Day 400 of our Cambodia Adventure

When we submitted our papers for our mission Elder Oveson noted that he didn't want to go somewhere cold, and Sister Oveson mentioned she didn't do well with the heat. As you can guess, Cambodia is not a cold place (unless you are Khmer and think 68* F is so cold your hands are numb), but the thermometer doesn't stay in that range for long. In fact it has been climbing steadily and this week we have seen it be over 100*. As we took our walk this morning we could feel not only the thermometer rise, but the humidity was up as well.

As we walked this morning the sun was quite red. Our photo doesn't show the intensity of color. One of the other things we have noticed on our walk is how many uniformed officers are all around the monument. Cambodia's Prime Minister, Hun Sen, has a huge home adjacent to the monument. They all were lined up along the curb today. It just shows nothing exciting was happening this morning.

Today is day 400 out of 700 of our mission. Elder Oveson's analogy of the 700 days representing a week, we just completed day four. Putting it in those terms it is no wonder we feel like just yesterday when it was Christmas and we took a quick road trip to Angkor Wat. And at this rate it won't be many days and we will be planning what we will be doing for next Christmas!

Tonight we had our Self-Reliance group with My in Vietnam. We look forward to our discussions and learning these principles. Tonight we learned about how to take notes and study. We would have thought this to be old information, but we both wish we had known these skills as taught in the lesson. If anyone is interested in improving their note-taking skills, study pages 85-88 in Education for Better Work. We will have to test these new skills as we take notes for the upcoming General Conference.