Institute, My Path & Basketball

As we arrived at the Phnom Penh South Stake Center this morning for our Institute Class we were surprised to find a group of Sister Missionaries just leaving. This morning was the first time we had seen a group there and as we talked with them we learned they had come to play basketball. Now that was very unique, the Sisters going to play early morning basketball and not the Elders. We will have to get there five minutes early in the future so that we can get a picture of them playing.

This morning we had either nineteen or twenty in our Institute Class depending on how you want to count it. One of our class members brought her little three year old daughter with her to class. She was a perfect little angel and just sat and colored. We had a great class today about the importance of The Book of Mormon. We not only taught about the translation and printing, but also that it is the keystone to the Church. These are wonderful members that need to be strong as future leaders, members and disciples, and The Book of Mormon is key to that strength.

Elder Oveson had Stake Presidency Meeting this afternoon. One of the counselors, President Touch, was out of town, but they still had a lot to meet about. There are changes in the International Branch tomorrow and meetings that are coming up that needed to be planned.

We have been attending Church in Steung Mean Chey for about ten months now. It is probably the poorest area in Phnom Penh and definitely needs the Self-Reliance Services. A couple of weeks ago when Phanna trained the bishops from the South Stake, he set up a My Path Devotional for this evening out in Steung Mean Chey and taught the bishops how to invite their members. We promised that we would go and help out including taking the supplies and projector with us. We had two bishops, a member of the stake presidency, the stake clerk, a high counselor, the stake primary president, a ward relief society president and fourteen other participants. There were twenty-one total there. That is a good group.