Our Friends, Fellow Missionaries and Family

There are many mornings that we are up before the alarm clock goes off, this morning was one of those. That meant we were out on our walk a little earlier than normal and we were glad that we were. As we crossed the road by the monument President and Sister Christensen were just getting to the park. They needed to stretch out, since they jog and we just walk, so we continued on with our walk.  A little while later we waved at Sister Larsen and Sister Sheffield headed the other direction. Pretty soon President Christensen passed us on his jog, he was going so fast his picture is fuzzy and a little distant. Then we were surprised as all three sisters passed us. Again it is great to see our friends so early in the morning.

Today was a "Skype with our friends and fellow Self-Reliance Missionaries in Hong Kong" day. This morning we spent time with Sister Roberts working some of the last kinks out of our Delegation PowerPoint presentation. We felt good enough about it that we sent it on to Chad to review. Next week we have a Self-Reliance Missionary WebEx and we plan on sharing it with the others then. This afternoon we Skyped with Elder & Sister Chandler, they are always upbeat and doing such a wonderful job. The Church will start offering the Perpetual Education Fund loans in Hong Kong in two months and they are working hard to be prepared for that.

We both decided that our hair needed to be cut before our daughters got here, waiting two more weeks until they are gone just would not work. Elder Oveson tried a new $2 haircut shop, he still has not found one that he is completely comfortable with. He will know tomorrow after he washes his hair if this one passed the test. Sister Oveson went back to the French Element, the salon that most of the Senior Sister Missionaries go to. They did a good job and she seems satisfied with the results so far. Again, we just have to wait for tomorrow to see what happens when she washes it and tries to style it.

When you sprinkle in our other everyday work, today ended up being very full and fulfilling. In a little over two days our two youngest daughters will arrive for a ten day visit. After talking with them today and finding out that they have a little more room, we added some last minute requests, like a can of grated parmesan cheese. We look forward to seeing them and showing them Cambodia, but we are also excited for our big shipment of goodies.