Projects, Reports, and Senior Couple Conference

We knew before we started the day that our To-Do-List was full. It seems all the holidays and happenings make it hard to have a full Monday-to-Friday schedule in Cambodia. We are not sure how they missed Memorial Day on their calendar, but don't worry. They didn't miss having their holiday for this week. Tomorrow is International Children's Day!

We have been working on assignments for the Senior Couple Conference which starts tonight and will keep us busy Wednesday and Thursday as well. Just as we felt we would be finished with that project before we ran out of work time, we were asked about a report we have been helping compile. We have been waiting for one last item or two, but today we were told that the report is needed by the Area Presidency by next Wednesday. Not only do we need to finish our part in English, but the report also needs to be presented in Khmer. Thankfully the translation department was able to take the report as a high priority project and promised to have it back to us by Tuesday.

The big project Sister Oveson has been working on for the senior couples is an updated version of LDS Hymns in Romanized Khmer (that works better than trying to read the Khmer script). We put this together as a PDF book so we can all access the hymns on our mobile devices. We tried a first draft on Sunday, which helped us proof the project and make a few changes. We expect this will be a project that has additional changes before we finish our mission, but using PDF format makes it much easier to make the changes and doesn't require the cost and work of printing and assembling the book.

Tonight was the beginning activity for our couples conference. We gathered to the mission home for dinner and our beginning meeting. It is so good to be together and feel the strength of so many phenomenal couples. And what is more wonderful is that we consider every one of them our friends!