Trust Gained and Retained

Today was one of those days where we felt that we were busy all day, but it is also hard to know what to share on our blog.  It was one of those days where nothing spectacular happened, but a lot of good things were continuing.

One of the most important things we have gained and retained is trust.  We have to trust those we work with, since we have to rely on them in so many ways, especially since we are in a foreign land where we do not speak the language.  We also hope that they have to trust us in many ways that together we can all make a difference.

That trust was very important, in our major project for today.  We had promised the attorneys that we would get back to them with the additional information that they had requested.  Most of what needed to be done was to put the information that we had previously collected into the format that the government wanted.  Since this is going to the Cambodian government it has to be translated into Cambodian or Khmer.  Phanna was a real trooper and got everything back to us that he was working on.  There was one more document that the Service Center was helping us with that we are not sure where they are on it, we could not get ahold of the right person to ask.  We sent over what we had, hoping that they can get all of that reviewed and moving forward.

We took a trip to the Mission Home to pick up buckets of cleaning supplies to take to the missionaries that we are working with on cleaning their apartments.  We took one of the buckets to the sisters that we are assigned to, we are sure that they will get their apartment in great shape.  We still need to get with the elders in Steung Mean Chey, but we will see them on Friday at the Zone Training Meeting.

Cambodia has a lot of interesting fruit that we periodically get brave enough to try.  This week Sister Oveson decided to try the star fruit, it has a citrus taste, but is also a little bitter.  It was interesting but will not be on our weekly shopping list.  We are so grateful for the apples that we are able to get here, they are such a treat.