Holiday, Missionaries, Words and Changes

Another extended holiday (King's Birthday) gave us one more day off, but that really doesn't mean there was nothing to do. We still got up at 5:30 a.m. for our walk. It had rained this morning which had slowed to a light drizzle as we left on our walk. Because of the rain and the holiday there were not as many in the park. However we were pleased to meet up with Elders Christensen and Asay (the AP's), and one of the members from Chaktomuk ward out for their morning exercise as well. They looked like they found more rain than we experienced. We also found Elder and Sister Leavitt out for their morning walk.

Our initial plan for the day included inspecting apartments, but schedules of the others moved inspections to Tuesday. Instead we stayed home and did laundry and responded to emails. After lunch we ventured out to Thai Huot and the Aeon Mall, where we happened upon two more missionaries, Elders Medley and Hills. They were in need of a few snacks.

We found some interesting spelling today, for instance in front of us was a Nissan "Frontire" truck (which should be Frontier). Then in the produce department at the mall they were featuring "American Cheery Imported From USA".

This week is transfers, with six returning to the US and two returning home to Cambodia. There are no new missionaries coming to the mission until August. The numbers of missionaries have come down, but they are big in spirit and enthusiasm. It also means the smaller number have to stretch and cover larger areas. We will be losing some of our translators and getting to know others better. We learned one thing you can count on is change!