Sunrise, Sunset, And A Full Day In Between

Our walk this morning gave us another beautiful golden sunrise. Coming around a corner we passed a man with a cart full of bananas. We often see him during our walks, and he mimes to us, asking if we would like bananas. Today he even said good morning. We are making progress!

 

Today was quite an unusual Wednesday as there were no scheduled meetings or Skype calls. The lack of office appointments gave us the excuse to add haircuts and errands to our own agenda. Elder Oveson walked down the street to the "$2 Gentleman's Hair Cut".  In all the months he has gone for haircuts to the same shop he has yet to get the same barber twice. Sister Oveson made an appointment to get her hair cut today at "The French Element" salon, with the same stylist, Jerome, who has cut her hair for close to a year now. It is significantly more than $2, but Jerome learned his trade in France  and is very good with scissors.

Sister Oveson's purse was getting so shabby and worn out, it desperately needed to be replaced. We wanted to buy some small tins for a little token of appreciation to the managers for the conference in Chiang Mai next week. These two shopping items required a quick trip to Central Market, where we managed to find exactly what we wanted and were finished shopping in about 30 minutes, which was pretty amazing.

Dr. and Sister Lind from Alpine, Utah were our visitors today. They are in Cambodia to do a tour training Neo-Natal Resuscitation. We met the Lind's about a year ago and they intended to return in 3-4 months from that visit. Cambodia red tape kept them from returning until now. Next month they will begin a mission, serving in the Jerusalem Center. They will be incredible!

As we were out and about on our errands Elder Oveson pointed out this group of workers tackling one of the huge bundles of wires, done in typical Khmer methods. At the end of the day we happened to look out to see the reds and golds of the sunset, which we almost missed getting a picture because of how quickly the colors bloomed and faded.