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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Cambodia is in the midst of a huge cultural change, and I believe very few Cambodians even see it happening. Cell phones have been available for fifteen to twenty years, but virtually everyone has one (or two), so communications has … Continue reading →

I opened the gate leading from our home out into the street to find several policemen standing there watching me as I swept the driveway. When I finished, I began my walk, heading up toward the round-about where the Ta … Continue reading →