Christmas Lights and Meetings

On Tuesday we have a variety of meetings to attend. Now that we office in the Service Center we are invited to attend the weekly devotional from 8:30 to 9:30. Then we headed to the South Stake Center to attend one of three District Meetings that meet there. Today we went to the Tuol Thom Pong District.  This district is made up of the Office Elders, Elder Bostrum & Elder Jarvis, who are assigned to the International Branch. The Zone Leaders in the South Zone, Elder Child and Elder Lauritzen, who serve in the Tuol Thom Pong area. And Sister Schwab and Sister Kimball, who also serve in Tuol Thom Pong.  We chose that district because they were in the High Council Room with the softest chairs and best air conditioner.  Elder Lauritzen was just transferred in from Kampong Cham. We already like him, he was thinking about the district today and brought cookies and milk to share. The cookies were great. The only problem was the milk was sour, he wondered why it was on sale for half off.

The Church's focus this Christmas is "A Savior Is Born." Each of the companionships here have been given a couple hundred small cards that are laminated that they can give out. It is a great way for them to start a conversation with people on the street, since they are not allowed to go house to house.  It is amazing how willing the people are to take anything that is free, even if they don't keep it and drop it, since it is laminated somebody will probably pick it up. With all of the noise of the world we have to get through to them anyway that we can.

We may not have the lights at Temple Square or any of the other wonderful Christmas lights, but there are a few here.  Tonights collage are some of those lights and the district from today.