What A Difference the Rain Makes

Afternoon showers make a difference in the morning sunrise! Yesterday it rained off and on through the afternoon and evening, filling the streets with water and cleaning the air. This morning the sky was blue and only a few clouds. The sun was bright as it didn't have all the clouds or the haze to filter our view. The air was quite refreshing. And with the rains, the temperatures have dropped to the low 90's and high 80's. We hope the areas that are suffering most from the drought are getting rain as well.

Much of our time at the office today was on Skype and Internet Conference calls. We visited with Sister Roberts in Hong Kong, Elder and Sister Little in India, and Elder and Sister Ricks in Thailand. We also had the Area PEF Operations meeting, which included Mongolia, Thailand, India, Cambodia, and a visitor in Japan, which is the Asia North area. They are just beginning PEF in that area so he tagged into our meeting to better understand how we function. We are thoroughly enjoying our visits with the other senior couples throughout Asia. Each of them have such different needs and responsibilities. We can only imagine the struggles some of them deal with. Some problems are very similar to what we have in Cambodia.


Our morning walks have had some additional flare. The banners are to welcome some visiting dignitaries from Vietnam. This is the second time we have found a pile of shoes scattered on the sidewalk as we went on our walk. And as we go about the city it is often amusing to see the passenger seating. The moto in the truck was probably more comfortable than many of the rides we see.