អែលឌើរ ម៉ៃឃើល អាតុន (Elder Michael Acton)

 okay so this week I didn't do a good job at journaling so for those who like shorter emails this one's for you! Honestly this week flew by and it was a super good week. I think we have around 10 people who are really eager to learn the Gospel which is so amazing to me! Three of them are youth and are just so remarkable, they're a strength to me! Yeah this week I don't have a lot to report hahaha but the explanations on the pictures hopefully will do a better ob at letting you know how I'm doing on my mission. I love all of you guys!!!! Also, listen to General Conference  talks they're amazingggg!!! Love Elder Acton I ate stuffed frogggg Actually one of the more yummy crazy things I've eaten here! That's the inside, super yummy. . .trust My salsa chicken!!!! So Chnging Hahaha three mornings in a row I ate 7 pieces of french toast which was soooo gooood but also sugary hahaha I calculated and with this "My boy", the sweetened condensed milk, it ...

 Monday So today while talking to my family, I expressed how I was a wee bit sad because I want to do festive things. Rebekah showed that her tree was already up and I was so jealous, especially since Christmas isn't big here at all. So this night I went to a place called the Thai store, and it has basically everything, it's jam packed and has 3 stories. The ceiling I think is only 7 feet tall and they have stuff hanging down from it as well😆so I was ducking the whole time. Also, it smelt like moth balls, which for those who don't know it keeps rodents and bugs away I guess, but it's definitely a strong smell hahaha. Anyway, I spent money to buy ingredients for pumpkin cookies and then went home and started mixing it all up. All I had though was a fork to mix it up with haha, no beaters or whisks. Anyway, then I was complaining to Momma because it cost like 25 bucks for things and I only get 200 a month for all of my food and while I was there I saw CHRISTMAS TREES but...

 Monday We played volley again😆and I bought that super lit shirt, that's it. Wait no there's more I just remembered. We had FHE again and the food this time was 100 times better. I feastedddd. Like you saw I ate the quagulated chick blood which wasn't bad. Then we went to mixue and got like 50 cent ice cream cones which was sick. ONE-THIRTY IN THE MORNING on Tuesday so first it started raining hard Monday night. Then fast forward to 11:00pm I finally fell asleep. Then I'm a little uncomfortable so I shift and snuggle into my blankie, just to have the wet corner of it slap me in the face. (Imma put my thought dialog in here for yall, hopefully it makes it more interesting) "what the heck, why's my blankie wetttt???" With squinty eyes I then feel around my bed. MY HAND GETS ENGULFED WITH WATER! not really only my finger tips. But yeah so I grab my phone which is also on the floor so it was soaked a little. . . okay pause I think imma have a voice recording ...

 Okay so sorry this is a week later but oh well I was like super super busy. Sunday 10/27 Was a great day and we visited lots of members so they can get to know Elder Caoile. Not a lot of people there though because of the 30 year anniversary of the Church being in Cambodia so everyone was in Phnom Penh for the celebration. So it was a little sad. Monday 10/28 We played volley for like 5 hours so that was awesome. I could play all day haha. But everyone else gets tired and lazy after a while and no one wants to play spike ball. It's really sad cause we only get one pday a week and they all just want to sit around. So lame Tuesday 10/29 We had district council and then were super productive and visited a ton of people. Super fun too. Wednesday 10/30 So I personally love the days where we start it off with a service project. It was super hot cause we were gathering and then burning a bunch of brush. Barely looked like we did anything but he was so thankful and we are coming back next...

I ran out of time to write about this week cause today was super busy AND we are moving to a new apartment so we had to start packing.  Here are some pictures and videos to highlight some of what I've been up to this past week.  I'll try to give a better update next week. Love Elder Acton So then there was a rainbow It's going to rain so hard. . . .and it did My big, big, big plate of migadang Super big meal with some weird sausage thingies 🤷 This is the extent of my Halloween  celebration; an orange tie with black pants😆 So Ty Ty is a guy in his 30's that helps us teach. He rode bikes with us for 7 hours to and from lessons Ming mich's dinner to us!!! It was actually very yummy. . . . . . maybe  not "very," but it was good fermented cucumbers; super good A fruit that's sour and sweet; don't know the name in Cambodian or in English 😆 CAMBODIA DRIP 💧it's pretty cook, I think This is Ty TY Also Ty Ty Ming mich, ming palla, me, bong ty ty and ...