Painting Our Building is Not a Small Project Here in Cambodia

Today's normal routine was not so normal.  Our SRS/PEF Staff meeting that was scheduled for Monday,  and delayed Tuesday so we could go to lunch with Chad, was postponed again today because Phanna couldn't make it. Phanna stayed home today with a sick son. We still didn't lack for things to do.

Our office was pretty quiet, but the building was not.  Besides changing out light fixtures, the South Stake building is also being painted and other renovations that are needed. So there have been crews sanding and scraping walls in preparation for paint, etc. After we ate our lunch we took a walk to check on the status of the building. Seeing the mess we called the office Elders to recommend that the English classes which are held on Wednesday be moved up to the second floor (our area) of the building.

Then mid afternoon we noticed the skies getting dark with cloud cover. As Sameth prepared to leave on his Moto, sure enough, the skies had opened and the rain had begun to fall. The rain today was gentle, not the torrential rains we have seen at times. But the rain continued the rest of the afternoon.

With the rain falling, the young missionaries cancelled their "sign-flipping" event of the afternoon. That gave us the opportunity of visiting with some of them in our wing of the building. We have truly come to love these wonderful friends.

With the English class this evening, we stayed late to see if we were needed to help teach. There were enough young missionaries that we were not needed in the classes, but we stayed to help guide students to the changed classroom assignments.