Sunday, June 30, 2013

"I'll See You When You See Me."


Family and friends, Monday morning we walked to work as usual. We busied ourselves at the office. After work we put on shorts and climbed the stairs to the 14th floor of our apartment. We then went into the exercise room to use the stationery bikes. This type of exercise is pure torture. We have never sweat so much in our entire lives. We have been doing this exercise regiment for about a month now. Walking to work is just not enough exercise to prepare us for our planned hike in the Grand Canyon




Tuesday morning began with a trip to Room Chang Dental.












Waiting for the dreaded shots and hours of jaw breaking torture.












Leisure shoes to relax the patient.












Leisure shoes for me too. I'm already relaxed!











Waiting room reading material. Paparazzi Khmer Style. Sure hope there is nothing obscene written on this cover.






Great news! Dale did not need a root canal. The shots he received were not too bad. We are to return this Tuesday to have a permanent crown put on.

Lately our days at the office have been low key. Dale resolved some trouble shooting problems and created an orientation packet for Elder and Sister Wyler, our replacements. I created a spread sheet list of businesses in Phnom Penh to help the Wylers get oriented to their new home town. After all the shredding I did the other week I was amazed to find more old stuff to shred. I think I had shred fever.  I stopped shredding just before the office had nothing in its files. The file cabinets have lots of space now.

We had a few of our students visit us this week for their Participant Progress Reports. Every student is suppose to interview with us every three months. Most do not come to see us. The ones that do are our most faithful students. They are so grateful for the the opportunity they are having to attend school. Interviews are the fun part of our calling.

From July through October student visits to our office should increase. Most of our students need renewal loans for school start dates in September and October.

Since we completed our Institute class we have no lessons to prepare. We both have a goal to complete reading the Book of Mormon before we fly home. We've been doing lots of reading in our spare time.

This Monday I will begin once again contacting our students for the month of July. There were a few students I missed contacting in June. They are students that we do not have accurate phone numbers for or they read their caller ID and choose not to answer.

June and July are proving to be the months to get married in Phnom Penh. In the last week we have received three invitations to weddings and one invitation to an engagement party.  We have not gone to too many of these events in the past. Our first wedding we went to was sometime in the first month that we arrived in Cambodia. That was because the branch President wanted help from Dale to be sure he was performing the ceremony correctly. Our only street wedding we attended was when we were in the Provinces. Remember they served "ant sauce". We have gone to a couple ring ceremonies. They were for our PEF students. We have received  invitations from complete strangers. We don't even worry about attending those.  It is rude I suppose, but weddings are almost a business. Why we are invited is because we are white and therefore "have money". The cheapest amount you can get away with is a $20 gift amount.

We did attend Kheng Chhy's wedding reception Saturday evening. He is one of the clerks at the Tuol Thom Pong Branch that we go to. We had fun. Many of the members speak English which helps the comfort level. The food was prepared outdoors but it was served in the cultural hall of the church building and it was piping hot. We felt it was safe to eat. There was air conditioning and no flies. Not even in the sauce!!




Keng Chhy and bride Sokhom.








The reception was suppose to begin at 4:30. We arrived at 5:00. Nothing got started until about 6:00. The bride and groom never made it into the reception. They were busy changing their clothes for many many photo shots. I felt bad because we would have liked to have interacted with them more. We sat with Kim Sang and his wife and baby daughter and also with Sombian the maintenance manager for the church buildings. Sombian kept us informed on what we were eating. He was a good eater. He said he likes everything. He said he has eaten bugs and dog too. No problem. We had an assortment of appetizers including slivers of pig ear. We ate the cashews and spring rolls. There was duck, and snapper. Rice and noodles and some greens. There was also sour soup. We tried a little of each of these. We ate with chopped sticks so there was no problem with worrying about eating too much. It took a very long time to eat a few grains of rice.




Cooking the wedding feast. The silver dishes behind this young man is what the sour soup was served in. The soup had shrimp, chicken and other floaty things. We opted to spoon the broth on our rice. We were not interested in the chunky stuff.








We sat at the best table (my opinion). Several of the young people were our Institute students.











Fun people we have grown to love.











More great people we will miss when we leave.












Making memories.












Groom and the grooms men.











Bride and bridesmaids.











Saying goodnight. Yet another outfit. This was the brides white dress.











Iy Rathana, Debbie, Kim Houn, and a friend.







Sunday we went to the International Branch. So many people are returning to their homes in the USA. Mackenzie Moon, our mission president's daughter, spoke in sacrament meeting. She will fly home July 5. There are eight missionaries also returning home that evening. Since she has never traveled by herself  she will travel with the returning missionaries for safety reason. Mackenzie has a sister she will stay with before beginning school at BYU.

The Rust family are also returning home to New Jersey.  Sister Rust has been working at the US Embassy doing work in the science field. Her job is coming to an end. She and her oldest daughter also spoke in sacrament meeting today. It was interesting to learn about their Cambodian adventures. The Rust's have three children ages 12,10,8. They chose to take advantage of the many Khmer holidays and did some family traveling. There motto to "do as the Khmer do". Part of that challenge was to pile on a moto. That wasn't enough, they had to crash on their moto. I call that "experience extreme".  It really wasn't in the plans. Their daughter reported that the scar on her leg will forever remind her of her Khmer experiences. Their family went camping in the jungle. She and her father got Dengue fever. They stayed with a Khmer family in a one room house and experienced life in that setting. She learned that children are children everywhere. No matter the circumstances they love to laugh and play. They compete, they get mad, they forgive and move on. She said when her parents announced they were coming to live in Cambodia for a year she was afraid but now  she hopes to one day travel the world.

Kuntheavy has been using Dale's computer and our printer to create graduation certificates for Institute and Seminary. She has not had a working printer for about five years. Dale is pushing her and Sophornn to purchase a new printer. We think Hong Kong is going to actually allow them budget money to do this. It would be incredible if this happens before we leave. Graduation is July 6 so this certificate project will soon come to an end. There may be a few late certificates to be made after graduation. Some students have not turned in their make up work.





Haem Seyha one of our PEF Students drives the BYU tuk tuk. Bun Houch Eng is keeper of the BYU tuk tuk and the gentleman in the glasses is just this really nice guy from Tuol Thom Pong Branch that does not speak English but gave Dale the biggest hug when he saw him at the wedding on Saturday.



As one of our PEF students likes to say, "I'll see you when you see me." Then we all crack up laughing.
Ha Ha, Chuckle Chuckle, Har Har, Ho,Ho,Ho.

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Getting crowned in Cambodia.

Family and friends the days are passing quickly. We keep busy. We have been deep cleaning our office in preparation for Elder and Sister Wyler's arrival.

Monday was business as usual. During the day we experienced the typical power outages and slow to no Internet service. Monday evening we joined Elder and Sister Khols, Elder and Sister Johnson, Elder and Sister Westover, Elder and Sister Dilworth, President and Sister Moon and their daughter Mackenzie at Elder and Sister Tuck's home for dinner and Family Home Evening. The Tucks will return home just in time to celebrate the Fourth of July. Their first home in Cambodia was our apartment. Because it was located far from their assigned branches they relocated. They moved from a small apartment to a villa. They began accumulating stuff to make their house a home. When they discovered termites were eating their house and that their landlord refused to acknowledge there was a problem they moved again. There final home is new, large, modern and bright. It also is filled with stuff they purchased. It is all good stuff just lots of it. You must understand they chose to host meals for large groups of people like the young missionaries, and members they worked closely with. Because no one foresees a Senior couple coming to replace them all the stuff has to go. The Church will purchase items to fulfill the necessities to set up a home for a Senior Couple. Things beyond the basics are not part of the budget and need to be purchased by the individual couple. For example some couples chose upgrades in their appliances. Some of the sisters do lots of baking and cooking for their branches. As you can see from the long table, the Tucks have dishes that will serve far more than two to four people.


Continuing on...
For dinner Sister Tuck prepared a yummy curry. The rest of us complimented her curry with a variety of potluck contributions. We had watermelon, assorted fruit salad, a relish plate, jams, jellies and an assortment of fine bakery breads.









There was plenty to eat.










After dinner we gathered in the living room to share mission experiences. After the sharing time the Tuck's invited us all to take what we thought we could use of their things. It was like a huge garage sale where everything was free.






I zeroed in on office supplies which the PEF office could use. The office now has a 10 year supply of scotch tape. In the front of this photo is a black and white framed picture of the Sacred Grove. I claimed it for Meas Sameth's office. He has been saying he needs pictures for his bare walls. Sister Khols took it for me because she and Elder Kohls were going to be at our building. They brought it in their tuk tuk.

The Tucks were also giving away much of their food storage. We are to the point in our mission where we are purchasing very little packaged food items. We need to eat what we already have. I spoke with Sister Tuck later in the week.  She said that they invited some of the young people from their branch over for dinner. She prepared Mexican food. When she went to open a can of corn she realized she had given it all away on Monday night. OOPS! Poor Elder Tuck was put on kitchen duty picking out  individual corn kernels from a package of  frozen mixed vegetables. Whatever works. Apparently there was enough corn in the bag to feed their group.

Walking home from work we were tickled to see these little boys on cloud nine in there oh so slick battery operated car. I know four kids born in 1975, 1978, 1981, and 1984 who would have given anything to have had such a luxury. Sorry kids. At least at age 16 when it really mattered you had wheels.

This week our building was very busy with members deep cleaning. The fuss was in preparation for district conference. I have never seen our building this clean. Even when Elder Oakes came a year ago it was not cleaned this well. It is the rainy season. As the sisters would mop the floor people would enter the building with their muddy shoes. We have to claim to be part of the muddy traffic the sisters had to contend with. They just smiled and mopped up after us.

Elder and Sister Kohls have been busy working on a first aid kit project for some of the branches in Phnom Penh. Wednesday they met at our building with a work crew of young people. They assembled hundreds of kits.While they worked we visited a bit.  Elder and Sister Tuck also helped. The Kohls ordered pizza as a thank you for their volunteers. We reaped the blessings as we were  invited to join the group for lunch. We had  real pizza! Yum! I make pizza at our apartment using a Bisquick crust. When you don't remember what real pizza is like the Bisquick stuff works pretty good. But now we have had a taste of authentic pizza. We have been ruined. I still praise Bisquick, one of my best friends on this mission.

Saturday the Kohls, Tucks and Elder Capener loaded the assembled first aid kits onto a truck to be transported to the distribution point. We finished our work at noon. They were done by then too.  It began to rain but that did not stop us from walking to Ma Ma's New York Deli for lunch. It was great fun sharing camping stories, motorcycle accident stories, children's wedding stories and more.  We had great food and great conversation. We are so glad that we will be able to meet with the Kohls in the future. They live in our oldest son, Kyle's, ward in Fruita, Colorado. They are delightful people. Sister Kohls has had quite the week. While walking to their office they saw a lady throwing rice out to feed pigeons. As they were looking up to watch Sister Kohls did not see a bump in the road. She fell fracturing her foot. Elder Kohls is mister fix it in many ways. He taped her foot. When they went to get x-rays the doctor commented on the great tape job. The doctor said they were doing exactly what needed to be done. So she keeps on trucking with a taped foot. She said she has a high pain tolerance so it is not too bad. She is quite the trooper. It was so fun to hear their stories of family vacations. They did a backpack trip in which everyone did their part. Their youngest who was five at the time carried the candy. No slackers in that group.

Technology blessings bring us close to home. Face book photos and a blog have kept us up to date with our newest grand baby's adventures. He has been a very busy newborn.  Our sweet Avery's first birthday was June 19. Her celebration was to take place this weekend.  We are looking forward to seeing her pictures posted soon.

Dale spoke in Sacrament meeting at Tuol Thom Pong. One of our PEF students, Si Pheng translated for the members.  It was a really good talk. One of the missionaries commented that it was the best talk he has heard in almost 2 years. Dale kept it simple but powerful. He bore his testimony in Khmer at the end.

The conclusion to this blog will be a photo trip of what was happening on route to church Sunday morning. The people are very busy in the morning.




The road crew is starting to smooth out 63rd St. The ride was a little less bumpy today. Not perfect, but getting better.










Remodeling is ongoing in Phnom Penh. Someday this stuff will be hauled away. Not sure which year though.









Trash truck to the rescue.












Monks walk from business to business and home to home seeking handouts of food, etc. They leave a blessing on those who share with them.









It is about 7:50 am. The vendors are open for business. This time of the year rain ponchos are a hot item.











People gathering for breakfast at an outside eatery.












Moving bricks.









Waiting for our tuk tuk to arrive to pick us up from church. This is Khlot Chan Pisey and Pong. Chan Pisey is one of our PEF students. She recently graduated. She is one of the young ladies who translates for me in Relief Society. We first met Pong in Kampong Cham before she was member. She was baptized in Kampong Cham and moved to Phnom Penh about a year ago.






Dale, Debbie and Chan Pisey at the Tuol Tom Pong Building.









Dale, Debbie and Vanny Tol. Vanny is a wonderful young lady. She worked for an NGO. She recently secured a different job. The NGO manager is so impressed with her work ethics that he is paying for her college education. She is a return missionary and lives the gospel she teaches. She currently teaches Sunday school.








Last picture taken on route home from church. Children playing in their front yard???






Can't say all is well. Dale is getting sick. I made kettle corn today. He broke another tooth. Back to Room Chang. He seems to really like getting crowned in Cambodia!!

Have a good one!

Sunday, June 16, 2013

What is so important about August 7?

Family and friends this has been one whirl wind week of information concerning the winding down of our mission here in Cambodia. At the beginning of the week we were informed that Elder and Sister Wyler, the new PEF Senior Couple for Cambodia will arrive in Phnom Penh August 3rd at 10:30 in the morning . We remember oh too well that first day in Cambodia. Actually we were in a daze. We remember oh too well the daze we were in the first day in Cambodia. We had tried our best to rest on the plane knowing the inevitable jet lag we would experience. If we were Khmer there would have been no problem. They can sleep in any condition and position imaginable except perhaps in an air conditioned room on a soft bed. The Wyler's will soon have that joyous experience. When we arrived President and Sister Smedley wanted to keep us awake. They tried this by feeding us lunch and talking to us about staying healthy in Cambodia, explaining the mission goals and who knows what else...I can't remember because ...we were in a fog. Unlike our experience we hope the Wyler's will have some down time before they "get to work". We have asked President Moon to allow us two solid days of hands on training with them.

In the middle of this week we received our flight schedule for our return to the USA. We are scheduled to leave Cambodia on August 6 at 11:20 pm. We will have a layover in Seoul  for about 11 hours. From Seoul we will fly to San Francisco and hang there for 5 hours then arrive in Portland at 6:36 pm August 7th.  Now that we are so close to coming home it is all like a crazy mixed up dream. I am so glad I have kept this blog. Did this experience really happen??? The proof is in the blog.

This week the rainy season hit hard. The sky has opened up and the rain comes down so hard that the roofs and streets can not drain fast enough. Most building entry ways throughout the city have a small step up. This is to lessen the chance of water flooding the shops and homes. The rain usually begins about 3:00 in the afternoon. We pray each day that it will end in time to allow the streets to drain by 4:30. Along with every rain storm comes lightening and thunder. "Oh Heavenly Father I pray that thou wilt spare us wearing sewer boots." They are still shiny and new. We'd like to keep them that way.
Friday it was questionable if we would be spared. We took a long route home walking the major roads instead of our more direct route which was totally under water. It worked well. We still had to be careful not to get splashed by passing motos. Our regular road has become a major mud hole. The road work is completed as far as the pipeline, but nothing has been repaved. As it rains and motos and cars drive on the fill dirt the road is becoming ruts and puddles. There really is no pedestrian walkways anymore. The cars park on the sidewalks. Pedestrians in this country do not have the right of way.
Because I asked Dale to take my picture in this lovely sandwich bag we forgot to lock our office door. About 8:00 pm we got a call from the night guard letting us know this fact. I had just showered and Dale was getting comfortable. We got to get dressed. I put my hair in a wet ponytail. By now it was dark, muddy, wet and raining. Fortunately San Sovann one of our favorite tuk tuk drivers was sitting outside our apartment. He drove us back to the office. What a ride! There are so many ruts. I let out of few squeals. San Sovann got a kick out of that. When we got back to the apartment. San Sovann giggled and said, "I heard Madame go wooo!" We all got a good laugh. It took some of the sting from the frustration of what had happened. We will definitely pay attention to locking our office door.

Sunday the rain began in the morning. After church we did not stay for the scheduled baptism because our tuk tuk had arrived and it was a pounding rain.





I snapped a few pictures of coping with the rain in Cambodia.










A normal day in Cambodia during the rainy season.










Our tuk tuk driver is soaked to the bone. The rain does not seem to be stopping these people from going about their daily business. If this picture had sound there would be lots of horn honking.






Rainy day laundry woes...






I challenge you to find a non muddy non wet spot to put a laundry basket on.













As I was standing in water waiting for my laundry to finish I got to thinking...gee...this is all run by electricity. I started looking for where the outlets were. I never did find them. I really didn't want to do too much looking. I was thinking though that in the states this place would probably not be up to code.








Ah yes. A "clean" dry spot to stand and place my basket. Believe me you do not want to drop your clean clothes on the ground. I did. Fortunately it was Dale's dark socks. Shh...don't tell!


This photo is looking toward the laundry room entrance. The two white machines belong to tenants. No one is suppose to use them but the owners. Guess what? While I was waiting for my laundry to complete its spin cycle one of the night guards came and dumped his laundry into them. I watched as he filled the soap dispenser with what seemed to be two cups of soap.So much for the "To Be Used By Mr.Gong Only" sign.


This past week I gave our paper shredder a workout. By the end of the week I hauled away three large garbage bags full of shredded documents. We had an old file of BYU Hawaii stuff. It is now gone, gone, gone. We also had files of outdated college brochures. They are now gone, gone, gone. There were old handouts that each PEF couple left behind explaining the PEF program and how to do reports etc. We leave behind the new and improved program. The old stuff is now gone, gone, gone. I figure what is gone will not clutter Elder and Sister Wyler's minds nor their workspace. It was sort of like when I deep cleaned my mom's home before she came to live with us. Tell me the importance of keeping tuk tuk receipts from 2005. I figure no one will miss files they never knew existed. What I discarded was old, old, old and obsolete.



Every Friday Sotee, the cleaning lady sweeps, dusts, and removes the garbage from our office. This week she brought us these champaka flowers she picked at the Service Center. They are very fragrant. Similar in strength to a gardenia. They are often used in garlands along with jasmine. The garlands are used for protection and also gifts to deity.




In our last blog I mentioned some "last" things we will experience in Cambodia. Here are a few more lasts. Dale thought he was getting his last hair cut in Cambodia yesterday. After he got done he now figures he may need one more last haircut. So yesterday he had his last hair cut before his last hair cut.

This is definitely our last rainy season living in Cambodia.
Tonight we attended our last CES fireside in Cambodia. Stay tune for more lasts to come.

The Khmer have a really different sense of humor. They likewise think we have a strange sense of humor. The following was posted on Facebook by one of our PEF students. You be the judge.

Funny Question coming up in office today through one picture of a snake and crocodile and made me laugh so hard it was.  If you see the snake swallow the crocodile which one would you help?  The answer would be: I would help myself rather than be a hero to either of them.

Woo-boy! Let me get my composure. I busted a gut on this one.

The grand finale of this weeks blog is about 3 feet tall.

Meas Uri
She likes us because we give her candy!

To all the great dads that read this blog. Happy Fathers Day. To all the great people that read this blog have a fabulous week. 

Sunday, June 9, 2013

We have replacements.

Family and friends,
Our week began as usual. This is an important month to set up appointments with our students needing loan renewals for their classes that begin in August. I was able to notify most of them to come into the office. Several of our students have fallen behind in their loan payments and their institute attendance, I was the bearer of this news. All I can do is encourage them to do what they need to do to catch up in those areas. They can not claim that they do not know the requirements. We make them accountable in keeping their promises. When they keep their promises they receive the blessings. When they do not keep their promises they must face the consequences.

Tuesday we were preparing for our early morning Church Education System meeting. While reviewing our morning E-mail, Dale was surprised to receive a message from the Senior couple who will replace us in PEF. Their names are Ken and LeNora Wyler from Idaho Falls. They recently retired from being teachers and are very excited about coming to Cambodia. We are excited to be able to pass the baton on. According to their message they will begin their training at the Mission Training Center on July 22. They believe their flight to Cambodia will be August 5. We figure that giving them three solid days of in country  hands on training should allow the Wylers to have a good handle on how PEF functions in Cambodia. We anticipate that our own flight home will be sooner than the original August 27th date. The date has not been changed yet.

 The Wyler's asked several questions in their E-mail to us.We decided it would be easiest to answers their questions by phone. We figured that one question leads to more. Dale found their phone number thru the Internet. We talked with them for over an hour. I told them about our apartment. They decided they want a two bedroom apartment. They also want a washing machine in their apartment. We recommended to Elder Westover to look into renting an apartment unit in the complex the Rhynes had lived in. It is a reasonable distance from the office and has a nice floor plan.

We are anxiously waiting to receive a confirmation date for our departure trip to the USA.

I am highly motivated to cleanup the office files. The office shredder is getting quite a work out. I'm clearing out one large file drawer filled with outdated BYU Hawaii pamphlets, enrollment applications, and files of students that have disappeared from planet earth. Some are deceased but the majority went to BYU Hawaii and simply did not return to Cambodia.

Thursday Dale received a phone call from Elder Westover who works at the Mission Home. He was pleading for help. Sister Westover's computer was inoperable. Unfortunately the "young" office staff decided they could set up a scanner to her computer.  They thought they knew what they were doing. They did not.  As a result, Sister Westover's computer got majorly messed up. Everyone basically put their hands in the air and said, "OOPS! Sorry". And then they walked away.  Poor Sister Westover was pretty sad. Fortunately a backup was made of her information. At first Dale thought she had lost everything. Friday we went to the Mission Home. Dale spent about 4 hours talking with the technical support groups in Salt Lake and Hong Kong to repair the damage. This story has a happy ending.  Her computer is up and running, She still has no scanner capability but she does not care. The information she has on her computer is super important. She is the only one with access to the Visa and passport files. She is also the only person authorized to make travel requests for incoming and outgoing missionaries.  We all are glad Dale was able to do his trouble shooting magic. And what did I do? Prayed a lot.

Dale finished working on the computer about 1:00.  We were all hungry so we went to Magnolia, a Vietnamese restaurant. We all had Vietnamese pancakes. They were good, but I did get sick the next day. I think the sprouts and I did not get along. As far as I know no one else got sick.

Saturday morning we taught our final institute class. Since it was our last class we wanted to have a treat. We bought USA Doughnut Holes. Mackenzie Moon surprised the class with homemade cinnamon rolls. She made a huge pan of rolls. Mm..mm..good!

Sunday we attended the International Branch. Several families and individuals will be leaving Cambodia in July and August. The International Branch is a very transient branch.

Eight year old Mary Rust was baptized Sunday. Her family is from Virginia and has been in living in Cambodia for about a year. Mary's mother is a scientist and works at the US Embassy. Mary and her older brother and sister have been attending school in Cambodia. Her father has been a stay at home dad. Everyone except for Mary's mom will move back to the states at the first of July. Mary's mom will join them three weeks later. After Mary's baptism the International Branch had a pot luck lunch. Most of the food was recognizable. We stayed for the pot luck.

Photo Time...

We are planning to hike in the Grand Canyon when we get home. We decided we ought to get into shape. Sitting all day in an office has taken its toll.

Exercise+Cambodia= Unbelievable Sweat








Dale trouble shooting with technical support in Salt Lake and Hong Kong. Sister Westover hoping her information will return.







Mission Home Secretary Vey Somber is one of our PEF students. He got married this past November. He and his wife are great. His wife actually took upon her Somber's surname, Vey. This is a rare thing to do in Cambodia. Women usually keep their maiden name. Children take the father's surname.
Somber and his wife Kakada were married in the Hong Kong Temple. They did not have a big Khmer wedding. They chose a reception at the church instead.




After fixing Sister Westover's computer and eating lunch we went to the Service Center to deliver mail to the Branch Presidents.

              House 31 Street 228











Directly across the street from the Service Center is The Jewish Center.











While waiting for our tuk tuk  I decided to take a picture of ants climbing a tree. Lucky for the ants I was no longer hungry!








This is the same tree the ants are climbing. In Cambodia if there is a hole of any kind you will find garbage stuffed in it. They have few garbage cans. I guess the more tidy people feel they are littering less by stashing trash in the nooks and crannies they find in their neighborhood.







San Sovan our second favorite tuk tuk driver picked us up from the Service Center. It was way too hot to walk back to the office.

When Dale asked him how much the ride costs he said, "Fifty dollas" and giggled.









Our final institute class.










Not all our students were present, but these are the "cream of the crop".

Seated: Sophy, Sony, SiPeng
Standing: Sarorng, Sophea, Mackenzie, Me, Somaly, Chantha, Vannarith, Rek Smey








         
   International Branch Pot Luck













 THE CUTE FACTOR.






Just came home from our last PEF Fireside. Next week will be our last CES fireside. In the next few weeks we will experience many lasts. And now for the last sentence in this blog entry. Have a fabulous week.