I am in
Cambodia!
We’re with
another team this month, so there is a total of 14 of us living together. Our
living situation wasn’t anything we were expecting. The home is a small house
with two living rooms, two bedrooms, a kitchen, bathroom and shower. But it’s
not as big as it sounds. It’s all parallel and one living room is used for
hammocks. One bedroom has a double bed; the other has one double bed and a
king. So there isn’t much room for everyone, but we’re making it through with a positive attitude because Jesus provided a shelter for us!
Part of our shower room, the bathtub full of shower water.
Our ministry
for the month isn’t exactly what we were expecting either. We are teaching two
English classes in the evenings. There are 14 of us; the classes have less than
10 each. Two days a week we go to villages. We have no idea what we’ll be doing
at the villages, but we’re looking forward to them. During the day, we find
creative things to do.
Our house is
surrounded by dirt roads and other small houses, chickens, dogs, cats, lizards,
frogs, and other insects. We have bug nets surrounding our beds making it seem
like we’re sleeping under a canopy, we refer to them as the princess beds.
This place
reminds me of India in some ways. We have walked around the roads, following
the dirt and mud and found many little shops along the way. There are snow
cones that taste like bubble gum, stale popcorn, waters, and other goodies.
The boys room, on the way to the kitchen.
The people
here are so beautiful. There is no makeup on the babies or fake moles like in
India and Nepal; it makes such a difference in their appearance. Everyone is
very friendly and smiles so much. They ask where we are going most of the time,
but it is so much friendlier and less creepy than in Malaysia.
Today Ally
and I rode bikes around looking for peanut butter with our contact. The bikes
had baskets in room in the back for people to sit on. This was Ally’s first
time riding a bike in such a long time, she was nervous. But I said, “YOLO!� (you
only live once) to her, so she went. We rode on dirt roads and the main road
filled with cars, other bikers, and motorcycles.
The street outside our home
We have
found to restaurants to go to each meal. For lunch, we go to the Free Tea
place. We have fried rice and egg. For dinner we go to another place and have
fried noodle and pork (these are my go-tos at least). There’s also a market we
can go to with lots of fish heads, fish flopping around on baskets, eels, and
fruits. It smells, but it’s lots of fun.
