Our First Day at the Self Reliance/PEF Center

March 2, 2015

Phanna Yi (Self Reliance) and Sameth Meas (PEF)

Our day started with meeting the realtor at 7:30 to look at one more apartment to consider.  Elder Hollenzer wanted us to go at that time so we could see how congested the main road would be where we would have to cross.  As we were going to the apartment the realtor kept saying there must be an accident this is very slow.  He asked a Policemen that was on the side of the road, and was told there was not an accident, just normal traffic. We decided that apartment was not a good option, so then we went back to the one that we like the best and laid the ground work for the lease.  The lease has to wait for President Moon or Elder Hollenzer to sign on Thursday or whenever.

The Meinzers and VanBrocklins picked us up at the center for lunch at a Vietnamese Restaurant.  We had a very large crepe like pancake stuffed with chicken and vegetables.  It was really good.  After lunch we went to try and get Sister Oveson a simcard for her I-phone to get local service.  We went to three different places without luck: the phone was locked and nobody could (or would) break the lock.

This evening we took our first Tuk Tuk with E&S Meinzer to a security briefing at the U.S. Embassy.  Our new friend from yesterday, Sister Dockery, was in charge of the meeting. It was interesting to hear what to be aware of here in Cambodia.  The U.S. has a very large embassy here in Cambodia, Someone said that we were trying to compete with the Chinese.