Our Friend, My ("ME")

As we have served in Cambodia we have had the opportunity to get to know many people, some with simple names we would not have thought to be names before our adventure in Asia. We know people with names such as You, Ham, Touch, Long, Neth (Night), Um,  and Him Hen, just name a few. Someone we have come to know is My (Me).

We first met My when she was serving as a missionary in Cambodia in the Vietnamese program, and she was one of four sisters who rode with us to the meeting when Elder Holland came to visit Cambodia.

After My finished her mission and returned to Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, we were asked to facilitate a Self-Reliance group with he via Skype. Today was the concluding lesson, which means we have been working with My for about 4 months now.  She has become a dear friend, and we will miss our weekly visits.

Just a few weeks ago there was exciting news for the Church in Vietnam as Elder Cook and Elder Stevenson made a visit to Hanoi as the government gave official recognition to the Church in Vietnam. Our friend My was blessed to attend the meeting when both Apostles spoke to the members gathered for the occasion. My is in the back left corner wearing a red dress. President and Sister Hassell (the mission president) are in the middle of the back row (at 6' 5" he stands much taller than the rest), and our former mission president, President and Sister Moon, are back row on the right.

This morning was our Institute class as well.  We knew of a conflict for several of our class members so we wondered how many we would have attend. There were 16 in attendance, which included one new student, we were pleased. We are enjoying these lessons on Teachings and Doctrine of the Book of Mormon.

This morning we were able to Skype with our daughter Becky without any problems, but as we started to talk to Janeene's family our internet went down. After about forty minutes we were going to give up and go and get groceries, but the internet came back up. We always love talking to our children and their family and are grateful for the technology that makes it possible.