We are two weeks in to our time in Cambodia. That's the halfway mark in Phnom Penh before we hop on the plane to Thailand. I just realized I have yet to tell you about my daily life here. My apologies.
Allow me to walk you through a typical day.
Tomorrow I will roll out of bed around 6 am and get ready for the day. Dana and I will head to the market to buy breakfast for our team (2 baguettes, 2 pineapples, maybe some donuts all for around $2). We will feast on that. My 7 teammates and I will then brave the treacherous milieu of organized chaos
(tuk tuks, cars, and oh, the mopeds!) in our 2 tuk tuks on the way to Daughters. We will take a turn off the beaten path and be safely deposited by our drivers at their doorstep.
Inside will immediately await a mass of young children, most fascinated by 7 strange women and watching to see what exactly we plan to do. I will take a few minutes to plan for my knitting class, and then jump in head first with my translator beside me and hat pattern in front of me.
Lunch breaks in this country are glorious. On average, they run about 2 hours and come complete with an after meal catnap.
Tomorrow, our team will head over to the Daughters store in the afternoon. Julia and I will be teaching the ladies that bake some of our favorite recipes. I'm going to introduce the city to oatmeal chocolate no-bake cookies. And I fully intend to wow everyone with my banana bread.
After our professional cooking lessons, we will walk by the Royal Palace and head back to our hostel. On the way we will pass my favorite street vendor (yes, please to fried bananas and sweet potatoes). Dinner will probably consist of a quick meal at a corner restaurant (these usually double as moped rental shops by day, delicious food producers by night). Pork fried rice for $1.25!
Team time complete with feedback on our day and prayer comes next. Then a little R&R, maybe I'll check some emails, and I bought some stationary, so I might even write a few letters! Then it is time for bed, before waking up to another quite similar day.
It is busy, but it is good!
