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
Category Archives: Mission
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
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
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
What we actually do here
Our daily schedule Our schedule changes depending on what day it is, but Tuesday, one of our busiest days is: 6:30 – Arise go for a walk, shower and dress, and have morning prayers with Julia 8:30 – Study scriptures … Continue reading
Life and Death in Cambodia
Friday night I received a call from one of the leaders of the Ta Khmau 1st branch informing me that one of our recent converts had been killed in a moto accident. The call was just to inform me since … Continue reading
Preparedness
Since coming to Cambodia, we have been concerned how a lower income Cambodian could set aside enough food for a short-term disaster or problem. As most everyone knows, one of the tenants of the Latter-day Saint faith is preparedness, in … Continue reading
Boys are boys
I work with the young men in the Ta Khmau 2nd Branch, holding an activity day on Saturday afternoon, and teaching a class Sunday morning. For some reason, which I now forget, I mentioned bottle rockets to President Samat, of … Continue reading