Hello all! This week has been pretty fun! One day while we were out knocking we ran into this lady that told us about the local Buddhist temple and said if the gates are open it is open to the public and invited us to come! So a few days later as the 4 of us (the McKenna elders are still living with us) drove by and saw that the gates were open we decided to go! It was really cool in there. There were statues everywhere of like lizard things and a giant Buddha in golden robes. It was really cool. Nobody who worked there spoke English though sadly so we couldn't learn what any of the stuff meant. The whole place spoke Cambodian, which made picking the right bathroom hard! They were doing some yard work while we were there and it was cool to see monks in full orange robes and sandals with leafblowers cleaning the sidewalks. Everyone was super nice, definitely a cool experience. I've also been teaching a few families regularly still and they seem to be progressing rather quickly. The work out here in Yelm has started picking up all of the sudden. It's really cool. We have gotten 3 referrals from people in the ward and missionaries in other areas have found people who live out here as well. It is really cool to see all the hard work making an impact in so many people's lives. It continually blows my mind! Anyways, that's all for this week. I hope all of you had an awesome week as well!
Love
Elder Parker
A giant Buddha (taller than me) on somebody's front porch.
The sun setting on Ranier in one of my few neighborhoods! (It looked closer in person).
A headstone of somebody at a cemetery I ended up finding while out knocking. The temple caught me off guard. It was really cool to see out here.
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