The miracle of Family History

Elder Liggett helping members and non member do family history in Chup with a wireless modem on a church owned laptop.  Not a sign of  wi fi  signal for miles around and the computer worked perfectly.
"I can envision the day when members of the church will be able to set in their own homes and do geneology. "
Pres Harold B. Lee
EVEN IN CAMBODIA OF ALL PLACES
Where no records have been kept and 1/3 of the population was killed by a vicious regime 40 years ago and the work will still get done.  It can now even be typed in Khmer and when they go to the temple their cards will be in their own language so they can read and understand it.
WHAT A MIRACLE!!!!!

Vuthie on Elder Liggetts L is not a member.  His wife is preparing to go  to the temple in Aug.  He has shown no interest in the church at all since we have been here, but this really got his attention.

Here you can see we are helping Chhith Borey put family names in so she can do their work when she goes to the temple.

Deemong helping Borey type in Khmer  (74 letters in the alphabet and the regular keyboard works if the templates are installed on the computer sometimes you have to hold down 3 keys to get the right letter, but it works

Look how interested

Elder Liggetts grin says it all.

Vuthie, Boreys' husband, typing in his families names.  He really loved doing this.  There was a wonderful spirit there that night.  He is one of 12 siblings and every one but him were killed by Pol Pot in the 70's.  I know we all felt the spirit of Elijah that night and the interesting thing to me is look at the pictures.  The one above my head is Vuthie's father who just died in Jan at age 94, the picture of the Savior above Borey and the Hong Kong Temple above Deemong.
Even with no records kept church leaders have said they will be able to get this important work done.  All they have to have is their name as best as they can remember a birth year and death year... the best they can remember and the temple work can be done.  How amazing to sit and watch this happen!!!!! 

More stuff

I would really like to bring the colt home for the grandkids.  They are the cutest little horses and so gentle, but boy do they work them .  They pull these little carts all over the place and haul any thing imaginable.

The family well

They dip their water with the bucket

House of single mom and 2 kids who just got baptized.  Note the rose  on the R near the door entry.  It was what they gave to all the mothers on Mothers Day.

Looking down a typical lane in a village in KC

Looking the other way.   So pretty and green because it has rained  so much this year.

Another typical house

The family supply of cooking fuel.  Eveyone, even many who are well off cook with wood.  It is like camping all the time.

Cucumbers drying in the sun.  They dry them to about 50% and then put them in water or something and wait until they are really smelly and then eat them.  We have not had the courage to try them.

Our bridge leaving KC going toward Chup and Viet Nam.  The water is beginning to rise and will be over the big cement platforms in a month or so.

Khmer medicine.  He has some type of arthritis and hurts all over.  He bought these pads he sticks on his feet and it  supposedly pulls all the acid and poison out of his body and cures whatever ails him.  They have some chemical on them that turns black when it comes in contact with sweat and they are convinced that it is poison coming out.  Maybe it is who knows.  

Some type of weird chicken or Guinea hen

Front of the 3rd branch church

Another baptism by the Richfield kid

Tons of these all over.  They usually hook them to carts and make them work.  
 There is not a milk cow in the country.

Another small horse.  Note the ribs sticking out.  Every animal here looks like they are starving. 

Flowers that grow all year round

These are 2 members from Chup.  The one on the R rides his bike every Sunday for 33 K and has never missed church since the started to learn.  The one of the L joined about 6 months ago and never misses either.  The one by him is a new investigator who is really learning fast and bears his testimony all the time.  The 2 sisters are so excited about it.  I put it in with the flowers because he had this little table set up when we went to teach him.  The flowers are real and with the table cloth and all he could help with the relief society.

The following are flowers mostly around branch 3

Very pretty and smell so good

More random stuff from Cambodia

She and her sister sit and sew sequins on fancy dresses all day long.  Every little  bright thing on the dress as 1 to 3 stitches in it.  Makes us tired just looking at it.

Use every inch of your 3 wheeled bicycle

Bocha which in Khmer means blessing.  He and I are real buddies and he  knows the Bogh  high 5 with both hands and runs and does that with me everytime he sees me.

Bocha's family.  Oldest son on the R got home from his mission not too long ago.  Girl on the L has helped us a lot to do family history and types it in Khmer.  She is really planning on a mission too.

He ate the whole thing so Mom Thomas don't worry about him losing weight over here.  We are so glad he got to come here first so we could spend some time with him.  He is an awesome elder and doing a great job.

Brings back memories of working for Evan L

Passing out school bags to primary school kids.  They just loved it and so did we.

Our handsome Deemong with his mission call.  He is our interpreter and  leaves for his mission 2 days after we  leave to go home.

Deemong and family.  His mom and sister sew most of the bags for the school kits and Biset in the front keeps us all laughing.  They are really a great family.  Deemong had just opened his mission call.

The boy on the L was baptized a few months ago so he got to baptize his little brother.  His father is now learning also.  These are two really great kids.

Well drilled by LDSC and helped to be paid for by your humanitarian  contributions.  The money is really well spent and goes to help the most people whether they are members or not.

They post a sign like this at every well and we have helped do a  lot of them and it really changes lives.  Just  think water is right in the back yard not down in the river.

Doing family history with Dy and his family.  They are going to the temple in August and are so excited.

Dy and his family holding book in Khmer  Preparing for the Holy  Temple

2 handsome elders with 5 baptisms this day.

Ming Nie.  We have never went to visit her that she was not reading the  Book of Mormon.  She is an amazing story how she joined the church and does so much to help the missionaries.

This is a kid just getting over the chicken poxs.  We had an epidemic here and even one of the Khmer Sisters got them, but she was way to embarrassed to let me take her picture.  Notice the rotten teeth

Two wet elders.  This is the best according to Elder Thomas