The Joy of Sharing

In the morning we leave our office door open just a bit so that we can say hi to Sameth and Phanna as they get there.  This morning as Sameth came he told us that he had a friend to see us, it was Hout Buntry, one of the PEF participant that Elder Oveson talks to every month on the phone.  Two months ago he made his first payment in over two years.  With his payment today he qualifies for Renewed Hope next month. He still owes the same amount but he is now considered current.  That is important because he now qualifies for incentives and he wants to payoff his loan.  It is so fun to share with the PEF participants the opportunity to qualify for a program so that they can keep their promises.

This morning we had our very first Asia Self Reliance Senior Couple video conference call.  We have had video conferences with all those involved with Self Reliance Services and those involved with the Perpetual Education Fund, but this was the first just for the Senior Couples.  Right now the Powells, our leaders, are in Hong Kong, Francoms are in Mongolia, Elder Seppi (his wife is a Health Missionary) is in Thailand, and us in Cambodia.  It was good for us to hear what they are doing and for us to share what we are doing.

This afternoon we had to finally do the grocery shopping that we were not able to do on Saturday.  We were out of bread, peanut butter, Nutella and jam, for lunch sandwiches.  We generally have sandwiches only a couple times a week, but we share with the others in the office.

We started writing in our blog everyday as a journal for our mission, but we love sharing our posts with family, friends and whoever wants to view them.  Yesterday the mother of one of the missionaries serving here invited Sister Oveson to join a FaceBook page for families of missionaries serving in Cambodia.  We did a couple post there, including mentioning our blog.  Last night we had 148 page views.  We thank each of you that have looked at our blog, it makes us feel like our motives are not just completely self serving.  We love sharing our Blog.

Today's picture are random Khmei pictures.  Today was a random day, thus a random collage.  Among other things, we can't help but notice the open umbrellas or full awnings driving down the street as part of food carts. We are not sure how the drivers can see through the carts that are attached to the left of their motos. These are all things we would never see at home.