Cum riab sua!

Cum riab sua! that means Hello. It's pronounced joom reeab sooah. pretty awesome. Well, my first week here in the MTC has been amazing! I told you ni my letter that the scripture I want on my plaque is 1 nephi 3:7. The reason I chose that one is because one of my teachers, Bro. Olson, shared with us a story about how when he was on his mission, and he was the only Cambodian speaking Elder left in thailand, and he was feeling really overwhelmed. He read in the scriptures where God commands us to be perfect in all things. That includes speaking Cambodian. he then shared with us the 1 nephi scripture and I had never looked at it that way before. the Lord will provide a way for us to be perfect in all things. It was amazing. The spirit was so strong in our classroom.

So my district is pretty awesome. We have 10 elders, including me, and 1 sister. My companion is going to the California Sacramento Mission speaking cambodian. Everyone else is going to the Cambodia Phnom Penh mission. I feel very humbled that the Lord would choose me with the assignment he has given me. I am the only one in the entire MTC that is going to the Massachusetts Boston Mission speaking Cambodian. That is pretty cool.

I absolutely love the MTC right now. it will probably not be that way in 12 weeks when I leave, though. haha. the food is a bit overrated in my opinion, however. But that doesn't mean I don't eat a lot. I've already gained 6 pounds. I feel pretty gross about that. HAHA I'm just kidding. I haven't gained any weight. just like normal. I also decided that the showers are about the worst thing ever. They are either really hot or freezing. It's quite the dilemma. But other than that, it is really fun being here. My roommates are awesome, and we had no problems whatsoever getting to know each other. that is basically how it is with our whole district. We are all pretty tight. there are also two elders here that are going to Justin's mission speaking Hmong. Their names are Elder Reid and Elder Paramore. they are both really cool.

I found out that I can't send emails to anyone but immediate family so if any of my friends want to email me, they should just write me a letter instead. Especially cause letters are better, and ESPECIALLY because I don't have any letters yet. I'm like the only one that doesn't have any. that's lame.

Learning cambodian is pretty swell as well. that sounded weird. Bro. Godfrey ( our other teacher) told us that the cambodian alphabet is the longest alphabet in the world. there are 33 consonants, 32 sub-consonants, 27 vowels, and 12 independent vowels. and yes, most of them sound the same. It's pretty ridiculous. It's amazing how much we have already learned, though. The 2nd day, we learned how to pray, and now we aren't allowed to pray in English. ever. even personal prayers are in Khmae (it's not Khmer, it's Khmae) and we also learned how to bear our testimonies. It's very fun talking to each other. We don't really know a whole lot of vocabulary right now, so we substitute lots of english words, but it is still really fun. Anyway, I only have 5 minutes left, and I still need to email Justin, so I must go. Sorry, we only get 30 minutes every p-day. I love you all!!!!!

Happy birthday yesterday, Kadin! 10 years old is pretty cool. cum riab lia! I love you!