God Be With You 'Til We Meet Again

Today was a typical day at the office, but not a typical day in our mission. With the arrival of President and Sister Christensen late last night, they spent the day meeting with the Moons, receiving the pass of the baton. Then this evening all the Senior Missionaries in the country gathered for dinner and a good visit.

The chosen restaurant for this evening's dinner was Tell. This is a wonderful Bavarian restaurant, and one of the best parts of that was the private room that set us away from any other distractions and gave us the space to visit to our hearts content.

At dinner we shared the book, "CAMBODIA - It's Complicate", which we had created for President and Sister Moon, as well as a Cambodian flag Elder Hollenzer had acquired and all the senior missionaries had signed for them. As we looked through the book with the Moons, we mentioned that the sun sets in Cambodia and the new day dawns at home, President Moon said, "You mean the Moon rises at home!?" We had totally missed that metaphor in putting together the book.

And they are off!

President Moon told us that he calculated that there had been about 320 young missionaries and 60 Seniors who had served under his direction. We each had the opportunity to tell of something we had learned or observed of the Moons. And we had a wonderful introduction to the leaders President and Sister Christensen are as they step into their new roll here.

All the Seniors went to the airport for our last goodbyes and found a wonderful crowd of members who came to give their love and say farewell to the Moons. What a wonderful example they have been. What a wonderful legacy they have left. They came to Cambodia, touched many lives, and changed so many forever.