Phnom Penh Heavy Rain Part 2

A little more than a month ago we were in the heavy rain storm where the water was above the floorboards of the car.  Today it rained real hard while we were still at our office, the sheets of rain were so intense that we could not see familiar landmarks out of our office window.  Four of the sister missionaries were at the church and when it slowed down a little they headed out, that may have been a mistake because it rained even heavier a little while later.  While it was still raining real hard we watched as two of the Elders and a member rode into the Church parking lot on their bikes.  As they came into the building, they took off their shoes and dumped the water out.

As we left the office it wasn't raining so we thought it would not be bad driving home, that was not true.  Many of the roads that we had to go on, including our own road, were flooded.  On the two roads by our apartment we are sure that the water was again deeper than the floorboards.  We are glad that the weatherstripping on the doors kept the water out.  We only live about a kilometer from the stake center, but it took us over an hour and a half to drive home.  Phnom Penh traffic is crazy, but it is really crazy when streets are flooded.

Today we were able to get our monthly reports worked up, we were waiting on various others for information that finally came through.  As far as we know we have our part done, unless we find out about a new report that we had not heard about before.  Phanna was told that they simplified his reports for him so now he has only three reports instead of seven.  They probably will be simpler once we get past the learning curve.

We have used this disclaimer before, but Elder Oveson is a number person and we cannot explain how his brain works.  So here is his most recent number to share, today is number 200 of our 700 day mission.  Again his way of thinking, if you consider our mission as a week, this would be the equivalent of the end of day two of our time here.  And we also have to remember his toothbrush analogy, he is now on his forth one since landing here, the first three were completely shot.