Our life in Cambodia is becoming routine... Only if Routine means every day is different!

The one thing we can count on to be the same ever day, is that every day the Lord provides something new for us to do.

We are enjoying working with Sameth and Phanna. Amazingly enough, they are both relatively new to the office as well. Phanna has been the Self Reliance Manage since October.  Sameth has been a full-time employee as the PEF Manager since January.  Sameth was a contract employee before that.  There are plans for a new Self-Reliance Model Center, which will create a new space for our SR/PEF offices, but things move a bit slow in Cambodia sometimes.

Today we had another Video Conference with seven Countries. This was with the Asia Self Reliance group, and included Cambodia, Mongolia, India, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. This is about our 5th meeting with this group.  The representative from India is Jitender, who is part of a group with us and Phanna for a PowerPoint presentation at the meeting next week.  This is a wonderful office of people to work with. It is amazing how through technology we can be connected from such long distances.

We took a break from the office this afternoon and went out to lunch with Elder and Sister Vanbrocklin, the Public Affairs couple here.  We joked that they have been here twice as long as we have; two whole months! We introduced them to Brooklyn Pizza., which has an American menu that really is American cooking! It was good to visit with the Vanbrocklins as well as to have a taste of food from Home. (The ribs were yummy!)

As part of the responsibilities the Vanbrocklins have, they meet with lots of different dignitaries. Before joining us for lunch today they had a meeting with the Minister of Religions and Cults. (Budhaism is the religion, all others are cults).  They invited us to join them this Sunday for a multi-denominational Easter program.  This should be another wonderful new adventure!