Institute, Baptism & Our Letter Home

Last night we were so tired that we were in bed before 10:00 p.m. It was also important because today is our 5:00 a.m. wake up day. What is amazing is how often we wake up even before the alarm goes off, even on our early day. That was true this morning.

We decided to try bribery on our Institute Class this morning. We told them if they were on time to class that they would get a treat and if they brought their scriptures that they would get two treats. It somewhat worked, the first class participant showed up fifteen minutes early and the second was ten minutes early. There were ten who got the treat today and we told them that we would do the same thing again next week. This class continues to amaze us in so many ways. Today we had twenty-six show up for class, and three of them were new. They also come up with great questions and help with equally wonderful answers.

This afternoon Elder Oveson did not have any meetings to attend so we were able to just stay home and get our letter to our family and friends written and sent. Because of our busy week it was a bit longer than normal, but we hope that the pictures kept their interest.

This evening we went to another baptism in the Chaktomuk Ward. This was the sister to the one baptized two weeks ago, her name is Lisa. In her testimony she said that she has been studying with the Sister Missionaries for four months now. One of the Cambodian Sister Missionaries that recently finished her mission, who helped teach her was also at the baptism. There was a lot of support from the ward and we know that they will do everything they can to hold on to her.