End of Raining Season

We are sure that there are plenty of foreigners that roll their eyes at the holidays that we have in the United States, but the ones here in Cambodia are definitely different for us.  Earlier this year we told about Plough Day when the Royal Oxen pick what crops should be planted.  They plant then because it is the beginning of Raining Season.  Next week there is a three day holiday called the Water Festival because it is the end of Raining Season.  We can tell that we are at the end of raining season because we no longer get the rains in the afternoon that the locals take advantage of for a quick shower.  During Raining Season almost every day the forecast states that there is an 80% chance of rain, now there is only a 20% chance of rain.  As you can see from our picture for today, we no longer have the big bellowing clouds in our afternoon sunset pictures.

As we were working on a project to help Phanna we got an URGENT message from Marco in Hong Kong that he needed a report from every nation before midnight.  He attached an Excel spreadsheet with a list of 180 names and over 90 were from Cambodia.  We quickly regrouped and went to work on that report.  With three of us, Sameth, Sister Oveson and Elder Oveson focused on it we were complete by about 3:00 this afternoon.  We did not want to stay up late doing it.

We had our weekly Skype call with Hong Kong Senior SRS Missionary, today it was Sister Roberts who is taking it over for the Powells.  We also had the Area PEF Operation Meeting via the internet.  It is always good to learn what others in the area are doing and to learn from them.