Feb 12

Good news! Several times we went to church with our golden investigator Say, President Weaver would be at a different ward and we tried to get them to meet, but Say always left for home before President was out of the meeting. Then, Sunday after last Lacey had a stake conference which Pres. Weaver went to apparently, and not only met Say, but also met his fellowship Sawine and the returned missionary from Cambodia! President congratulated us on having such a great investigator ("He even wore a suit!") and we just glowed. He's working on a few Word of Wisdom issues, but other than that he's excited to meet with us and learn more, in spite of how slow we are at communicating in Khmer.

The other day we got a referral from a member in the ward that sent us to this Cambodian woman (related to almost all the other Cambodians we know) who wanted to get back into the church but didn't want her family to know she was investigating again. Although she doesn't want to go back to church until we have a Cambodian ward organized, she was super sweet and does couponing, so we didn't leave without three bags worth of bathroom supplies!

Saturday and Sunday we got snow! We were a little worried church would get cancelled, which it did in some areas, but our ward still held meetings. It's the worst snow they've had in two years (which was like, 3 inches) and our mission fireside was that night as well. Fortunately the roads cleared up pretty quickly, so nothing was cancelled.

But every so often the Weavers will hold a fireside in different areas where the missionaries nearby will come together to sing and bear testimony to as many people as we can get into the chapel. I love them! I've never left without having felt the Spirit so strongly and seeing many of the people in the congregation wiping away tears. One of the sisters put together an arrangement of Lead Kindly Light which I mentioned in a previous email. I was asked to sing it again and according to my companions it sounded even better than last time. This time however, Sister Walker had to bear her testimony first in English, then in Cambodian so she was super nervous and had a sister switch places with her so she could sit next to me. But she did really good job and at the end of the fireside we held a group hug in support. By the end of this transfer I will have been with Sister Walker for 6 and a half months, and Sis. McQuivey for four and a half and how I love them! In some aspects it will be good for us to have another companionship next transfer, but mostly we dread the day it happens and look forward to making this transfer the best! Which will most likely include a baptism!

Love you!
Sister Dunster