Meetings, Emails and Reports

Since we had a busy weekend, that meant we had a lot to start off with first thing this morning.  We made it to our office before 8:00 and started working on the emails, blog posts and stuff that we did not get done last night.  We try to send an email to Elder and Sister Powell, the Area Senior Couple over Self Reliance, every Sunday night.  Likewise, we try to get our email to our family, friends and loved ones done on Sunday also.  Our nightly blog post got started so that it had the right date on it, but not finished.  Last night by time we got home and had a bite to eat it was time to get to bed.

We started right in to finishing up the yesterday stuff until there was a knock on our door about 8:30.  There are two very special days for the young missionaries, Christmas and Mother's Day. That is when they get to Skype, FaceTime or just call home.  We invited Elder Hall to use our laptop to talk to his family and he took us up on our offer.  Elder Gardner Skyped with his family last night so that he could be on with his twin brother that is serving in Italy.  Nevertheless, Elder Gardner did jump at the chance to email while Elder Hall was Skyping.

This morning we had our Self Reliance/Perpetual Education Fund staff meeting.  Those are always so helpful for us to understand what is going on with everyone and to make sure nothing drops through the cracks.  Phanna reminded Sister Oveson that she had a report that was due yesterday that had to go in, which is quite ironic since we are suppose to make sure he gets his reports in timely.  This was the first month it was due and it has now been submitted.

Afternoon was full of finishing the emails that were not finished yesterday and additional ones to the Area Staff in Hong Kong.  We were able to return and report on some assignments that Elder Funk of the Area Presidency had given to us and also verify where we are on other projects, and where they are headed.

Tonight's pictures are some of those typical Khmer pictures.  As we pulled into the North Stake Center last night we saw a member that we know on a moto with something on the back that we did not recognize.  He told us that they gave out ice cream for Mother's Day and that was the container to keep it cold.  The second is another crazy power pole picture on the road from Steang Mean Chey.  We showed it to Sameth and he said that was so dangerous, so many get hurt doing that kind of work. We did point out that the worker is wearing a helmet!