King's Birthday - YSA Conference

Another holiday in Cambodia? The King's Birthday! The Cambodia Service Center was closed today and will not reopen until Tuesday. We still chose to get up early and take our walk.  There were extra decorations and displays put up to celebrate the occasion.

With the holiday we also found today to be the better day to make our family calls home for the week.  It is always so fun to hear the reports from each of our grandchildren on the things they have been doing. We may still have to Skype or FaceTime with some of our grandchildren occasionally after our mission just so they can share their fun days with us.

Because this was a long holiday break it also was the perfect time for the Y.SA Conference.  All the Young Single Adults in the entire country gather to Phnom Penh once a year for a major two day activity. Today's events included social time and registration (write their name on a lanyard for a name tag). The American Ambassador to Cambodia, William A. Heidt, gave a presentation encouraging education. Following his address the entire group moved out to the back parking lot for a dance and catered dinner. There were four groups that put on presentations to give a variety of entertainment to the evening.

Our role as Senior Missionaries at this event was totally to be support. We helped hand out lanyards and give direction to where events were taking place. One of our favorite parts of support was being able to rub shoulders with so many wonderful young people who have become our friends. We are surprised by how many come ask if we remember them. They remember us clearly from our visit to their province many months ago. Then there are those who we have come to love that are in our Institute class, or those who attend the wards we are assigned. The two young women Sister Oveson comforted on Mother's day made sure they came and gave her hugs today. It was so good to see them smile.