Our Random Day & Pictures

Several months ago BYU-Hawaii reopened their iwork program for Cambodia, it had been closed for several years because many of the students that went there never returned to Cambodia. There are now a number of students that are working towards being considered to go there, but they have to meet certain requirements. An important one is to understand and speak English well enough to do well in the classes that are only taught in English. The applicants have two routes that they can take to prove that proficiency. One is to take three on line courses and pass them, or take what is called the Michigan Test. Today there were three potential applications that took the Michigan test and Sister Oveson was the proctor for the test. We know all three very well, two are in our Institute Class and one is a recently returned missionary that served here in Cambodia. They have to pass the test with at least a score of 75%. Whenever anyone asked how the test went, we replied for us it went just fine, we were not nervous at all.

It felt like we were more back into our standard routine today. With only being in the office on Thursday and Friday last week it was hard to get into any type of regular schedule. Today we had our Self-Reliance Team Staff Meeting, we felt like we were more helpful and that we made a difference in many ways. It is interesting to see how many come and ask for help, especially from Sister Oveson. Today it was laminating and figuring out how a toner cartridge went into a printer. We also were able to read our scriptures during the day and work on our Institute lesson for this next Saturday. Our volume of emails likewise greatly increased today. It feels real nice to be needed and appreciated.

It has been a while since we posted a random Khmer collage, but yesterday we got some great photos. In the bottom left corner is a moto with a slab of meat, no wrapper just open to the elements. Then there is the delivery crew taking a couch somewhere so they sat on the couch to get there. It is amazing that we do not see more people fall off of trucks and trailers, the way they sit and stand up in the back of them. The little guy on the bottom right says "Who Strong?" And then there is the beautiful furniture probably headed to a store to be sold.