Goodbye To More Friends - John & Rebecca Dockery

Most Sundays have their own little adventures and that was true today. Because the electrical service is so unreliable many of the office buildings, nicer apartments and even Church buildings have generators. Most of the time they are set to kick on when the power goes out. Today in Stueng Mean Chey as the first speaker started her talk the power went out, but the generator did not kick on. The young missionaries were quickly up and opening the drapes to let light in, and the speaker had a strong enough voice she just went on with her talk. The bishop went out to check on things and the generator kicked on about ten minutes later. It kicked back off of the generator almost an hour and a half later. The adventures of serving in a developing area of the world.

Seventeen months ago we landed in Cambodia, that is so amazing how fast it has gone, but also it seems like a lifetime ago. We have learned so much and love the people. The next day  was Sunday, we were dropped at the International Branch and John & Rebecca Dockery were asked to give us a ride home. On the way home they gave us a tour of the city. They both worked for the U.S. Embassy and have become our friends over the last seventeen months. Tomorrow they leave Cambodia headed back to the U.S. for a new assignment in the State Department. They will be missed.

We love the efforts of the wonderful leaders, they truly try and want to do what they are asked to do. A week ago yesterday the Stake Leaders were taught about the new manual, "Teaching in the Savior's Way". Yesterday in Bishopric Training the Stake Presidency taught the Wards about the importance of this new manual. In both wards that we attended today they taught about the importance of teaching the Lord's way. That is getting the word out quickly. It is just a start and there is a lot more for them to learn from this new manual and program of teaching the teachers, but it is a start in the right direction.

They are continuing to make progress on the addition at the Stueng Mean Chey building. It is fun to look to see what has happened in the last week. It is still months away, but it is at least moving forward.