It Is Amazing What You See When You Look Up

Sunday is always a busy, interesting day for us in Cambodia. Having moved this week we had to decide on our new route to and from church. Taking our new route only added about 5 minutes on our way to Steung Mean Chey, but it took an extra 15 minutes to return. There was significantly more traffic coming back, but the workers installing a huge signboard above the road explained part of the backlog. There were also more markets we had to pass, but all in all it was good.

Transfers last week gave us a change for who we work with in Steung Mean Chey 3rd Ward. Elder Reeves is still there, but his new companion is Elder Ross, and two new sisters, Sister Sheffield and Sister Galahad. Elder Ross and Sister Sheffield were part of "our" MTC group, and Sister Galahad is new to the mission (two weeks in country). It is such a delight to work so closely with these valiant young missionaries. Sister Galahad has committed to translate at least a few words for us before she is transferred from Steung Mean Chey and to be our translator before we leave the mission next year. We are confident she will do both.

We had some of our best gospel lessons in classes today. The teachers really taught, not just read the manual. They had selected segments from the material instead of trying to cover everything, and the discussions went very well.

We feel loved and appreciated by the members in both wards we attend. In Chatomuk Ward we had so many of the members ask where we were last week. Our little trip to Siem Reap took us away from attending with them, and they noticed. One sister told us she had brought a bunch of bananas for us and was disappointed we were not there. She said she gave them to the mission president instead.