Today Was A "Typical" Saturday (if there is such a thing!)

Saturday has come to have a bit of a pattern to it. Get up early, teach Institute, FaceTime with family,  and go shopping. Afternoons and evenings have claimed their own niche. Today, for instance, we had an appointment to meet with President Uk Sophal, the Phnom Penh South Stake President. We have met him a couple of times, but we wanted to get to know him a little, and let him know we are in Cambodia to help him as well. We had a wonderful visit! We invited him to help us get the Self Reliance groups going in the South Stake, and to participate in the devotionals. We feel confident these Self Reliance principles will help the leaders as much as they will help the members.

One of the things we commonly see here is the Buddhist Monks as they make their rounds, receiving food from, and offering prayers for the people. Also, with more coming and going on Saturdays we have more times to use the services of our "Parking Engineers" (aka parking attendants). We are so impressed with these young men. The one on the right is new, and started about 2 weeks ago. The other has such a fun personality. Neither of them speak English, but the Asian way of showing deference and respect with a little bow is so endearing. This young man is often singing, or skipping as he helps us with parking our car in a very tight space.



This evening we went out for dinner. With tomorrow being Mother's Day we figured we should do something more than just pancakes. We went to a restaurant called "Tell", which we have been to a few times before. We were there on the early dining, and we were the only customers. The service was good, the food wonderful, and we left with full tummies and enough food to eat another meal.