Another Friend at the Service Center - Samnang

Our days seem to become more varied all the time. Our weekly Thursday Skype call with Sister Roberts was moved to this morning, and it is always good to visit with our friend.

This morning we also had a quarterly Cambodia PEF Committee Meeting. This meeting includes us as the PEF Senior couple, Phanna and Sameth, President Christensen, Samnang, the Cambodia Service Center manager, and Saret, the Finance manager. This committee is to review PEF items for Cambodia. There are times when the applicants need exceptions to the established rules, and these exceptions need to come to the committee. We had a good meeting, reporting progress and talking about how to better use the PEF program in Cambodia.

Elder Brown   ---   Samnang    

We also have had another visitor this week from Hong Kong. Elder Brown is an attorney serving as part of the Asia Area legal team. He has been here taking care of a few more of the legal challenges which Cambodia seems to have an abundant list. We went to lunch this afternoon with Elder Brown and Samnang and Saret, then took Elder Roberts to the airport for his return trip to Hong Kong. By the time we left the airport traffic was a mess. We decided to try a different way we had been told about, and just head for home. This route is outside of what is shown on the city map, but we found our way! Yes, this was the better option today.

Our spotlight person from our office today is Samnang. After serving a mission, he went to school in Hawaii, receiving a bachelor degree from BYU Hawaii, then a Masters Degree from Chaminade University. He taught school for several years before being hired as the Cambodia Service Center Manager a couple of years ago. His responsibilities are not just for the service center, but include managing the needs of the Church in Cambodia.