Perspectives: What Do You See?

Today was a different day. We were working on our big project and were making progress. Sister Jepsen and Sister Spangler called yesterday and scheduled for us to go with them about 11:00 to visit another of the sisters who was in the hospital, then go shopping at one of the markets. We planned for about 3 hours, which would include lunch. The actual timing was different as they were delayed coming by almost an hour. So we went for lunch first, and while we were enjoying Brooklyn, we learned of a need to pick up the sister from the hospital and take her home instead of just going for a visit. By the time we finished the other errands, we did a quick re-schedule for the shopping until tomorrow.

After spending a little more time at the office getting things ready for our Institute Class tomorrow and a few other needful things, we headed home for the evening. We can't help but notice the contrast of things around this city. The streets are so narrow and close that from the ground all you may see is the traffic that is close and crazy, or the gates and store fronts along the edge, with cars and motos parked in front. Sometimes all you can see is what is right around you.

With this perspective we have notice from our balcony quite a lovely view, where all the rooftops blend together. Again, changing perspective, we focus on some of the distant views and see where our street-level view rise. From our balcony we have singled out two buildings that look quite different from the 6th floor than they do on the ground. Our perspective of Cambodia has had some shift of perspective in the almost six months we have been here. It has taken some time, but we are starting to see a little more detail. There are things we have looked at every day and finally have noticed new details we never noticed before. Those things have been there all along, but we just had to shift our focus to see them. Today, we stood on the roof of our building and watched the sun set over this city in Southeast Asia. We could never have guessed we would travel to Asia, or Cambodia, let alone live here for two years. But here we are, looking at some little details on a little country on the other side of the world, and feeling blessed.