Keeping The Sabbath Day Holy

A major emphasis of the Church recently has been on keeping the Sabbath Day holy. It has taken on a whole new light being in Cambodia. It was discussed in last weeks Coordinating Council Meeting with the Stake and District Presidencies here in Phnom Penh.  Even though Phnom Penh is a city of more than two million people and has many of the conveniences of a modern city, there are still the third world elements. One issue that was discussed is that many members do not have refrigerators and buy the food that they eat daily. How do you teach the members the importance of keeping the Sabbath Day holy, they have to eat?  I guess what we have learned is that each culture has their own unique challenges when it comes to the Sabbath Day.

One thing that Sister Oveson has started doing here in Cambodia is fixing most of our Sunday meal on Saturday. We started doing that because we do not trust the crock pot or slow cocker to leave it while we are gone to church, it cooks way too fast. That evolved into Sister Oveson cooking while Elder Oveson is gone to the Stake Meetings on Saturday.  Now we are saying that we should continue to do that even after we go home. It does help with our Sabbath worship.

Today was a very unusual Sunday for us, we only attended the two wards that we are assigned to visit, without any additional meetings. Lately we have had additional meetings to attend, so today was a true day of rest for us.  Elder Oveson even closed his eyes for a few minutes between the two blocks.

We always find amusing pictures on our way to Steung Mean Chey, today there was the guy riding on top of a load of carved wood furniture and another guy riding in a trailer like a chariot. Also, there was a new sports car in the garage of our apartment today, another red Ferrari.