Settling In -- Package from Home -- Dinner Out

This morning was an Area Presidency Devotional with all the Church employees in Phnom Penh. This devotional was recorded in Hong Kong last week and we were able to view it with everyone at the Cambodia Service Center this morning.  

The rest of the morning was a bit of a settling in day at our new office for our Self-Reliance team. We had our desks situated by yesterday afternoon, but Phanna and Sameth spent much of the day getting their area in order.  We had other boxes brought to our wing to be put away in the new storage cabinets, so all the cupboards were soon filled. By lunch the office was seeming to settle into a more normal feel.

We were given a new report to work up for Hong Kong. With this new assignment we also learned how to tap into information in the computer program we use for PEF.  Elder Oveson was getting pretty excited as he did a sort and was able to pull out data he didn’t know he could access before. I guess “Christmas” comes in different forms for different people.

About 2:00 we decided to take a walk to the mission home. Our new office is close enough to do that, and we needed to drop some things to the office there. In the few minutes we were there the office employee and one of the guards started bringing in packages. There were about 35 packages of a variety of sizes and shapes. We knew a package had been shipped to us about 10 days ago, but didn’t really expect it to be here until next week at the earliest. We joked that it would be ironic if one of these was ours, when Elder Oveson walked to one pile and found our name on the box on the top of the pile. Big thanks goes to our family for the yummy treats and surprises.

As we visited with Elder and Sister Leavitt, the office couple, they invited us to go with them to dinner and check out a new restaurant. We returned to our office and worked on reports and projects until dinner time. The new restaurant is “FOX Wine Bistro”. It was good food, great atmosphere, and a good place to plan a future Senior Missionary gathering. (Maybe even for Christmas or New Years).