Our Fourth Sunday and Our Fourth Ward/Branch We Have Visited

22 March 2015

We went to church today at the Siem Reap 1st Branch.  It was interesting because they had headphones setup for translation before we got there, but we found out that it was not just for us. With Angkor Wat being a tourist area they end up with English speaking members stopping in for Sacrament Meeting on a regular basis.  We met a member from Virginia and two from Utah that were on vacation.  There were two other families that were definitely not Cambodian, but we did not get to talk with them, so we do not know if they live in Siem Reap or if they were just visitors.

After church Sister Belcher caught Sister Oveson to talk about the Steung Mean Chey 3rd Ward that we are now assigned to visit.  They served in Steung Mean Chey before being transferred and she was concerned about their Primary.

We had to hurry back to Phnom Penh right after church because we had more training scheduled there at 6:30.  It is only a 145 miles drive, but it took over six hours, and with the rough roads, it felt like a lot more than that.

This evening we taught the Phnom Penh East District Self Reliance Committee about the initiative.  It started out a little iffy because the High Counselor, that is also their Specialist, said that he only had a half hour before he had to leave.  There was no way that we could properly train them in a half hour.  But the spirit was so strong, that he did not leave and we had a great training meeting.

Wow, what a full week of teaching the principles that we were set here to share.