(Excerpts from Emily's family email)
(above note is Emily writing in Khmer script)
The Cambodian is coming along. I can read from the Book of Mormon. The letters no longer look the same. I've heard two funny comparisons of what Cambodian looks like to others. One is it looks like somebody threw spaghetti at the walls and the other is it looks like bent pitchforks. I'm working on memorizing the first vision in Cambodian. Right now I have about one line down and the pronunciation is probably horrible but it's better than nothing.
At Relief Society last Sunday we had Sister Ann M. Dibb speak to us. I'm sure you are familiar with her as the second counselor in the General Young Women's Presidency but also our prophet, President Thomas S. Monson's daughter. She gave to us advice straight from the prophet's mouth. Talk about personalized! A funny phrase he said that I'd like to share here (and of course it applies to missionary work) is "work will win when wishy washy wishing won't." That's exactly what missionary work is. It's hard but you forget yourself, go all in, and get to work.
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