Start and End with Institute

Another day, another week, and closing in on another month have come and gone. Time is flying faster by the minute, yet all we have is this moment in this day.

Today we started and ended with Institute. Our Institute class began at 7:00 a.m. with 18 students in attendants. As always, we had a wonderful discussion.  Tonight there were 81 in attendance for Institute and Seminary graduation for the Phnom Penh South Stake jeld at the Steung Mean Chey Building. It was exciting to see so many of our friends receive certificates for having completed Institute courses during the past year. We were impressed as the meeting started exactly on time, proceeded perfectly, and ended on time as well.

In between the two institute gatherings we enjoyed Skype or FaceTime calls with family, grocery shopping, and weekly letter writing. So many ordinary things come together to make up an extraordinary day. Shopping at Lucky Supermarket we found they brought in pumpkins, which were priced like a valuable treasure. 

Traffic to Steung Mean Chey gave another opportunity for photos, including an IV bag held for a moto passenger, a Khmer version of a Hula Hoop, the 4 man hard hat crew on a moto. There were more children in traffic than usual. After making their rounds through traffic they all went that the sidelines for a break. And the Diva on the moto? That is a picture on a banner draped on a construction barrier at a gas station which is under renovation.