Mission life is starting to take on a life for us- the days are beginning to run together and we are becoming uncomfortable calling each other anything else but Elder and Sister Dickerson! Our mornings begin with prayer, a 30-45 minute walk, and then our individual study of Preach My Gospel- What a priceless book that is! One of the new missionaries that just arrived from the MTC shared with us some of the remarks that General Authorities have made regarding it: That when the Savior comes, that this is will still be "the book" missionaries are using; and that we as a Church have not yet begun to realize the impact that Preach My Gospel will have on the Church...
We enjoy our companionship study and then comes the language study...we have come to realize that we may never be able to teach with any degree of fluency, but we also are beginning to realize that as we strive to live worthly of the Spirit, that when we feel impressed to speak in a teaching discussion, we can convey our message with the Spirit, and to that degree, teach successully.
Monday mornings we drive up to Seam Reap where we stay through Wednesday morning. The elders there keep us very busy and we are on the go constantly with them - they help us with our leadership training on Tuesday afternoon before Mutual, and then we are out on appointments with them till 8:30 pm. that night. Wednesday morning we run our errands, get a few grocheries that we can not get in Kampo Thom [KT] and leave in time to get back for Mutual there.
The rest of the week we are in KT where our schedule is fairly consitant: We get up at 6:00, prayers, a 30-45 minute walk, individual study, companionship study, language study, and a break for lunch. After lunch, Dad usually takes a "power nap" (!) and I paint. I have decided just to focus on learning how color works, value studies, etc. It is difficult to do with no teacher but a book, but I can tell that I am learning - and that is progress!
If our elders in KT do not use us, we spend the ballance of the afternoon in training studies for our branches, and then off to the Church for Seminary at 4:00.
Saturday there is instiute and twice a month we drive an hour down to do training with the Branch president. Two Sundays a month he stays after Church and has training then and lunch with us.
On occasion we drive down to Phenon Phen to the mission office where we report branch buisness, get our mail, and service our car. It has had an ongoing list of little problems- we get the list fixed- or so we hope-and it starts something new! Half of our driving is done over dirt, potholes and small to large pools of water, so I guess, if I were a car , I would complain too!
Our love for each of you has grown....I thought I loved you before, but our time here has increased that love so much... Dad is going to get on line now-
(Dad)I will be short because I want to try and get some pictures on but I do want to say I am so blessed to have mom for my companion she is awsome. The people just love her and she is in her element teaching. Mom has a wonderful way to teach with simplicity and in a way that the young and old can relate to.
The most won
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