I’m trying to write a blog but instead I’m having an emotional breakdown. My heart is so heavy because I want to tell all of you exactly what I’m doing here in Kampong Spue, Cambodia. The problem is that there is so much that has happened that I’m not exactly sure how to put into a blog. Writing has never been something I’ve been good at. The enemy attacks me in this area telling me anything I write won’t be worthy of posting because of all my grammatical and spelling errors. Blogging is also hard for me because I can never figure out what I’m supposed to tell you. So here it is: I arrived at my ministry hosts house and quickly noticed that our first living situation was not going to be luxurious. It’s a duck and chicken farm, school, and a home to 6 wonderful human beings. The house is no completely enclosed but, there is a roof that works so that’s actually a huge blessing (there are many drips but its almost funny). I sleep in my hammock every night while my teammates are camped out in there tents or mosquito nets. The house has ducks, chickens, cockroaches, spiders, fire ants, and dogs inside 99% of the time, so that’s definitely different. Noun is the mother of the home, she cooks all of our amazing meals. Tola is 15 years old, and he is adopted and lives with the family. He does not know much english but somehow he still figures out ways to tease all of us. Charat is the last son, he turned 5 yesterday! Last but not, Lin and Leap. Lin and Leap were adopted by Noun and Ra about 2 months ago. Leap especially has stolen a piece of my heart. The boys are the most loving and crazy group of boys in the world. We teach from 1-5 every day. Then we usually hangout with the other volunteer teachers after. They are some of the greatest people I’ve ever met. I also teach at a different school from 1-3 every day, confusing I know. That school is honestly very rough, and God is really working on my heart towards children but I’m stubborn so its taking a while. I actually hate teaching so much but God’s working on that as well. In reality when I say “I hate teaching” it means that it’s stretching and growing me. Growing pains you know? Life is so hard here. Spiritually you need to learn to fight for yourself and I would be lying if I said it was easy to find ways to pour into myself. Somedays God wakes me up to a giant rainstorm so I can pray and sing without anyone hearing me. To sum everything up, I’ve been having the best experiences of my life while in Cambodia. The way the Lord is working is proving to be more amazing everyday.
P. S.
-The food I eat is like nothing I’ve ever had before, but I really like duck.
-I woke up early to go to the bathroom and there was a cow inside, so that was scary.
-There was a storm that almost blew our roof off
-I got to kill a duck, then we ate it
-I have (had) lice.
– I shaved off all my hair (email me back and I’ll send a pic)
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