Steung Mean Chey Baptism - Alika

Several weeks ago as we were at Steang Mean Chey Ward for meetings, there was a young sister who came into Relief Society and sat next to Sister Oveson. As she speaks English the teacher had this girl translate for the lesson. At the end of class the teacher asked Sister Oveson a question about baptism. That is when we first got to know Alika. It turns out Alika was being taught by the elders, and she has become friends with Sister Oveson. Today was Alika's baptism immediately following the meeting block. She is such a sweet girl. We love her glowing smile.

With having changed time schedules for church we are finding our Sunday routine has changed. Steung Mean Chey is now at 8:00 a.m., and we have to say the morning commute is much better than our evening trips home used to be after church. We arrived in less than 20 minutes! And the return trip home at 12:00 noon was no problem!

There is not as much lag time between blocks now. Chaktomuk Ward starts at 1:00 p.m., but that means we are out of church by 4:00 in the evening. Tonight we were done with dinner including clean up by shortly after 5:00. No complaints here! We think we will enjoy this year's schedule!