Our Empty Candy Dish

Sister Oveson was feeling enough better today that we went back to the office. As we got to our desk we could tell that we were missed again yesterday, there were only two lonely pieces of candy left in our candy dish. Sister Oveson gave Sameth an emergency stash of candy to put in his disk just in case we miss a day in the future. We must be scary because we are sure that the staff eats more of the candy when we are gone than when we are there.

Last week Sister Robert's son was visiting them in Hong Kong so we did not Skype with her. As we talked today it seemed like it had been forever since we had chatted together. With two weeks worth of work to share and the adventures including moving and our Senior Couple outing there was a lot to talk about. We are glad for this opportunity to return and report about our Self-Reliance Services activities.

There are several things that we try and do every day. We try to work on our Institute lesson as we go through the week so that we are ready by Saturday. One thing that we always take into consideration is that this a second language for those in our class so we need to make sure that we use simple enough words that they will understand. We do not change the quotes of the General Authorities, but we can simplify the narrative portion of our lesson. We also do some gospel study everyday, whether it is reading scriptures, or one of the many publications put out by the Church. We have been going through the Self-Reliance Service guidebooks, which is very helpful. Elder Oveson recently had a feeling that we need to try and learn some of the simple hymns in Khmer (Cambodian). We are starting with some of the Primary songs. We figure that we have ten more months, we might get one or two down before we leave.