A Special Visit

We were invited to the home of this dear sister in order for Scott to write down her profile and history for the Temple Fund Access. We went here with President Loy (above) of the Siem Reap Branch while our missionaries from 3 Zones were touring the wats at Angkor Park. This home is about a mile or so from the Wats. We turned into a little dirt path and eventualy stopped at this little cottage made of Palm leaves. The path and yard to the home had been swept clean for our arrival. Her home was freshly swept with a mat laying on the floor for us to sit on.

She brought in from her banana tree outside, the bunch of bananas that you see above. She gave us her best. Her best mat to sit on, her best bananas, her nicely swept yard and home. She has been saving to go to the Hong Temple for the last 3 years. I guess pretty much since she joined the church. She wants to be sealed to her deceased husband. She has no posterity because she married later in life. They were married it seems like for 9 years before he passed on. For a living she is a guard and grounds keeper at one of the Temples. She gets paid $30 a month. Out of that she has saved a tenth for tithing and a tenth for her Temple Fund. Every month she put her money in the box with the temple picture on it. That is the Hong Kong Temple. Now, after three years, she has the money saved. She reverently went to the box and picked up the envelope that is on top of the box, and very softly with her head bowed, gave Scott her precious savings for her sacrifice money to go to the temple. She goes with the next group going in February. We will never forget the feeling in that home. For a brief moment Scott saw her in heavenly robes being every bit the queen that she is. As I said in my letter home, she has no idea the blessings that await her! I also would like to mention that her mode of transportation is a bike. She bikes over one hour to church and always arrives 1/2 hour early. She often will take someone with her and pump them to the church too. Afterwards she goes visiting. She is the Visiting Teaching Leader in the branch.
If you notice above she has decorated her home with the flowers and below you can see a lone candle on the foundation of her home.