Russian Market and Meetings

It is interesting to see the difference between the scheduled day and the actual rollout of the day. Today's schedule was expected to go something like this:

• 7:30 - arrive at the office
• 8:30 - office devotional (Sister Roberts would meet us as we finished the devotional as Elder Roberts took care of his scheduled business at the Service Center)
• 10:00 - District Meeting at South Stake building 
• 11:30 - visit Russian Market
• 12:30 - lunch
• Afternoon - visit either Cambodia National Museum or the Royal Palace with Sister Roberts
• Evening - possibly dinner with Elder and Sister Roberts

Instead the day rolled out more like this:

• 7:30 - arrive at the office
• 8:30 - office devotional (Elder and Sister Roberts arrived about 10 minutes before we finished.)
• 10:10 - District Meeting (Everything seemed to be going right on schedule, then the District Leader announced they would watch the movie "The Best Two Years" for their meeting, looking for things that were good or bad as to what the missionaries did in the movie.
• 12:10 - head back to the Service Center to check on Elder Roberts. He came out just after we got there and said not to worry about him. He still had several hours of meetings. He thought he would be finished by late afternoon. So we implemented our altered plans.
• 12:30 - Lunch with Sister Roberts at a Tex-Mex restaurant.

• 1:30 - Elder Oveson dropped Sister Oveson and Sister Roberts to Russian Market for some shopping and exploring, while he went to fill the car with gas, get pastries at Erik Keiser Bakery, drop the bakery goods to the apartment, then back for the Sisters.
• In the meantime, Sister Oveson and Sister Roberts found CJF booth at the market. Sister Roberts was able to pick up a coconut nativity and a few ornaments. They took a walk through the maze of shops and displays, and finally settled on purchasing themselves lounge pants.
• 2:30 - back to Erik Keiser for Sister Roberts to make some bakery selections, then back to the office. We hoped to find Elder Roberts. By this point they decided not to worry about the museum or palace. 
• 4:00 - The Sisters walked to the mission home for information on a boat trip to Silk Island, for a possible adventure tomorrow, then back to the office.
• 4:30 - back to the office. Visited while we waited for Elder Roberts.
• 5:00 - Elder Roberts finally came out and declared he was almost done. He was exhausted, had a late lunch and just wanted to go back to the hotel. Tomorrow we will go either to The Killing Fields or to Trash Mountain. It looks like Silk Island has been vetoed, but Elder Roberts will be with us for the day. 

Dinner became a more simple meal at our apartment and did some laundry. Now we need to get some sleep so that we are ready for tomorrow's adventures!