This is our Papa in the kitchen. Meals are cooked only after gathering firewood, and dishes are done through the rinse, wash, and rinse buckets on the ground on the left of the picture. Most of the time, Pick is our cook, but since the whole family is in town for the new year, several hands are required in the kitchen.
This is the covered patio/garage/laundry room. Most of the time it is too hot to be inside during the day, so we spend a lot of time reading and hanging out with the family out here.
These are our faithful modes of transportation for the month. The first two are farm equipment used by Papa and the family out on their banana, papaya, mango, and lemongrass farm. The one on the right is the ride we take to ministry everyday. It’s always a hilarious game of “who can stay in their seat” since the bumps on the road make taking this ten minute ride more like riding a bull.
This is our laundry room/back yard. The view is amazing, especially at sunset.
Life on the race is drastically different every few weeks, and being here in Cambodia this month has made that reality abundantly clear. I have such a sincere appreciation for the way life is done here. It’s tough. The heat is brutal, the days are long, and just simply doing enough work to survive is exhausting; however, this family wakes up every morning at 5:30 and automatically starts their chores with such joy in their hearts, because they know the God that has saved them from so much. Their goal is to one day no longer be the only Christians in their village. They are the definition of overcomers, and they aim to show Christ’s light through it all.
