What? Huh? Are you kidding me? I feel like I just blinked, and now Cambodia is over. I’m sitting here in Siem Riep at a pretty sweet little cafe called the Blue Pumpkin, wondering how it’s possible that we’re about to enter the final leg of this incredible journey. In 5 days we’ll be flying to China for our last month of ministry before heading home just in time for Thanksgiving.
I know I’m not the only one still struggling with a million questions of what life’s going to be like when I get home, but somehow I’ve managed to avoid thinking or stressing about it until about the last week or so. Now I feel like I’m staring at this blank canvas that is my life as of November 20, 2007, without the foggiest idea as to “WHAT’S NEXT?!” The possibilities are pretty much endless which is both exciting, yet terrifying. I know everything will be fine and God will work it all out…just please pray for me that He’ll make His plans clear and that I will walk firmly in them.
So we’re at debrief now for the next few days and as always it’s great to see all the other teams…actually just 2 other teams, considering that 3 teams have been living in the same apartment for the last 4 weeks. It was so much fun having “built-in friends and neighbors” for the month. We could run up stairs if we needed to borrow sugar, or call downstairs to see who wanted to go out to dinner, or freely exchanging DVD’s all month. It was awesome having Jimmy’s birthday party together, celebrating “50 days left” with a BBQ on the roof, etc. It’s been a fun little community, and I’m really gonna miss it. Plus the apartment staff was AMAZING, and I’m sure we’re all gonna miss being able to just put the “service” sign out on the door in the morning and come home to a spotless apartment and a neatly made bed. Ha! Yes, we were a little spoiled this month. 🙂
Despite the rather rocky start, our ministry actually ended up great. I would love to give you details, but suffice it to say that in our last few days we successfully pulled off a HUGE fund raising dinner for the organization we were working with, and completed 95% of the projects we started. Praise the Lord! I was actually able to put my graphic design education to work to design a logo, menu, flyers, and brochures for them…I was really excited with how it all turned out. It was sad to leave, as we did develop some pretty special relationships towards the end. I’ll show you all pictures when i get home, but can’t post them online because of confidentiality.
Two things are extremely common in Cambodia…1.) Fitting up to 4 people on a moped (sometimes 5-6 if there are little kids) and 2.) wearing full pajamas out in public, all day every day. Moons, stars, and teddy bears are apparently very fashionable here…who knew?!
Mall Parking Lot
Coming soon…the adventures of Team YETI in Vietnam…
Much Love!
