Meeting Investigators at Church

Sometimes it is so very interesting trying to figure out why we do certain things, but other times it just seems that things just fall into place and we have a great understanding. That has happened twice to Elder Oveson over the last couple of days.

Yesterday afternoon he needed to go Stake Presidency meeting, so at about 12:40 he left to take the ten to twenty minute one mile drive to the Stake Center. When he got there the couple that he has been helping with questions about going to the Hong Kong Temple were sitting there waiting for Elder & Sister Jones, the new Family History couple. He did need to talk with them and let them know about a little snag and what they needed to do. It was only after talking with them that he realized that he was an hour early for his meeting. It was pretty clear that this issue needed to be taken care of so he was led to the building early.

Last night as we went to bed we knew that we needed to leave for Steung Mean Chey by 7:15 a.m. to be there early for the 8:00 a.m. Sacrament Meeting. For some reason the alarm got set for 5:15 instead of 5:45. That extra half hour allowed Elder Oveson the time to work on the issue for that couple so that when he saw them at Church he knew exactly what he needed.

We truly enjoy meeting the investigators that the young Elders and Sisters are teaching. Today in the Chaktomuk Ward we met a young man named David (his real name) who is Cambodian and speaks English extremely well. He had come with a friend who needed to leave after Sunday School, but he decided to stay even if he had to walk home. The young sister that was baptized and confirmed last week had a friend with her at Church today.

We continue to get a little bit of rain every day, we can always use more, but that helps keep the temperature down. In fact as we looked at The Weather Channel this morning the temperature was exactly the same here in Phnom Penh as it was back in South Jordan, Utah, our home in the United States. It also showed the exact same, partly cloudy picture behind the current temperature. That was one thing in common today. The biggest difference was Phnom Penh was on the way up for the day and South Jordan was on the way down.