Opposition In All Things

We absolutely love the teachings of the scriptures in our lives. One profound doctrine taught is that it is necessary to have opposition in all things. Without the bitter we would not understand sweet, and so forth. For those that are wondering, even missionaries have their own little oppositions that they face as we go through our service. Sister Leavitt, an Office Missionary, wrote in a blog about the 725 other days of a mission. She figured that there are five landmark days and then we have to press through the other 725 days in pursuit of the next landmark day. Our mission is only 700 days instead of 730 like the young Elders, but we have been blessed with way more than five landmark days already and we still have five months to go.

Today was one of those days with some normal projects, opposition, and deeper understanding. It is always amazing to see the variety of different emotions that happen as the day goes along.

We spent a lot more time today on the various presentations that are quickly approaching over the next month or so. It is almost a divide and conquer while Sister Oveson tweaks one of the PowerPoint presentations Elder Oveson is working on a different one. Tomorrow we have our Self-Reliance Missionary WebEx with all of the couples, Sister Roberts and Chad. Part of the agenda is for us to share the PowerPoint that we will use in the Manager Conference next month. We want the input and help from the other couples on it and if there is anything else they recommend that we share.

The Church has to comply with the laws in the various countries. Here in Cambodia the official name of the entity that the Church operates under is Cambodia Association of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Today they were changing some of the signs at the Service Center to be in compliance with the laws here. We love the beautiful sunrises and sunsets here in Cambodia, we doubt that they will ever become so common place that we fail to notice them. And a great benefit is we get to share pictures of them on our blog.