Serving

We have been reading Jesus the Christ by James E. Talmage for our gospel study.  His depth of understanding of Our Savior is so phenomenal, and his vocabulary is definitely greater than ours.  Reading it out loud together really does help us understand the message that is being presented.  One of the true messages of Jesus the Christ is that of service, and today felt like a day of service.

A member in the Phnom Penh North Stake, who was the facilitator for the Self Reliance Group in that stake, asked if he could come and talk with us.  He is starting a new business and wanted our ideas on what he needs to do to make it successful.  We had a great chat for about an hour and we hope that it does help him.  We told him that we are here for another seventeen months and he asked if he could contact us when we go him.  He is definitely looking long term on this new venture.

Today was the biggest District Meeting that we have ever attended.  The District is normally eleven missionaries, counting us, but today the Sisters were gone to Siem Reap but we had two extra sets with us today.  One of the sets is suppose to go to another district but they did not want to bike that far today and the other was in town because one of them needed to go to the doctor.  We had a great discussion about Elder Holland coming and how to get the members to go and see him.  It was profound and they are great missionaries.

This afternoon we had committed to stay late so that the Office Elders could use our computer for their investigator to Skype with Japan.  Unfortunately their investigator cancelled because of rain.  It rained real hard for about an hour.  The Office Elders served us by giving us an umbrella so that we could make it to our car, and we ended up giving Sokhom, Phanna's wife, a thin rain poncho that we had in our car.

We love serving and we are grateful for those who serve us and serve with us.