Self Reliance: The Fruits of Our Labors

Sunday's can be very rewarding, and today was a great Sabbath.  We were grateful the rain had stopped and the roads were mostly dry as we went to our meetings. Transfers happened on Friday and Chaktomuk Ward was blessed with some last minute transfer changes. Sisters Jepsen and Spangler will be in Chaktomuk Ward along with the A.P.'s, Elders Eppley and Neuberger. Then Elder Wyatt Hall and his companion Elder Cook were also brought in to Chaktomuk instead of staying in Siem Reap. He was only away one transfer, so he felt like he never left. We told him he just took a vacation! (Isn't that the top vacation destination?). It was good to see him back in Phnom Penh. We missed the sisters today as Sister Jepsen was sick. We are praying for her to be better.

As we made our way to Steung Mean Cheyenne we could see remnants of last night's storm.  This gave us a better understanding of areas to avoid during major storms. We learned that the Steung Mean Chey building had about two to three feet of water in the parking lot. We are glad we missed it. We found some areas that still had water up to our doors as we made our way from Steung Mean Chey to the North Stake building. One of the Elders told us if we stayed home every time it stormed we would not go anywhere for the next three months. We just better get used to it!

We attended a special Ward council meeting in Steung Mean Chey which had been

called by the stake president. He is very concerned for the Ward and wants them to come up with ways to build the attendance. The discussion went well, so he called a follow up meeting next week, inviting all Ward members who would like to participate.

We also had a Self Reliance meeting to attend in North Stake this evening. This was a celebration meeting, concluding the 12 week Starting And Growing My Business group.  The group started with 14 participants, and ended with 12.  Elder and Sister VanBrocklin, our Public Affairs couple, joined us there to take pictures. They were excited listening as each participant told what the class had meant to them. We were happy to see such wonderful fruits of the Self Reliance labors.