This is the family we “sort of” lived with in Cambodia. We stayed in whats called a Christian Homestay which is a building where people can rent long-term or short-term rooms. They lived in the downstair portion of the main house. They were so kind and welcomed us in with open arms and smiles.
In Cambodia it was a lot more economic with our $2/day budget to eat out than to cook.And so we found ourselves going to this family cafe around the corner Near the house there was a restaurant
I was able to help decorate for their Christmas party with many teenaged girls. I was able to hear one of the girls testimony.
The family was so sweet sometimes they would bring us free fruit after our food but one of the days they brought to Sharonne and I a plate of Cow blood. Yes we ate it.
This is Sammy. He is the Son of one of the men that would drive us around in his Tuk-tuk and works alongside of the Christian Homestay.
I bought these glasses in Vietnam for $5 because the sun there really is bright like Texas and well in Cambodia the father of the cafe owner really liked them too.
He sat beside me to try them on and proceeded to offer me money to buy them from me! Haha it was super funny. I couldn’t possibly accept money from this grandpa. I think its important for older people to protect their eyes from the sun rays and I’m glad he saw necessity and made his point that it was important even if there was a language difference I knew exactly what was happening.
We were able to go TheChoeung Ek Genocide Center. The Khmer Rouge was a brutal regime that ruled Cambodia, under the leadership of Marxist dictator Pol Pot, from 1975 to 1979. Pol Pot’s attempts to create a Cambodian “master race” through social engineering ultimately led to the deaths of more than 2 million people in the Southeast Asian country. Those killed were either executed as enemies of the regime, or died from starvation, disease or overwork. Historically, this period—as shown in the film The Killing Fields—has come to be known as the Cambodian Genocide.
I recommend you to watch the film and even to be informed about different cultures and the hardships that other countries faced in the past and present.
