Our Circle of Friends

As we were sitting at Sister Oveson's desk today working on our Institute lesson for next Saturday all of a sudden we heard a very familiar voice greeting us, Elder Roberts from Hong Kong. Last year Elder Roberts came to Cambodia several times helping with various legal issues, and most important to us, getting things moving for Self Reliance. He is a friend that we had not seen since the end of last year when he was here with Sister Roberts and we spent some time with them. It is so good to be with friends and to catch up on what is happening in their lives. This evening we went to dinner at a restaurant over on the Tonle Sap River, called the Titanic, that has great atmosphere and good food.

We were also able to spend some more time today with Chad Furness, the Self-Reliance Area Manager, from Taiwan. One thing that he always tries to do when he comes to town is get the whole team together for a lunch or dinner. We went to one of our stand by favorites, Brooklyn Pizza and Bistro. On our way to Brooklyn Pizza we had to pick up Sameth's daughter Yuri from school. She attends Zions International School, which was started by President & Sister Moon, our former Mission President and his wife.

This afternoon we completed the Self-Reliance group with My (pronounced Me) via Skype in Vietnam. She is such a wonderful Young Adult that is full of faith and trust in the Lord that everything will just work out right in her life. The Education for Better Work course has six lessons about education and six lessons about finding a job. She has already completed the short education course that she was focused on, and is now looking to find a good job. She told us that she has a second interview for a good job tomorrow. We are praying for her to get it.

We have definitely reached Mango season. And we are so blessed to have good friends that have shared Mangos with us. We have fifteen Mangos right including two off of the front tree at our office. We love Mangos and are so grateful for all those who have wanted share with us this year, another one of those benefits of being in the Service Center.