Our Many Favorite Missionaries

This morning we were on our walk again before the sun was up. As we approached Independence Monument we saw four runners coming that looked like they maybe missionaries. Sure enough it was the Assistants to the President and Office Elders out for their morning jog. It is always great to see friends in the morning.

We are not suppose to have favorites, but at times there are those who you feel a special bond and are closer to than others. That is also true as we work with the young Elders and Sisters, each are wonderful and have been willing to sacrifice as they put their lives on hold for eighteen to twenty-four months. Still there are times that you feel that some need a little more love and attention than others right then.

There was a set of Sisters from Steung Mean Chey that were not able to attend the Thanksgiving gathering because of illness. We have always really enjoyed both of these Sisters anyway. So we asked them if they would like to go to lunch on their Preparation Day. Last week Sister Winder, that had been ill, was still not up to lunch, so we put it off for a week. Sister Clark is one of the kindest and most dedicated missionaries that we have met. Today we went out and picked them up and took them to Brooklyn Pizza and Bistro for lunch. On our way to Steung Mean Chey we passed a Tuk Tuk full of boys headed to or from school.

It feels like our time in the office is a continual whirlwind of things that need to be done. We are so grateful for the opportunity to be busy in so many way. There are still projects that we are working on to help with the hand off of our various assignments. One of those handoffs happens a week from tomorrow, so we have a week to put the final polish on our projects.

As we were leaving the Distribution Center to head home, two more of our favorite Sister Missionaries were there, Sister Schwab and Sister Ormax. With the Christmas Tree as the backdrop they had to be added to our collage tonight.