There's No Place Like Home

Some of the Senior Missionary Couples, like the LDS Charities, do a lot more travel than we do, but fortunately they have a lot more comfortable vehicle than we do. After three days on the road it was sure nice to be back in our own apartment tonight. It will take a few days for these old bones to stop aching, still we truly enjoyed being with Chad and Phanna and having some great discussions and meetings.

We headed out of Battambang back to Phnom Penh about 8:40 this morning. We did make one quick stop to top off the tank, but then we had an over five hour straight drive. On the way to Siem Reap we stopped for lunch after about three hours which made it bearable. The road from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap is newer than the one from Battambang to Phnom Penh. It is also wider and does not have the terrible potholes. On top of the road condition we had to deal with rain on and off all day. When it rains here the traffic gets even slower and crazier than normal. In other words, today's drive was a lot more challenging.

As we got back in town we had Sameth meet us at Mike's Burger for a team lunch together.  In our opinion they have probably the best American hamburger here in Cambodia. It was good to just sit around and talk over a wonderful lunch.

After dropping Chad off at his hotel and saying goodbye for the last time in person, we went over to the Mission Office for a minute. We knew that they were going to do flu shots today but we thought that they would be done long before we made it there. Fortunately they were still wrapping up so we got our's so we do not need to go to a nearby clinic and waste an hour.

Elder & Sister Thurston live straight across the hall from our apartment and this last weekend they had the missionaries from Ta Khmau over to their place for lunch. We told them that they could borrow our table and chairs, so we left them a key to our apartment. When we got home this afternoon they had left a lot of balloons and a Happy Birthday sign for Sister Oveson on the table. A while later they brought over some fresh cookies and sang "Happy Birthday To You" for her. The cookies were fantastic and the song was pretty good too.