Today was the 25th anniversary of the installation of Bishop Kike as apostolic prefect of Battambang. I had attended the installation years ago and went to the anniversary.
We left the pastoral center in Phnom Penh at 6:15 AM and stopped an hour later for breakfast in this typical highway restaurant.
Four hours later, a little after noon, we arrived at our hotel which had the mandatory Buddhist shrine and a typical huge wooden sculpture.
At 2:30 we went to the church compound where the anniversary was celebrated. Bishop Olivier arrived shortly after we did.
There was a heavy rain shower after we arrived. We were concerned because the anniversary mass was held outside. There were two rainy periods before the celebration but luckily it held off when the 2,000 people were gathered.
While waiting for the exhibition to begin, we circulated among several displays of events of the last 25 years.