Another Week Down and a Khmer Wedding

With being out of the office the last two days today almost felt like another Monday. Since it is a new month we started looking at how we did last month in our various areas. We have mentioned more than once that the month of May had at least one holiday each week. Added on top of that was a major computer programing change for the Perpetual Education Fund, and we did not have a great month on our loan collections. We are still up significantly compared to last year and we did have four participants pay off their loans, but we were down about seventeen from last month.

Last Tuesday we were tossed a hot potato of a project that needed to get done right away. In April we put together the 1st Quarter Report for the Ministry of Cults and Religions but then it sat for about a month waiting for the last items that we needed to have it finished. As we previously mentioned, Tuesday we were told that it was needed for a presentation next Wednesday. The Translation Department promised to have it done by next Tuesday, but they emailed the finished product today. We have a couple of the Service Center staff giving it a final look over before it is printed. It is great to have it this far and know that we will get it done on time.

We had to finish preparing for our Institute class today. Normally we spend a little time each day, but there has not been any extra time the last two days. Still we feel prepared and we are hoping and praying for another big class tomorrow.

This evening we were invited to a Khmer Wedding reception. The father of the bride is the bishop in the Steung Mean Chey 3rd Ward that we attend. The bride has been the music leader for Sacrament Meeting for most of the time that we have been here. Touch Sophornn, the Seminary and Institute Director asked if he could ride with us to the wedding, which we were just fine with. That way we will have someone to translate for us if needed, since he speaks very good English.