The "ME" Group

Mondays tend to be a busy day, and when it falls immediately after a road trip weekend, and heading into a week with lots of events planned, we found that today was a Monday in a true sense of the word. We started our morning with a couple of Skype meetings and our weekly Self-Reliance staff meeting. By the time we finished we looked up and found it was almost noon. We might say it was Monday Morning on the fast-track!

We learned as we gassed up the car today that it cost us about $45 round trip for our car to drive to Siem Reap. The roads were much better this trip than they were at Christmas. Looking forward, our next trip will probably be even faster because there are several new road sections that are just getting finished that bypass the little towns and busy narrow roads. Maybe the road trip is worth the drive instead of flying between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. Besides, a flight would not give the beautiful views of driving through the country.

We had our Self-Reliance group with Phan Cam My (Me), which we are facilitating on Monday nights for the next few weeks. Tonight's Self Reliance Principle was "Use Time Wisely", and the lesson from Education for Better Work we discussed was "What education will qualify me for my work?" These are some great principles to learn and follow. My is preparing to take an education course that she hopes will lead to a better job for her in the future.

With everything else tonight we had laundry to do and packing to move tomorrow morning. We are thankful we won't have to move on a Moto or a Tuk-Tuk We don't have any furniture to move. We have acquired a few apartment items over the past year. We are also happy to be sending part of that to mission storage. We have come to appreciate that sometimes Less is More, especially when moving!