Senior Missionary Couple Conference

There are nine Senior Missionary Couples, counting President & Sister Christensen, here in our mission.  This evening all nine couples gathered at the Mission Home for a wonderful Curry dinner and to get to know each other better.  There are three couples in Vietnam, we had met two of the three couples previously, and the Spencers up in Battambang, the rest of us are here in Phnom Penh.

As we arrived at the Mission Office/Home we met the third couple from Vietnam.  Elder Oveson immediately recognized the husband, Dan Hymas.  Dan's family grew up in Murray in the same stake that Elder Oveson's family lived in.  Dan was the same age as his older sister Carol and he knew his brother Bob as well.  We live in a small world that just keeps getting smaller.

Since today was another holiday here in Cambodia, the King's Coronation Day Celebration, we stayed home this morning, but that does not mean we did not do our work.  We had a Skype call with Elder and Sister Powell in Hong Kong and a phone call with Chad in Taiwan.

This afternoon we went and helped a little with a YSA activity out in Steung Mean Chey.  They were hoping for about three to four hundred YSA, but they did get a little over a hundred, which was good.  The most important part was they had fun.

Because we will be involved in the Senior Missionary Couple Conference activity on Saturday morning we FaceTimed and/or Skyped with some of our children this morning.  It is so fun to talk with them and make faces and just have fun.  We love them so much and appreciate the opportunity to see them.  This evening one of the sisters said that FaceTime was created so Grandma's could serve missions.