Transfer Day - Missionaries Coming and Going

Today is Transfer Day in the Cambodia Phnom Penh Mission. Transfers tend to come with hellos and goodbyes. There is a group of 22 new missionaries arriving in the mission, and 14 missionaries have completed their missions and are returning to their homes.

After lunch we took a walk to see who we might be able to greet. Changes this transfer shake things up throughout the entire mission. We have become friends with so many, so whether they move around the country or around the world we will miss seeing them. These missionaries are all wonderful!

Our regular translators will change. Elder Jarvis is now serving in the office, so we will see him but no longer in Steung Mean Chey. Sister Uresk is transferring to Kaysville, Utah, and we will say hello to Sister Harris who is returning from Kampong Cham. Elder Christensen is coming to Chaktomuk Ward as he is now an Assistant.

We were able to meet several new fresh faces this afternoon. It is amazing how excited they are to be in Cambodia. We look forward to getting to know all of them better.

As new missionaries arrive they are put to work immediately. Most are immediately united with a companion, dropped at the Phsaa (Market) and start contacting. After about an hour, they make their way to the mission home, receive their assignments and meet the rest of the companions, and by the evening they are on their way to their area. If they do their training like last transfers, they will receive their more extensive training next week with President and Sister Christensen, after they have had a few days to decompress from the travel and get acquainted with their area and companion.

Those who are departing the mission will have one last meeting and dinner with President and Sister Christensen, and they will depart tomorrow. We are so blessed to serve with such valiant young missionaries. We look forward to our continued associate with these eternal friends. Our lives have been forever changed because of serving with them.