Father's Day and the Road to Steang Mean Chey

Father's Day is a wonderful day to celebrate Fathers. As we talked with several of the young elders today they told us they thought Father's Day was last week. We assured them they had a reprieve and should write emails to their fathers! We were surprised, however, that there was no mention of Fathers Day in either of our wards. We received wonderful messages from our children wishing their dad a Happy Father's Day!

We may not have had the whole family together, but we had a nice Sunday dinner: Roast beef, mashed potatoes, fried tomatoes and fresh home made bread. We have learned new methods of cooking. Bread in the slow cooker only took about an hour! We will definitely make that one again!

We did make it to all three hours at both of the Wards that we are assigned to visit today.  More and more they are turning to look yiay and look taa, that is grandma and grandpa which is what they call us,  for answers.  It is good to feel accepted by the members here.

We have learned to watch for our random Khmer pictures on our way to Steang Mean Chey every Sunday, so here are a few of our photos for today. When we were growing up the "nightmare" we remember was dreaming of going somewhere in public wearing our pajamas. In Cambodia we often see people wearing their pajamas on the street, in the stores, and even in church. This is one of the things we can't quite get used to.

We also thought we would include a few typical Khmer "loads" and very young moto drivers, or the market rotisserie meals along the road.