How do I explain the way this place has captured my heart? I’m not surprised. I knew this going into the country. I had already fallen in love once. This time it was deeper, it was more real, it was intense. 
This country. This land. With it’s beauty, from the temples at Angkor Wat to the crazy city life. Cambodia: the land where I am sitting closer to the moto bike driver than the person in my tuk-tuk. A place of afternoon rain showers that rival Oklahoma’s. The sunsets where God has breathed the color into existence.
But more importantly: The People. Joy embodied in every single smile I see. With every high five and thumb war and fist bump. With every “Cha!” “What is your name?” and “You happy?” Every shocked look that 6 white people are crammed into a tuk-tuk. With every laugh as they cover their mouths, with every bright shinny smile. How do I explain that I am in love with a people that I have just barely begun to know?
I was asked today by one of my students “You come back to Cambodia?”
“I want to so badly.”
I will return. He didn’t tell me by some big magical James Earl Jones voice, but I know that the love that overwhelms me inside is my answer.
This is a country of redemption. Of growth. Of newness.
And I will be apart of it.
The opportunity has arose for me to return to Cambodia next summer with some of the people from FBC Bethany that I traveled with the first time back in 2011. And I am following my love to lead me back here.
Like with any mission trip, cost is a big deciding factor. I know you just helped me get fully funded for The World Race. But can I ask you this?
Pray.
I believe this is God’s calling for life: To return to Cambodia.
So I need your help. The trip will cost around $3,200.
When I come home from the Race(in December) I plan on working to pay for a portion of that trip, but the first $500 is due in September.
You all have done such a wonderful job and getting me FULLY FUNDED for the Race, God told me to ask you for this trip. Cause if it is His will then money cannot stop me.
If you would like to help you can either
PayPal
or
Checks can be mailed to 7608 N.W. 24th st. Bethany Ok. 73008.
“It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard… is what makes it great.”
