Our last night in Cambodia was a Friday night, and oh how we went out strong!
Our entire squad and some of Y Squad came out to pub street in Siem Reap–the most popular nightlife area where women can be bought–and we worshipped! Click here to see and read about that experience.
Two days prior we were given OUR NEW TEAMS. Agua Viva was good to me, but now Team Relentless is the beginning of a new season. I have none of the same teammates, and most of them I have not really spent time with. It’s already looking good, I’m excited to learn about each of these ladies and build new friendships.
But yeah, the squad got on a bus around 7 Saturday morning, and arrived to Bangkok, Thailand around 7 that night. Since I woke up I had been feeling kind of bad. Some stomach pain. But the next morning it only got worse and we were on a bus to Chiang Mai from 9:15am-about 7:00pm. I had diarrhea and it felt like knots in my stomach. Woke up today and decided I wanted to go to the doctor so my team leader Bry went with me. After about three hours waiting at the hospital, I was given antibiotics, meds for stomach pain, meds for diarrhea, and some electrolyte packs. Had two meals and two rounds of the meds so far today and I’m hoping for the best.
This month my team is with two other teams staying at a hostel. There’s awesome beautifully drawn Christian messages everywhere in this place. I took a picture of one tonight and then realized it actually meant something special to me. My team had a quick team time today and when asked how I’m doing, I admitted that being sick makes me miss home and comforts even more. I just want to cuddle my cat and hug my favorite people. I was asked how the team could help me to be more comfortable and I mentioned that I tried to bring myself a major comfort which would be homemade cookies, but I realized we do not have an oven. We have been blessed with many comforts this month: air conditioned bed room, beds, bathroom nearby, washing machines, and others I probably don’t know yet. We find out details about ministry tomorrow. But yeah, I took a picture next to “He is our comfort” and in this moment I certainly haven’t relied on the Lord to be that for me. It’s something I want to learn more of. I know during this new season I want to grow in my intimacy with the Lord. Want to pray for me? Pray I hunger for the Lord’s presence and COMFORT like never before.
