Well, our investigators are doing well. We just committed Chanlina and James to baptism yesterday. I am really excited about that. They are by far my favorite investigators, and this gospel will help them so much. Chanlina just told us this last week that she might have to send James to Srok (her homeland) because school for him is too expensive in Phnom Penh. She is really poor. That made us really sad. I shared 1 Ne 7:12, told her to continue to pray, and that if she has faith she will be able to keep James at home because the Lord wants them to grow and learn as a family. I truly believe this will happen. Maybe her job will change or she will find money somewhere, but it will happen.
Let me explain our house a little bit. Our house is built like a fortress. It is the storage house for the mission, so it is big. When you first come in the first gate it opens up into a big outside cage/garage area, which they use to store mission stuff like washers and such. Then we have another set of huge doors that lead into our actual house. So, we went out to talk to the police who were in our cage/storage area. And we immediately saw that our first set of doors that lead into the cage had been lifted off the hinges and flung to the side. These are not regular doors. The doors are over 10 feet high, maybe closer to 12 feet, and are made completely out of metal with metal gating. The robbers had to have a big lever to push up those doors and a good amount of guys, probably 5 or 6, to lift the doors and move them to the side. Take my word – it would be extremely hard to do.
So they stole all 4 of our bikes and all 4 of our helmets. But none of the mission stuff. I think they went to go get a truck or something and were going to come back for the microwave, washer, etc. So the police were somewhat helpful. There were about 6 or 7. All had their little motos parked on the road. They eventually helped us lift the doors back on the hinges. It was very hard. A couple of the police had AK 47's slung over their shoulders. One of the weirdest parts was the police man who was in charge decided he wanted our number, and Elder Sok was not translating it from the Vietnamese Elders (who don’t speak Khmea) to him fast enough, so he kind of half slapped Elder Sok and half kicked him in the knee. It was weird; police here can definitely do whatever they want. So, that was experience was fun, but not really....
Luen, is the older man with the knee problem. He prayed about Jospeh Smith and had a dream in which he saw two people who looked like Heavenly Father and Jesus off in the distance on a mountain/hill, and there was a straight path/road that led to them. It was a really awesome story, and he believes this is his sign. Another investigator was praying about Joseph Smith, and she had a dream where she was in a lot of water swimming and lot of people were around her. Then someone helped her out of the water onto the land. She believes this is her answer. I have thought a lot about this. They are both really awesome dreams...especially Luen’s. I at times questioned in my mind whether or not maybe they just had a dream. After all, dreams do not always mean something. Then Elder Sok shared about how Lehi had visions. Then I thought about all the people who have stopped learning because they had dreams in which their ancestors told them to stop. I believe that if Satan works through dreams to stop people from learning (because dreams are a part of their culture), then why can't the Lord fight back through dreams and help people in that way. So that was really cool, and it definitely helped me see that the Lord helps each investigator in their own way.
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