Vietnam flew by. The month was spent working in a daycare called House of Hope. It was mainly preschool age kids and they were so stinking cute! It really was a blessing for me to have this opportunity to work with young kids because I have next to ZERO experience around kids. I now discovered (as my teammates put it) a natural gift for working with kids. We taught English in the mornings before playtime and helped feed them, bathe them, dress them, play with them and hang out with them. I could have posted more about it but I was really trying to be present with them. I will get some pictures up.
On Mondays, Wednesday’s and Friday’s we also taught English classes for the locals who wanted to learn English. There were three classes of varying ages, the first was younger kids, the second was mostly teens, and the third (mine) was mostly kids around 10ish and two adult men. We talked, learned parts of speech, played ESL (English as a second language) games and had a lot of fun! They had a lot of questions and were really excited to practice their English with a native English speaker!
Vietnam was also a month that was pretty hard inside my heart. If any of you know me then you know what struggles I’ve faced in recent years, and it’s been hard for me thus far on the journey to discover just how much damage and how many side effects the pains of my past have carried into my present. Feeling God there and believing in His faithfulness has been hard; as many of you might know my final fundraising deadline was January 31st – and I didn’t come close to making it. I do SO appreciate the anonymous donations I’ve received and the other donations you guys gave that got me SUBSTANTIALLY closer to meeting that deadline than I was by far! But it’s been hard to trust God the last year. I’ve fundrasied for a whole year and my feelings of worth have been closely tied to my fundraising and it’s been hard to be joyful when I have seen other people on my squad get fully funded in 3 weeks or have constant streams of donations coming in. It is hard not to feel left behind. So wanting God more than His gifts has been a struggl, so please keep me in prayer – ESPECIALLY because THIS MONTH I AM IN CAMBODIA!! THIS is THE country I’ve felt called to for years and why I chose this route in particular. I believe something big is gonna happen here, but I need support to make it here.
My word for the month is Health and ironically it’s the first thing that’s come under attack already. I had to see a doctor on our first full day here and that visit meant paying $154 to be told I have a bilateral sinus infection and get some medicine for it. I’ve been nauseous and having a lot of neck/back pain causing headaches. So PLEASE STAND WITH ME AND PRAY FOR TOTAL HEALTH mind, body, and soul. Also please consider donating to reach the total I still need to stay here- I’m volunteering a year of my life to be out here working but it’s not without costs and all donations to Adventures in Missions with my name go to cover those costs and keep me out here the whole 11 months.
I love you guys!! Stay tuned for more!
