Back To Phnom Penh

Phanna has a young family, Amy is 3 and Ammon is about 2, so he wanted to get home early today so he would have some weekend with them. The breakfast at the hotel started at 6:00, so we wanted to be there when it opened and then get on the road.  We got up at 5:00 and headed down to breakfast just before 6:00, as we knocked on Phanna's door we woke him up. He hurried and got ready and we were on our way by 7:00.

We did have some congested traffic in Siem Reap and some of the small cities as we went through them, but overall we were able to maintain a real good speed and we only made two bathroom stops. We dropped Phanna off at his house around 12:30. That was a very quick trip from Siem Reap.

Since we did not stop to eat on our way back to Phnom Penh we needed to go home and find something to eat before going to a Sacrament Meeting. Sister Oveson has learned the wisdom of doing extra and freezing some, which makes for a quick and convenient meal. We found some great leftovers for lunch. This has made Sunday meal preparation much less work overall.

Since we missed both of the Wards that we usually attend, we went to a Branch in the Phnom Penh East District that meets in the same building as Chaktomuk Ward. The Branch President works at the Service Center with us and is the country Facility Manager. Just as we pulled in President and Sister Christensen also pulled in, and Sister Christensen ending up sitting by us.

Our picture for tonight shows the beautiful red sun from this morning, the sky was smoky because of cooking fires and to stay warm, it got down into the low 70s last night. There was also a very interesting backlit cloud formation that was fascinating, the bamboo hut and Phanna in the hammock is were we ate lunch on Saturday and did one of our stops today, we always see cows on the roads out in the khaits, but this time there was a herd of water buffalo, sugar palm trees and a typical Khmer hut.