Mission Tour

Hey all!

So this past week or so we've been on the mission tour. I feel like I've now seen all of Cambodia! We went to each district and had Meet the President meetings with missionaries and members. We were able to meet and get to know each individual missionary which was really neat. We also met with a lot of the members who were so sweet and made us feel so welcome. I was able to bear my testimony in Khmae(cambodian language) at a lot of the member meetings. I can now piece together a lot of my testimony which is really exciting. We had two MTP meetings here in Phom Penh so we were able to stay home. Then on Friday we traveled for 5 hrs. to the province Battambong. It's a lot bigger than we excpected.  The next day we went to Siem Reap. This was my favorite place. It's also where Angkor Wat is so we drove around the outside of that. It's beautiful! I can't wait to go there for real! We stayed there Sunday and then traveled to Kampong Thom and Kampong Cham on Monday and Tuesday. It was a really long and tiring trip and I've never sat in so many of the same meetings. I now officially understand and appreciate the real meaning of a tour.

You don't see that everyday!

 This picture shows the lime green rice paddies (each blade of grass stuff has only ONE grain of rice!!!).

 A sneak peak of Angkor Wat!

 We stayed at a super nice hotel in Siem Reap. It's probably one of the nicest I've ever stayed at in my life! I had some fun dressing in a bathrobe and slippers to relax!

 The houses on the side were generally pretty poor, but to me it was strangely beautiful. Something about how the nature compliments the run down houses.

 It's kind of  hard to see but these white things are how they catch crickets. They put oil in the bottom of these tarps and then when it's dark they turn on the fluorescent lightbulbs above them. Kind of neat, I thought.

 These are rubber trees. They collect the sap from them and make rubber! Who knew!! The trees were beautiful and just went for miles and miles! I was really cool to see the raw producing of so many things we use and eat: rubber, lumber, brick, corn, rice, chickens, cattle, etc. I felt like I was in the game Settler's of Catan.

 This is the baptismal font at one of the branches. It's pretty typical to see because a lot of the buildings where church is held are rented.

It was a very fun trip that I really am glad I was able to go on! See ya next time!