Thank Goodness it is Friday - For at Least This Week

With missionaries going home on Monday, Preparation Day for the young missionaries was moved to Tuesday and District Meetings were moved to today.  We love going to the District Meetings and watching as the Spirit moves these young and faithful servants along and down the paths that is so hard to imagine.  These are young eighteen to twenty-plus year olds that are having an experience that the world could not give them.  They are trusted and allowed to teach and train each other and then go and serve.  Today Elder Cook, the District Leader, led a great discussion about how can you know when the investigator is ready to be baptized.  I wish every priesthood leader could have been a fly on the wall to hear them and know that they really understand.  There was no talk of meeting numbers, only about recognizing the fruit of their repentance and the importance of conversion.  What a wonderful Friday for a grandma and grandpa to see that when the spirit is strong miracles happen.

Sister Oveson used her designing skills to help Phanna put together a poster to hang in all of the Church Buildings here in Cambodia talking about Self Reliance.  We have the Asia Area Self Reliance Manager coming to town on the 7th of September and we want to put the posters up as we tour the provinces that week.  Elder Oveson helped Phanna finish the country economic analysis for Cambodia.  We were shocked by the extremely low income that most member families live on monthly.  As we looked at the analysis, Phanna profoundly stated that it will take ten years to really make a difference, and he is right.

We had another real heavy rainstorm this afternoon, but it only lasted for about an hour, so there was no real flooding today.  One great advantage of the rain is how clear the skies are afterward.  The sunset tonight was completely different than others we have posted, but oh so beautiful.