After a month of being spoiled on the island of Phuket in Thailand, my team and I headed 10 miles outside of Siem Reap to begin our second month of the World Race in Pouk Village, Cambodia. We envisioned the worst and as always our expectations we shattered and dispite the “hardships” we have had a great month in the village and will be sad to leave.
We are blessed to be staying at the school where we are teaching, the classrooms are on the first floor of the building and the living areas are on the second floor. We have bunk beds, a private bathroom, and occasionally we have running water. We are blessed to be working with three of the most amazing women who live here fulltime, teach english, and minister in the surrounding villages with the hopes of planting churches.
We also found that we have roommates. Ants. Crazy ants that burrow into the wood like termites. We had to travel down to Phenom Penh and came back and found little piles of sawdust on some of the beds. Crazy ants. They get in our bags, beds, and even our pants! Praise God for RAID!!
So, what does a typical day in the village look like for me? I’m glad you asked!
6:30 Wake up
6:45 Run/jog/walk/cry with Callie
7:30 Breakfast (peanut butter, jam, and bread) and Devo with the team
8:00 Bike to the village
8:30-9:30 Minister in the village (Story, skit, game, songs, hygiene)
9:30-10:00 Bike home
10:00-11:00 Chores (I get to burn the trash…best chore ever!)
11:00-12:00 Chelsea and Callie teach a children’s english class, while Tye, Nicole, and I clean our room, lesson plan, and spend time with Jesus.
12:00-12:45 Lunch (We have been blessed with great food! Khemer food, Filipino food, and Norwegian food!)
12:45-14:00 Team Time (Share stories, pray together, etc…)
14:00-16:00 Down Time (Most days we can rest, a couple days a week we teach a teachers training class, and some days we wash the students hair, but mostly we lesson plan and just rest.)
16:00-19:00 Class Time! (We teach Pronunciation, Beginner English, Intermidiate English, and Conversation Classes.)
19:00-19:45 DINNER TIME!!
19:45-21:30 SHOWER TIME!! Team Time, Feedback, Prayer for our Squad, Prophecy, Dancing, Fort Building, Touch Train (backrubs all around!)
So, that’s a general look at our day in the village…but of course no two days are ever the same. Take a look at my teammates blog to have a look at one crazy day last week.
My beautiful Blue Sky girls!
Sopeia in class.
Singing in the village.
