Travel on the World Race could be an entire blog in its own… but for your sake, we aren’t going to go there completely.This month we are riding around our village in the bed of a pickup truck, traveling to different churches around the
area. With our dress code of knees and shoulders being covered, we all jump into the matted bed, take off our
shoes, and nestle down in the relentless heat ofthe sun.Bumping up anddown, left and right, we have yet to travel down the same dusty, red dirt road. Our destinations vary, but always have a gathering of the most beautiful people.
A wooden house on stilts… filled with over thirty pairs of hungry brown eyes, waiting for us as we climb up the ladder to join them.
Bamboo mats lining the dirt floor beneath a stilt house… comforting as we sing hymns and clap.
A concrete building with giant windows welcoming the beauty all around, and housing a place for the Holy Spirit to thrive.
I am overwhelmed with humility this month as each day we go and share the Lord’s love with a new group of brothers and sisters. The way these beautifully tan skinned people look at us when we enter a room can only be described as hung
ry and thrilled. They want so much more Jesus, andare ready for him to overwhelm them. We sing songs, share our struggles and praises, and pray with each other. And suddenly… I don’t care that sweat isrolling down my back or that my legs are numb from sitting tail
or style… none of that matters to me when I have reality in front of me. I have prayed more in this week for people to have food to eatand places to sleep than I ever have in my life.
How blessed am I to have the incredible opportunity to spend three weeks of my life, telling these people how significant they are in our Father’s eyes? How blessed I am to ride in the bed of a hot pickup around the rice fields of Kampot, Cambodia to share Christ’s love for all of his children?
Please, please pray for the village people here in Kampot, that they would be taken care of in the simplest ways – food to eat, a safe place to sleep, and clean water to drink. Please pray for an acclimation and adjustment to this heat, because it is wearing us thin. And please pray for strength and endurance as this is our 9th month on the race.
