Winter is Over ... Back to Work!

Winter didn't last long in Cambodia. After three days of cool temperatures, the thermometer was back up in the 90's today. It was still very pleasant. One thing we have noticed with it being so much cooler outside and having a strong breeze chilling the air, we even had "cold" water from the tap. Usually it is no colder than lukewarm, with the water tanks on the roof we don't have much chance of real cold water from the faucet.

Today was a busy day right from the start. Elder Roberts has been here covering a variety of legal challenges. We took him first thing this morning to catch a flight back to Hong Kong. Since we are never sure how long the trip will take to the airport, we left early to give plenty of time with rush hour and all. We made it in record time by being there in about 40 minutes, which meant Elder Roberts had about two hours before his flight time to sit and wait. We all figure that was better than being even a few minutes late.

As we returned to our office before we could even check emails we had visitors come to see us from CJF (Cambodia Job Foundation), which is a Non-Profit NGO run by our former mission president, President Moon. They have a variety of things they do to help Cambodians improve their lives, and they wanted to talk about how they could combine their services along with our Self-Reliance Services to better help the people. Kong Phean works for CJF here, Chloe Litchfield served a mission here in the Vietnamese program, having returned home a year ago. She is working for CJF doing a variety of coordinating tasks for the company. This was a great visit and we all came away with hope for a great working relationship, with both focusing on increasing Self-Reliance for the members here.

Top that with a Skype visit with Sister Roberts in Hong Kong, another Skype visit with Chad Furness in Taiwan, a quick run through our Institute lesson plan for Saturday and more. The day was gone before we could hardly turn around.

Our photo collage today includes Kong Phean and Chloe, as well as the mattress we saw doubling as a Moto seat, and other random scenes from our drive around the city today.