Finally In The Office All Day

Here it is Thursday and we finally put in a full day at our office today, and it will be the only day this week that we will be in the office all day. It actually felt good to get back to our missionary work, which comes in a wide variety of different responsibilities.

Over a year ago one assignment that we were given was to make sure that the monthly report gets in on time. Hong Kong was frustrated because it had never been submitted timely. We discovered that part of the problem was that the Self-Reliance employees here did not understand the reports. They have now been submitted on time for more than a year.

Another thing that we had to get done today was preparing for our Institute class. If we just go in and teach the lesson without preparation it will be our lesson and they may or may not learn anything. But if we prepare and invite the spirit then it will be spirit to spirit which is always incredible. We always spend four hours or so every week to prepare to teach a one hour lesson. Throughout our lives we have learned that it takes that level of preparation to succeed.

This afternoon we had a Skype call with Elder & Sister Ricks in Thailand. They are absolutely amazing, they are working so hard and are doing so much we are blessed to associate with them. There has been a Perpetual Education Fund Specialist in Thailand for several years, but they only hired a Self-Reliance Manager at the first of this year. They are working so hard to get the Stakes and Districts trained and the groups up and going.

Along with our normal everyday work we are also asked to help various Service Center staff members with projects that they are working on. Sister Oveson helped Neth, the Material Manager, with some ideas on how to laminate some pictures for the Distribution Center. We were also pulled into a discussion about some different vehicles that they are looking at for the Senior Missionaries to drive. We feel honored that they trust us enough to seek our help and opinion

Last night as we went out to dinner there was a beautiful view of the sunset from the roof at the restaurant. We have beautiful sunsets in Utah, but they are different here in Cambodia.