Khmer Love Khmer

Before we moved to the Service Center we got ourselves invited, by asking, to the monthly Area Presidency Devotionals. After our move to the Service Center we started to attend the weekly Service Center Devotionals. We are now just part of the weekly rotation of assignments, and today it was Elder Oveson's turn to conduct. He tried hard to start on time until we got to the opening hymn and realized that the one listed on the chart for today was used last week, nobody knew the one that was suppose to be for last week. It took three or four minutes to find a hymn that everyone knew well enough to sing in both English and Khmer. At least we tried to start on time.

First thing this morning we went to the tire store to get another screw out of a different tire. This one only took less than ten minutes, but while one person fixed that tire we had someone else check the air pressure on all of the others. With the extra service the price was $2.00 today. Last time our Cambodian friends were surprised that we got the Cambodian price instead of a higher one, today they did get a little more out of us.

One advantage of being at the Service Center we are more likely to see more of the other missionaries on a regular basis. Today the VanBrocklins had to come into the Finance Department to take care of some business. It was good to see them and catch up on what they have been doing.


Elder Oveson had so many meetings last Saturday that by time he got home we did not want to brave the traffic to go out to eat for Mothers Day. Last night we had to come home early for our Skype Self-Reliance Group and decided that we were home and wanted to stay home. Tonight we braved the traffic to go to a Bavarian Restaurant, named Tell, for some Schnitzel. It is always good and there is enough for a second meal with the leftovers, called "take away" here.

Our picture for tonight is a collage of scenes from our driving about and walks. We realize that the children of Cambodia are often our focal point, whether on the street or a moto. So often we are afraid for them as we see them standing on the moto or sitting on a curb. The other picture was a beautiful sticker on a van that we were following. One part says "Khmer Love Khmer."