time

Below:   1 more of me and my inv LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM

2-4 theres this cute SUPER old lady in our ward who is the kindest and she cant read so we have visited her once a week since august and read the bom to her. she definitely holds my heart. 

Below:   3 and 4 me and my inv mae! we found her at english class

1 and 2 our investigator bong phana. she has been learning with us since sept and i love her with all of my heart. she is an angel. 

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1 this is a typical khmae wedding -in the middle of the street so everything is shut down. but its huge white tents and beautiful and tons of flowers and last for about a week

2 us at a way yummy place we just found with shaved ice and french toast

3 and 4 funny story-we were sitting in the chair at the same time and it fell over and broke....

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so we went and did this thing called srey sa?at, which translates to pretty girl haha but basically this when we get dressed up as a traditional khmae girl for a special occasion, like a wedding or a really important party. well get more pics back next week!