Birthdays and Goodbyes

Sundays are often one of the busiest days of the week, what with attending two wards for three hour meetings blocks, and often other meetings on top of that. Traffic can be crazy going to and from Steung Mean Chey, then out again to Chaktomuk Ward.  For some reason today the traffic was weird, it just seemed heavier than normal. No specific crazy traffic to write home about, I guess that is what happens since we have been facing this traffic for more than seventeen months.

This week Chaktomuk Ward said goodbye to Sister Larsen, Sister Sheffield, and Elder Asay (a.k.a. "A.C. short for Air Conditioning). Elder Asay and Sister Larsen both had birthdays this week so the young adults brought an ice-cream cake from Dairy Queen (one of the members works there) to celebrate. The relief society sisters were sad to say goodbye to the sister missionaries, so Sister Oveson assured them she wasn't leaving yet. We have become friends with these wonderful saints in both Chaktomuk and Steung Mean Chey.

The mission is facing a unique transfer sequence beginning this week. Because of changes in the length of training at the MTC, arrival dates for new missionaries entering the field has gone through some adjustments. The arrivals are offset by two weeks when compared with departures of the group just finishing. With the lag time between, the mission will host a group of local young adults who will be serving a 2 week Mini Mission. Several of our young adult friends will be among that group. It will be interest to see how this all works out.