Josh will be traveling to Cambodia next week and here is a summary from his letters in the Missionary Training Center.  His letters are family oriented but we tried to take out some lines to show his growth.  We are very proud of him and what he is doing.

From Week 3 - 12/27/11 – “Class is going well and we’re learning a lot of language and a lot about the doctrine in English.  I love being in class, our four teachers are awesome.  I can read the script slowly and I can write some words.  It’s coming but it’s the longest and hardest alphabet in the world.”      “We taught a new investigator today and it was great!  We taught a little about prayer, talked about our families and God and Jesus and the atonement and the Book of Mormon and placed a Book of Mormon.  It was like our best lesson ever so I’m happy and surprised it went so well!”

From Week 4 – 1/8/12 -  “My khmae is such that I can piece together an experience I had here in khmae and it makes sense.”   “Language is good.  I can speak better and I learn new words everyday.”  

From Week 5 – 1/17/12 -   ”Teaching is good.  Our investigator is preparing for baptism and we are teaching him to get ready.”   - This week  Josh  sent us a Book of Mormon and The Family: A Proclamation to The World in khmae (Cambodian).  It looks pretty crazy! But he says it’s crazy fun to learn.

From Week 6 – 1/24/12 -  “Hey everyone!  I’m doing great and I will try and write bigger in this letter.  So everything is good here.  The temple was good today then we made a snowman on the hill near the Temple and it was just awesome.  We felt great because we went back to look for my companion’s name tag and people were so happy and taking pictures with our snowman!”

From Week 7 – 1/31/12 -  “Things are going really good.  3 weeks left and then to Cambodia.  I’m really ready to get outta here! “  “The language is tough but it’s coming.  It’s going to take being in Cambodia for 2 years to get better at it.  I’m crazy excited to keep learning it forever!  It’s so cool!”

Josh has a sore knee that the dr. has looked at this last week and he had an MRI.  So far he is still scheduled to leave on Tues., Feb. 21.  We hope nothing happens between now and then to prevent him from leaving.  We appreciate your interest and even prayers on his behalf.