Preparing For Thanksgiving

Our office was very quiet today. Phanna and Sophorn were both gone to the provinces, and Sameth was busy getting end-of-the-month work done. The internet has been so-o-o-o s-l-o-w recently and we have all had to be connected, which didn't help. Today with less people online Sameth was excited because it was moving faster than it has in a long time. That was great, until we had a few power bumps. We told him he needs to be careful not to cheer about how fast it is. It doesn't work at all without power. Surprisingly enough the internet came right back up when the power came back up.

For Thanksgiving just next week we have an assignment to host the South Zone for dinner. Elder and Sister Meinzer are hosting the East and Central Zones and have a great idea of having dinner at a buffet restaurant, and our Zone had chosen to join together with them, so we went along with the Meinzers to check it out today.

Three zones together means a group of about 50 people. The Tonle Bassac Restaurant is equipped for such a group. We won't expect traditional turkey and dressing or any of what might be served at home, but they will have lots of options of Khmer foods. We tried a few new foods today, such as crocodile (which tastes like chicken). We wandered through the buffet options before we picked up our plates. One nice thing about this kind of a restaurant is the local missionaries will be able to find foods they like as well. They may not be as satisfied with our traditional banquet spread.

This afternoon we had a visit from young missionaries who needed to use our office for an approved Skype call to Hong Kong. While they used the computer, we went across the hall to get the classroom ready for tomorrow's institute class. It seems like there is always something we are preparing for upcoming events.