Elder Platt’s Missionary Mail

  Hello friends and family The last 2 weeks have been a great experience with 13 good days and 1 hot one. it is an amazing time to be alive in this country of Cambodia.  I see the rest of my brethren floundering as wet season rages, but as for us in the (relatively) dry battambang, we get to enjoy autumn winds and milder temperatures so thats a great contrast to my adventure here in the peak hot season.  In the last month we've got a branch president called, and more people coming every week. Yesterday we hit 59 people attending sacrament! A new record, mainly due to a family that is helping people come to church by piling them into meat carts attached to Honda scooters.  If there is a will there is a way. Some won't look at the snake on the stick to be healed, and others are willing to drive hours just to come to church every week.  They shall have their reward. Its just super amazing to be with these wonderful people, to hear their stories and be their friends. Tomåh Goal is

  Then keep it rolling for another week   today I took a nap (no time to write email)😴 please enjoy the pictures in the meantime

The elite group  Baptism day It's been a crazy transfer so I thought I'd drop an email to appease the mothers out there.  At some point I entered a trio with e. Ellingson from my mtc group. We worked alot and saw alot of cool miracles. Then boom as fast as it started it was over.  Back to just two. But yeah we put in some good work, dropped a couple 10 bombs for sacrament, and last Sunday my friend monoe got baptized. I'm super grateful to have had the opportunity to teach him. His desire to learn made me want to be a more diligent student of the gospel, his attitude was always so happy 😊.  After his baptism he bore a sweet sweet testimony and his wife told me that in 17 years of being married she's seen him cry twice. Once when he "did her wrong" and the second when he was standing there, hair still wet, just telling the small congregation why he knew Jesus Christ's gospel was the best thing for him and how it will help his family. If there's somethi

  Firstly, greetings to brother, younger brother uncles, aunts, grandma's, grampas, everybody all together🙏 I had a week that is truly amazing. I went advertising in many places ! In houses, park, and so forth.  This area has leadership and ward missionaries that are handsome and diligent truely. On the trueday,  we went out with a youth named tung. He had a day off from school so we advertised and taught with him from 11  morning to 6  evening. I love tong and appreciate his willingness to serve Also we exchanged companions and I got to go with the ZL that is a beloved of mine.  Elder ellingson makes me a better person and I was so happy to finally be in the same area as him for the first time since good old mtc days Sorry for my khmer Grammered english I'll stop now.   I am currently trying for the world record most consecutive days with primarily instant Ramen eaten. My body is receiving the consequences gracefully.   បានបំផ្ទុះបន្ទប់ទឹក iykyk Maybe I should stop, but it

  This week I studied the teachings of Nephi, an ancient prophet. He's so amazing in his steadfastness in the good work. Truly an role model of mine. Also his many times great grandson, Nephi, was such a great man. Even though many people were wicked at that time, he still tried his best to help them.  Just helping and loving people no matter what. That is what I learned this week.  And it was a good week, lots of work. I'm excited to see what me and elder baconawa can do with another 35 days left in the transfer. Here's some kids 

  I didn't have much time last week so here's a quick summary Exchange with ZL nydigger where I fell in a ditch.  Now he's going AP so it was cool to work with him for a day. Speaking of that transfer boards came out! I left battombang (the westernmost zone) and went to east zone. Specifically I am now serving in ta kmou which means black grandpa so thats cool 😎 .  What's not so cool is when I sent my bike and luggage through the carrier mail service,  the kind front desk lady heard "tma khoul" which is a small town 45 min north of my old area and certainly nowhere close to me. Tha khoul does. Not equal ta khmou Big confuse moment, as they say, but through some miracle I now have my stuff back 2 days later.  Also Im now on bike number 6 because bike number five was just bike number 3 but with new handlebars and the chain still not fixed!! My new comp is elder Hang and he goes home in 5 weeks. He seems pretty chill tho. 😎  I hope to dedicate more time to this