Visiting CJF with Dowds and Joneses

Today was the second day the alarm went off before we were awake and out of bed. Either we have been extra tired or we have somehow reset our internal clock, but it was good to go out for a walk before going into the office.

Monday tends to bring extra things added to our agenda. This morning was our weekly Self-Reliance staff meeting, followed by a Skype call with Chad (who is in Mongolia this week). The internet connection failed a few times before not being able to reconnect. We figure Mongolia and Cambodia were just not playing well together for us today. We had covered most of what needed to be discussed.

After visiting CJF (Cambodia Job Foundation) last week we mentioned to Elder and Sister Dowd (Public Affairs) that they should take a tour there as well. Then we happened to talk to Elder and Sister Jones and they wanted to come along, too. We set an appointment for 11:00 this morning at CJF. It turned out today was birthdays for Sister Dowd as well as our friend Seyha (at CJF). We had a great visit and the Joneses and Dowds found treasures to purchase. We were the only ones who didn't make a purchase, however we will plan to buy a few items later.

After CJF we also made a visit to Zion International School, which is also run by President and Sister Moon, our former mission president. Several of our Cambodian friends have their children enrolled there, so it was good to see this as well.

We figured a senior couple field trip needed to include lunch at Mama's New York Deli. We introduced Elder and Sister Dowd to Mama and her delicious food, Elder and Sister Jones have already become regular customers for Mama.

We returned to our office just before 3:00, grateful that things were not too out of control, and we were even able to get a start on our Institute lesson for Saturday.