The eighty-four year old High Counselor in the Phnom Penh South Stake

This morning in the Chaktomuk Ward it was High Council Sunday for Sacrament Meeting.  There were two scheduled speakers, an 84 year old member of the High Council and the Second Counselor in the Stake Presidency.  The High Counselor was the first speaker and he spoke for thirty minutes, so there was not time for the second speaker.  After Sacrament Meeting when I was speaking with the member of the Stake Presidency he told me that he was just the back up speaker if needed, he really wanted the members to hear from this great High Counselor.  He is right, how many eighty plus year old High Councilors are there in the Church?  I am sure that it is not many.

When we tried to connect to the internet during the Chaktomuk Ward block, it was still not working. We called Phanna after Church and found out that someone had cut the cable when they were trimming the trees on the street out front of the Church.  We are wondering how long we will be without the internet at work this week.  We may be working from our apartment some days if they do not get it fixed.

This afternoon while we were home between the two wards we received an email from Elder & Sister Hassell in Vietnam.  They wanted to know if we are able to help with Perpetual Education Fund loans in Vietnam, since they are part of our mission.  We explained that PEF has not been authorized for Vietnam yet and we copied the Asia Area Self Reliance Manager on our response.  He responded to them shortly there after.  Who knows, we may end up visiting Vietnam before our mission is done.

As we went into Sacrament Meeting in the Stueng Mean Chey 3rd Ward, one of Institute class members was there with her little family.  Her husband was one of the assigned High Counselors to speak in that ward today.  He is also the High Counselor in the South Stake that we have worked with for Self Reliance.  After Sacrament Meeting they asked if they could take a picture of us with their family, so that is our picture for today.