Back Home In Phnom Penh

These last four days have felt more like a week or two. It is amazing that we were able to cram so many things into such a short period of time. In fact Sunday night talking to the Ophthalmologist in Salt Lake City feels like yesterday in some ways and weeks ago in other ways.

First an update on Elder Oveson's eye. It does not feel as dry as it did, the weird floaties are still trying to drive him crazy, but Sister Oveson says it looks like his eye has gone through not feeling well today, it is more droopy. Still it is good to know that it is not as bad as originally thought, we will count that as a blessing and thank all of those who have been praying for us.

We caught a plane back to Phnom Penh this afternoon. Elder & Sister Leavitt braved the afternoon traffic to pick us up. They are the greatest Office Couple in the Church, and we are blessed that they were assigned to Cambodia.

We figure that since the purpose of our visit was complete we might as well get back to what we were called to do. Besides staying in the hotel in Hong Kong completely spoiled us, carpet on the floor, our best shower in fifteen months (the water flow and temperature did not fluctuate at all, and it was a big shower).

This morning we took a short walk from our hotel to the Church Offices in Hong Kong. We Skype regularly with Elder & Sister Chandler and Sister Roberts who serve there in Self-Reliance Services. Likewise, have met several of the other missionaries and Church employees when they came to visit Cambodia. Elder and Sister Chandler were our tour guides on the first nine floors and we found Sister Roberts on the tenth floor. We made new friends and got to meet in person several who are already our friends. We tried very hard to avoid interrupting the Area Presidency, but as we snuck past a Conference Room Elder Funk saw us and came out to talk. We are blessed to associate with such wonderful leaders and missionaries.

It is very nice to be back in our apartment in Cambodia. We know that is where we are suppose to be right now, doing what we are suppose to be doing and striving to help our fellow brothers and sisters in this part of the world.