South Zone Training and The End of Another Week

This morning was Zone Training Meetings in Steung Mean Chey, and we enjoy being with the young Elders and Sisters receiving instruction from the Zone Leaders. We are amazed at the power they show forth in their teaching and in their discussions. The training focused on "Work Hard and Work Smart". They were taught to be a "PRO" - P-Pray, R-Read, O-Obey. These are such basic answers, but they are the foundation for our work.  They asked for ideas of how to work smart and it turned into a list of five "P" words. Productive, Prayer, etc (we don't remember all the list.)

Two of the sisters taught about being unified as companions and led the group in a game to see how well they knew their companion. Yep, Elder and Sister Oveson got all of them, but we were disqualified for the prize. That was okay. We were just happy to be there and participate.

After zone meeting we gave buckets to the Elders for the two apartments we are mentoring in Steung Mean Chey. We offered to either distribute them at the church or deliver them to the apartments. Both groups opted to take the buckets of cleaners with them. You would have thought it was Christmas, they were that excited. We asked if they had started cleaning, and they answered that they had. One of them commented on how good it felt to have some of the heavy cleaning already done. It seems President and Christensen's message is taking root in at least some of the missionaries!

Back at the office, Sameth had some PEF loans to review and Phanna is getting ready to go out of town next week. There is a Self Reliance Managers Training in Taiwan next week, then Friday night a few Self-Reliance and PEF lead people will come to Cambodia. We will have Jared and Trent visit from Salt Lake, Marco from Hong Kong, and Chad from Taiwan. We could have a few crazy days when they all converge on Phnom Penh.

This coming week is a major holiday in Cambodia, so Phanna is wondering when he will get his holiday days off since he will be working through the entire week.