More Wonderful Opportunities

We are so very blessed as we have the opportunity to watch the Self-Reliance Services initiative roll out in all of its many facets. We love continuing to watch it grow.

Today we had the opportunity to Skype with Elder and Sister Little in India. We are always in awe to hear about their latest adventures as they work in the second most populous country of the world. India has some advances that Cambodia does not, but it also has some of their own issues that are unique and complicated. Elder and Sister Little are the only Self-Reliance Services Missionaries for the whole country. Even though English is the official language in India, that does not mean everyone speaks English and they do not know any of the various languages.

We also had our Asia Area Self-Reliance (SRS) Missionary WebEx call, it was originally scheduled for while we were in Thailand and so it had to be moved. It is so great to have all of the SRS Missionaries together on an internet video call. We had couples from Malaysia, India, Thailand, Hong Kong and Taiwan and our Area Manager, Chad Furness, and Wayne Boam from Church Headquarters. We were able to share with them some of the things that we learned at the SRS Manager Seminar.

There are times that we realize how important it is to get started on a project even when it seems out a little ways. Last week we started to work on our Institute lesson for this Saturday, and it is a good thing that we did. This week has been busy enough that we have not had a lot of time so far and tomorrow is already shaping up to be a very busy day as well.

This afternoon the skies got dark and it rained pretty hard, hard enough for the street in front of the Service Center to be flooded. And when we headed home it was still so cloudy that we had to turn on our headlights. It was fully dark by about 5:45 which is at least a half hour earlier than normal. We have learned to expect this kind of weather this time of year and need to be grateful for the water.

Tonight's collage is random pictures from our morning walk and as we have driven around the city the last couple of days.