Write Things Down -- It Enlarges Your Memory

The Church is a record keeping church. Keeping track of numbers and key information has been important since this world began. Records of ancient prophets and record keepers have given us scriptures and histories that open our view to people who lived long before our time. Even this blog is a record of a couple of missionaries spending two years in Cambodia, just trying to make a difference in the lives of a few people.

In the Book of Mormon as the prophet Alma was passing the records to his son to be kept and preserved for another generation, he instructed Helaman, "And now, it has hitherto been wisdom in God that these things should be preserved; for behold they have enlarged the memory of this people." (Alma 37:8)

This week one of our highest priority projects has been preparing the History of Self-Reliance Services in Cambodia for the past year and a half. Much of what we found to include in this history were things we have written in this blog over the past year. This gave us the opportunity of looking more closely on the history we have written of our time in Cambodia. We have done so much. We have told of many things we have learned from the culture. We have recorded many unique things we have seen driving through the city and country. We have told of many people we have met. We have truly found the scripture to be true. We wrote things down and it has "enlarged our memory."

The History of Self-Reliance Services in Cambodia is too long to include in a post on our blog, but it has helped us remember. We are thankful for so many who kept record which have received as scriptures that help us Remember our Savior, Jesus Christ. They have helped us Remember God's promises to those who keep the commandments he has given to His children. We are so blessed to Remember!

Today's photo is a collage we included in our Cambodia SRS History. The man in the middle picture participated in a Self-Reliance group where he learned to "write things down". He told us keeping records helped make his business more profitable. As a result his family was even able to eat better food.