All The Way Around The World

Growing up we were always told that if we dug a hole deep enough that we would come out in China. Cambodia is in the same time zone as part of China and we feel that we are all the way around the world from our home in Utah. Often as we send birthday wishes to family and friends on Facebook we wish them a happy birthday from around the world.

Another part of being all the way around the world is that we are working when those at Church Headquarters are not at their office and visa versa. Because of that we get around to answering emails from Headquarters twelve to thirteen hours after they come in. This morning Elder Oveson had an email from Headquarters when we got to the office, which turned into a report from our Self-Reliance Team that took the better part of the day. Now we will have to wait until tomorrow to see if they have any questions or need anything else.

Shortly after we arrived in Cambodia Sameth shared a crystal candy dish with us that the previous Senior Missionary Couple had, which they filled with candy. In our first office there were only six of us and an occasional visitor, at the Service Center there are 21 employees and Senior Missionaries and a lot more visitors. We usually make sure that the dish is most of the way full when we leave at night, this morning it was all the way empty. There must have been some who needed extra energy as they went to leave last night.

All of this week there has been a lot of extra activity at our apartment building. They have rented out the rest of the apartments to a organization that will have multiple groups that will stay for about a month or so. That meant they needed to get the refrigerators, water coolers, washing machines, TVs, pots and pans, dishes, drying racks, ironing boards and the small shoe racks, etc. It will be interesting to see those groups come and go, some are supposed to be from the U.S.

The other pictures in our collage tonight include the new building across the street where they were putting up air conditioning units (a very necessary item), a man on a moto with his cell phone stuck in his helmet so that he can talk and drive, and motos in the rain on our way home tonight.