Cambodia Town

Cambodia Town

Monday, July 28, 2014

Here's the latest from Cambodia Town.
We are so lucky to have such great people to serve and serve with. Everything from awesome members like Seynin, going with us to teach, a sweet member named Sandy taking us out for sushi, countless meals from Sinuon, and so many other examples.

On Saturday the Stake held a big Pioneer picnic. It was awesome, and there was a lot of good food. That was the entirety of us celebrating the pioneers, they don't do too much of that here. 

On Sunday they asked me to play the piano for Primary. After opening exercises they pulled out their laptop and speakers, and kindly excused me to go to Priesthood. (I probably should try and practice more next time). Elder Clawson was laughing so hard when that happened. During the birthday song, I realized that I don't know how to play the ending, so there was no ending.

Besides that we did the normal, of finding, and teaching. Soon we'll be baptizing. Next SundayAngelina, is getting baptized. She's super, super awesome. She's the same age as will, it's really fun to teach her. Her mom and sister are recent converts as well.

We met a awesome Cambodian named Weisee who is in a wheelchair, and works at a watch store. He is really nice and friends with some members in the ward. We think he'll get baptized.

Angelina and Vincent were sick, and had funerals two weeks in a row, so they haven't been confirmed yet! Yikes. Well, next week we can try again! Sometime things come up, but they are awesome.

We went to Garden Grove BLVD and Beach BlVD on the south side of the street (Still in our mission boundaries) to contact a referral. We also have a potential in Seal Beach. We're really excited to get to go and teach somewhere new. New scenery is always good. 

Things are going really well. I hope everyone's summer is going great! 

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Eating Whatever they "Pho" at Us....Kidding! It's Always good. Except...

This week has been awesome!  Our area is exploding!  We are doing great work.  Last transfer was hard.  We didn't know the area, we didn't know the people, and everything was brand new.  This transfer though, we've figured it out.  We have a lot of people with datesand teach a lot of lessons every week.  I am really enjoying it...except for the driving.  We've gone to Seal Beach a few times for referrals and even Garden Grove.  We'll be down to 3 missionaries again this week....but we'll make the most of it!
  Happy Summer everyone!

Brother and Sister Butler

 Delicious Chicken Pho

 Durian Fruit.....
Oniony, celery...

Look at this meal Sister Sinuon Prel made....she's the bomb!



Sunday, June 15, 2014

Missionary work is so awesome.  We meet the best people.  I am so grateful to be serving here!






Epic Week for a Little Fun!

This week was an adventurous week, that's for sure! Last P-Day was even better than the one before, and trust me, extreme nerf wars are hard to beat.

Our P-Day started at the restaurant Rosco's Chicken and Waffles.  We had a delicious meal, one of the best on my mission I would say, of homemade waffles, fried chicken, and house syrup. One of the Elders that Elder Clawson and I went with was wearing his Compton shirt, and you can bet that he got a lot of looks to say the least. I got the Obama special, because it was the best deal (trust me, that is the only reason I would ever buy Obama food) and it was like heaven in my mouth. I don't know what they did to the syrup, but I wouldn't doubt there are hard drugs in there... haha, I'm kidding mom.

Well after our delicious meal, we headed up to, well, Compton. Mom, you may be thinking right now, why did you go up to Compton? Is that even allowed? Did you get shot? Compton is in our mission, it is safe...ish, and I did not get shot. We went golfing! There is a 7 dollar, 3 par course up in Compton, so we decided to check it out! It was really fun to say the least. It was the worst kept golf course I've ever been to, but I met a nice man working there, and we all laughed a lot. We took some  pictures, and headed home, about a 20 minute drive from home.









Well I thought those were all of my adventures that I would write about for the week, but this morning we had an serious
battle with a fierce animal. This one's for you Aunt Cookie! After doing laundry, as usual, we left the door open to let some cool air in. Well I sat down to eat breakfast, while Elder Clawson was about to get in the shower, and noticed a ferocious beast, in our living room! Well after our epic battle, we gave it some carrots, and it left us alone, and we made a new friend. So now we are safely shutting the door, and opening windows instead.

















Love, Elder Liddell

Saturday, May 31, 2014

SERVICE COMES IN DIFFERENT FORMS

It's really fun to perform different acts of service.

So many avocados, we couldn't let them go to waste.

Chicken feet...enough said!

 Climbing trees like a bunch of monkeys....

Check out these beauties!


Being 6'4" comes in handy sometimes!

A relaxing lunch after a day of painting and picking avocados