Changes in Our Area Self Reliance Services Manager

Here in Cambodia we are part of the Asia Area.  This area has about a third of the world population. Cambodia may not have a large population, but when you consider that China and India are part of the Asia Area it is easy to understand.  Both China and India have a population of over a billion people.  There are a little over a million members of the Church in Asia, so we have a long way to go.

About a month ago we were speaking with the Self Reliance Manager for the Asia Area, Candy Lau, and she told us that she had resigned her job.  We were sad about that until she told us that she resigned because she just received her immigration visa for the U.S. and wanted to live in Utah. Today we received an email letting us know who the new Asia Area Self Reliance Manager will be, and we had guessed correctly.  The Self Reliance Manager in Taiwan is a real sharp member that had owned his own factory in China and sold it off a few years ago.  His name is Chad Furness.  He has done a great job in Taiwan and will be very good for the Area.  He will actually be here in Cambodia next week on vacation so we will meet him them.  He has been in on some of the internet conferences that we have participated in.

We can tell that Candy is trying hard to make sure that everything is in order before she officially leaves at the end of August.  We have had a half a dozen requests for information this week that we worked with Phanna on today.  Some of the information was provided previously, but they are trying to get it all together to make it easier to access for the future.

Today we ventured out on errands again.  We had to go to the Service Center to drop off mail that needs to go to the Bishops/Branch Presidents about the Perpetual Education Fund.  We stopped at one of the grocery stores to pick a up a few items and see if there was any good cereals on the shelf.  Then it was back to the office supply store, we like the name of the store, Peace Book Store, to get some big envelopes.  Our pictures for today were while we were out today and are some of the common views here in Cambodia that you would not see in America.  We cannot believe that it would be very comfortable to sit on containers of vegetable oil or on top of a truck.