Several months ago, President Moon, the Phnom Penh Mission President, asked Sister Tuck and me if we would like to accompany a small group of Cambodian Saints to the Manila Temple. We pondered the cost and determined we would like … Continue reading
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The New Job
In the real work-a-day world, when someone is promoted to a better job and someone else is promoted into the opening they left, the company generally has two incompetent workers to train, the two people new to their positions. I’m … Continue reading
Adventures in the New Home
The home is beautiful and easy to live in since there is a master bedroom on the ground floor. We love it, mostly. One of the things we really like is the electric remote controlled gate. That is, we love … Continue reading
Vacation with the kids, the move, and more
While visiting the mission home, President Moon pulled us aside and asked us to replace Elder and Sister Rhyne as Family History Missionaries, but said we could start after our kid’s vacation. Our two youngest children, Kristi and Jorgen visited … Continue reading
We are Moving
The home we are in is beautiful and quite handy to the church building, which is diagonally across the street. But, it has several problems that have made us want to move. When we arrived in Cambodia, we were assigned … Continue reading
Cambodia Interfaith Christmas Concert
Our Public Affairs Missionary, Sister James had this dream, or perhaps a vision about us sponsoring an Interfaithl Christmas Program, with common Christmas Carols and scripture readings. Her thinking was probably influenced by a comment made by Elder Anderson during … Continue reading
This is real American food!
The Mission President asked if any of us senior Couples could provide a Thanksgiving Day Dinner for the missionaries in our areas. Without a second thought, we volunteered to feed the entire Phnom Penh East District, consisting of 16 Elders … Continue reading
Love that transcends Language
Kay Sopheap is the Elders Quorum President of the Ta Khmau 1st Branch, a short stocky man in his late forties. We worked together months ago trying to hammer out home teaching, meeting for 2+ hours every Tuesday afternoon, having … Continue reading
Flags at Half-Mast
We opened the gate and pulled the car out, preparing to drive into Phnom Penh when I noticed a row of Cambodian flags across the street, rustling in the wind with one at half-mast. Due to some national holidays, all … Continue reading
Cambodian Church Music
Currently, the music sung in the Church Meetings comes from a booklet of about 40 hymns and 5 children songs translated and published at least 10 years ago. While this is a real blessing to the Cambodian Saints, many wonderful … Continue reading