"Odds and Ends" and a visitor from Taiwan

The alarm went off earlier than usual so we could take our walk and still have time to make calls to some of our family before starting work for the day. As we stepped out of the apartment building we were met with some light rain. We chose to still walk but took a different much shorter route than usual, which allowed for extra time for family calls.

Chad Furness, the Asia Area Self-Reliance Manager, landed in Cambodia last night for a quick country visit. We met Chad at his hotel this morning for breakfast. He has become a close friend as well as our Area leader for our Self-reliance assignment. This was a good start for a long weekend visit.


After a busy week with all the senior couples we still had things we needed to finish at the office before the week was finished.  We needed to take advantage of every minute preparing for Institute and a variety of Self-Reliance meetings for this weekend. Elder Oveson also has a new computer that required some remote set-up with the computer specialist in Thailand. We will be making a presentation in Siem Reap tomorrow so we also had to go through our PowerPoint to prepare. This afternoon we were reminded of a training meeting we needed to attend this evening.

Our daily picture includes our Self-Reliance committee training tonight along with a few of the peculiar things we have seen lately. The sign is posted next to the elevator in our building. There seems to be a great need for proofreaders before notices like this are posted. We did not know that we needed to be excused because of their construction. But our peace has been disturbed, especially with the mess that they are making. The Sinet building is the front of the building across from our apartment that we have shown under construction . Notice the child asleep on the moto in front of the driver. And, it is always interesting where we see hammocks strung up for a good night sleep, this one was on the sidewalk along one of the busiest roads in the city.