Even On Sunday

We made it to both of our assigned Wards and stayed for the entire blocks. It seems like more and more that is the exception instead of the norm. 

Previous couples warned us to make sure to take lots of photos the first six months of your mission because everything seems commonplace after that. Our daily photos have happened for almost 22 months now, and we have to admit there are times it is hard to remember to pull out the camera, and other picture material is just gone too fast for the camera shutter even with it on and in our hand. There are still new things to shake our heads at. It can also be difficult to put into words some of those extraordinary things we see, but we try.

Over the past few months there have been changes to the center barriers on some of the major roads through the city. The old metal dividers were removed, new pavement surface applied to the road, and new concrete sections put in place. These will soon be painted with yellow and black arrow stripes indicating the direction traffic should flow. (It hasn't stopped people from driving the wrong way down the road.)

Last night as we looked out we saw a sliver of a moon close to a very bright star. It is times like this that we wish for the camera we left home instead of the iPhone for the photo. The other camera just wouldn't fit into our pocket quite so well.

Today was our weekly trip to Steung Mean Chey for Church. There is one particular corner that the children beggar group congregates. Today there was a lineup of about eight children, all between age 8 and 10, and each carrying infants out into the traffic to up the sympathy factor for contributions to their pockets. We are quite confident someone else gets the money.