Thursday, February 26, 2015

New District in Cambodia

The Church in Cambodia created a new district last Sunday. The Siem Reap Cambodia District was organized from the Cambodia Phnom Penh Mission and includes the Siem Reap 1st and Siem Reap 2nd Branches. The new district is the Church's third district to be organized outside the capital city, Phnom Penh, as two other districts currently operate in Kampong Cham (organized in 2005) and Battambang (organized in 2010). Although only two branches are included within the new district, prospects appear favorable for the organization of additional branches within the Siem Reap area within the near future. The Church likewise organized the Battambang Cambodia District with only two branches back in 2010 and today the district has three branches.

There are now two stakes and five districts in Cambodia.

See below for a map of LDS congregations in Cambodia

11 comments:

  1. Groundbreaking for the Wyoming Temple now announced for 25 April.

    Thanks for the map showing the Church in Cambodia.

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  2. Erda Utah Stake (6 Wards) Utah Salt Lake City Area
    Batesville Ward
    Country Crossing Ward
    Erda Ward
    Ponderosa Ward
    Rose Springs Ward
    Silver Spur Ward
    Out of Stansbury Park Utah and Stansbury Park Utah South Stakes

    Houston Texas Bear Creek Stake (8 wards)
    Bear Creek 1st Ward
    Bridgeland Ward
    Copperfield Ward
    Katy 1st Ward
    Sam Houston YSA 2nd Ward
    Spring Branch Ward
    Westlake Ward
    Wheatstone Ward
    Out of Cypress Texas, and Katy Texas Stakes

    Casa Blanca Ward, Xalapa México Stake (13 Wards)
    Petrópolis Ward, Passo Fundo Brazil Stake (1 Branch 8 Wards)
    Temarua Ward, Paea Tahiti Stake (9 Wards)

    91 Units YTD (3 Districts, 3 stakes, 33 Branches, 52 Wards)

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  3. I once ate at a restaurant in Erda. It is encouraging that there is a stake there. I have high hopes for a temple to be announced soon for Toolle. Toolle County has I believe 10 stakes and a district,and with the heavy use of the Salt Lake Temple, I could see reason to create a temple to relieve a little of the pressure.

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  5. Yes, Tooele County has 10 stakes and a district. Also, add in the two Elko Nevada Stakes, and a temple in Tooele County would serve at least 12 stakes and a district, with 96 wards and a 11 branches.

    Elko Nevada East Stake
    Meadow Valley Ward
    Spring Creek 1st Ward
    Spring Creek 2nd Ward
    Spring Creek 3rd Ward
    Spring Creek 4th Ward
    Spring Creek 5th Ward
    Wells Ward
    Elko YSA Branch
    Ruby Valley Branch

    Elko Nevada West Stake
    Carlin Ward
    Elko 1st Ward
    Elko 2nd Ward
    Elko 3rd Ward
    Elko 4th Ward
    Elko 5th Ward
    Elko 7th Branch (Spanish)
    Eureka Branch
    Owyhee Branch

    Erda Utah Stake
    Batesville Ward
    Country Crossing Ward
    Erda Ward
    Ponderosa Ward
    Rose Springs Ward
    Silver Spur Ward

    Grantsville Utah Stake
    Clark 2nd Ward
    Deseret Peak Ward
    Grantsville 6th Ward
    Grantsville 8th Ward
    Grantsville 10th Ward
    Grantsville 11th Ward
    Grantsville 13th Ward
    Grantsville 14th Ward
    Willow Creek Ward

    Grantsville Utah West Stake
    Grantsville 1st Ward
    Grantsville 3rd Ward
    Grantsville 4th Ward
    Grantsville 5th Ward
    Grantsville 7th Ward
    Grantsville 9th Ward
    Grantsville 12th Ward
    Cooley Lane Branch (Retirement)

    Stansbury Park Utah Stake
    Bayshore Ward
    Benson Mill Ward
    Big Canyon Ward
    Lake Point Ward
    Mill Pond Ward
    Porter Way Ward
    Stansbury Park YSA Ward
    Stansbury Ward

    Stansbury Park Utah South Stake
    Captain's Island Ward
    Gordon Lane Ward
    Lighthouse Ward
    Park View Ward
    Picket Lane Ward
    Stansbury Lake Ward
    Stansbury Village Ward

    Tooele Utah Stake
    Little Mountain Ward
    Middle Canyon Ward
    Skyline Ward
    Stockton 1st Ward
    Stockton 2nd Ward
    Tooele 1st Ward
    Tooele 6th Ward
    Tooele YSA Ward
    Vernon Ward
    Tooele 16th Branch (Correctional Facility)

    Tooele Utah East Stake
    Carr Fork Ward
    Eastridge Ward
    Lakeview Ward
    Spring Meadows Ward
    Tooele 17th Ward
    Whitaker Ward
    White Pine Ward

    Tooele Utah North Stake
    Overlake 1st Ward
    Overlake 2nd Ward
    Overlake 3rd Ward
    Overlake 4th Ward
    Overlake 5th Ward
    Tooele 2nd Ward
    Tooele 3rd Ward
    Tooele 5th Ward
    Tooele 7th Ward
    Tooele 18th Ward
    Tooele 26th Ward
    Tooele 29th Ward

    Tooele Utah South Stake
    Dugway Ward
    Rush Valley Ward
    Tooele 4th Ward
    Tooele 11th Ward
    Tooele 13th Ward
    Tooele 14th Ward
    Tooele 15th Ward
    Tooele 19th Ward
    Tooele 27th Ward
    Tooele 28th Ward
    Westland Ward

    Tooele Utah Valley View Stake
    Broadway Ward
    Canyon Creek Ward
    Droubay Ward
    Eastland Ward
    Maple Hills Ward
    Tooele 8th Ward
    Tooele 10th Ward
    Tooele 9th Branch (Spanish)

    Wendover Utah District
    Ibapah Branch
    Montello Branch
    Wendover Branch

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  6. I think there could be some potential to have some stakes from Magna, Utah be part of a temple district in Tooele as well.

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  7. I was going to say exactly what Jim said, that Magna might be a possibility as well. I am not familiar enough to know how Magna distances to Salt Lake v. Toolle work out though.

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  8. Geographically it's very close, but there's only one road in or out between the two counties, Magna being in Salt Lake County and everything over the mountains being Tooele County.

    Magna members would have to use U-201 to I-80 to U-36 or another road to get into that valley, and I-80 between 201 and 36 is so close to the lake there are weather problems especially during the winter, as there can be major fog issues and lake-effect snow, etc., to cause travel problems.

    Star Valley was in part chosen to mitigate travel issues to Idaho even though it was only a 90-minute drive normally, the problem there was mountain passes in the winter.

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  9. My mom and step-dad did a humanitarian LDS mission in Cambodia in 2000 to 2002. They loved it. They were heading back to visit in December of 2012 when my mom was diagnosed with serious cancer a month prior; they ended up cancelling, she got treatment throughout 2013 and passed on last March 4 (2014).

    I know that the Lord's and all these great Saints' efforts in Cambodia are not in vain, but rather there is a legacy of Latter-day Saints in this fascinating land.

    God bless them all. Thanks Mom. I still wear the Khmer CTR ring: "Chere res plau trau". Miss you, as always. But the good news of South East Asia, like Vietnam and Laos, remind me of your great spirit and heritage.

    Go missionaries! Get out there and serve. And all of us back home, keep working and paying tithing. And get ready to be called to Phnom Penh and elsewhere.

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  10. The four Magna stakes are in the Oquirrh Mountain Temple district. When I used google maps to measure the distance from Magna to Tooele, it drew the primary route west on 201. But, it offered a secondary route east to I-215 and then north to I-80, going relatively close to the Salt Lake Temple.

    I suppose whether the Magna stakes would be in the Tooele district or not, might depend on where such a Tooele Temple might be located. If in Tooele itself, probably not. But, if in Stansbury Park, it might make sense for the Magna stakes to be in the district.

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  11. Provo City Center is literally at the north edge of its temple district. It's eight stakes each in Provo and Springville, and the northernmost stake is just across Center Street from it, and at least one ward in that goes as far up as 1230 North between 500 West and generally 150 East in Provo (Provo North Park).

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