Decision Making and Additional Self Reliance Meetings

After four heavy and long days with Chad and Phanna, today was a normal Saturday as we taught our Institute class and took care of some Preparation Day activities.  Our lesson in Institute today was about Decision Making. It is such a blessing to teach this class about Leadership Principles.  We had twenty wonderful participants come to the class this morning.  Some weeks we have a good group there at the beginning of class, and other times, like today, we wonder if this week would be the smallest class so far, but then they all show up. They may be late, but they are there.  We love our Institute Class Members.

We were able to Skype or FaceTime with a most of our children after Institute.  It is such a joy to know what is going on back home and to talk with our loved ones.  We look forward to those calls and know that we are blessed to live at a time when we can communicate so easily.

We did our weekly grocery shopping and some laundry. With having been out of town most of the week, we have to get things done when we can.  This afternoon we were able to do our scripture study before it was late at night, like it has been most of this week.  We are reading the Book of Mormon again, It seems like that is what we are led back to read several times a year.  Reading Jesus The Christ by James E. Talmage together was very insightful, but The Book of Mormon is just so powerful.

This afternoon we went to the Phnom Penh South Stake Self Reliance Committee Meeting.  The chairman of that committee is a member of the Stake Presidency.  The only problem is that member of the Stake Presidency left last month to go to the United States. The training still went very well.

This evening there was a Self Reliance Devotional for the Phnom Penh South Stake and East District.  Chad was the speaker at the devotional.  It was raining just before and when the meeting started, but there were still at least 33 that made it there, and those who showed up were truly blessed.