There were three assigned speakers in their Sacrament Meeting. A sister who finished her mission here in Cambodia this week, the Stake Relief Society President, and the 84 year old member of the High Council. Then they gave Elder Funk about ten minutes to share his testimony and thoughts. They all did a wonderful job. The return missionary broke our hearts when she said that she did not know where she was going to go after her mission, but a friend offered to let her stay at her apartment. We wonder how many of these Cambodian missionaries are exactly the same as her, not knowing what is ahead of them after their missions. For eighteen to twenty-four months they probably live in a place better than they have ever lived before and eat better than they have in their lives. At the end of their mission they go back to a very uncertain future. That is why the Self-Reliance and Perpetual Education Fund is so important here.
As Elder Oveson went to the Ward Council Meeting, Sister Oveson attended a convert baptism for a young lady in her mid-twenties who is in a wheelchair and has no use of her legs or feet. It was heart warming to see that she had a LDSC wheelchair. Because of her disability she had to have one of the Sister Missionaries in the font with her to assist her with the baptism.
We were able to get our weekly letter to family and friends done and sent off, read our scriptures, take a walk to the roof our building and look around and have a quiet Sunday. That was a needed break after a very busy Saturday. It was truly a holy day and a day of rest.
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