Coming and Going

Today is one of those days that feels like there was a lot of coming and going. We got up early to go for a walk before coming to the office for work and the service center devotion. With transfer this week we decided to go to district meeting as three of our friends prepare to go on their long transfer home. We ran a couple of errands while coming back to the office. This afternoon we made arrangements to go inspect missionary apartments, so we ate our lunch on the way. After visiting three apartments, we needed to come back to the office and arrived just in time for Elder Oveson and Phanna to go to an appointment at a school. Coming home from the office we found traffic to be crazy. Elder Oveson still had another meeting for more going and coming.


With all the coming and going in the mission, we are saying goodbye to Sister Larsen and Sister Sheffield in the Chaktomuk Ward and hello to Sister Schwab and Sister Ormax [top left photo] as the new sister training leaders. There will be a change in the office, Elder Osborne is headed to the North Zone, and Elder Hills will be with Elder Beckstead in the office.

Out in Steung Mean Chey 3rd Ward we say goodbye to Elder Maurer (bottom left), and Elder Stringham will have Elder Try (Tree) as his new companion. Sister Peng will stay and will have Sister Y (Yee) as her new companion. Sister Clark will now be up in Battambang, with Elder and Sister Spencer. We said to tell the Spencers they are getting the best missionaries in Battambang this transfer.

Elder Oveson and Phanna had a good visit with ACLEDA School [bottom right]. ACLEDA is the biggest bank in Cambodia, and they also have a school focused on Banking. They would like to become a preferred school for the PEF program.  It was interesting to learn that to be a bank teller requires at least a bachelor's degree. This school would assist in moving up in the banking industry.