It’s hard to believe we have been in Cambodia for over a week! We arrived almost two weeks ago and time has seemed to fly by. Sometimes it feels like we have been here forever and other times it feels as though it’s only been moments. We spent the first few days with our entire squad, seeking the Lord and bonding as a team. It was wonderful to be back together with everyone again. I can’t imagine a better community of people to do life with right now. I am beyond blessed to have been given this time with them. I love my team and squad so much!
Cambodia is BEAUTIFUL! I love the people and culture here so much! I just kept smiling last week because I didn’t expect that the Lord would open up my heart so much for these people. They are absolutely beautiful and their eyes tell stories of a culture full of so much history–and I truly believe the Lord is going to bring so much restoration to this place. It’s so evident in the ministries that are popping up everywhere and the way that hope and new life are springing up in Cambodia. I can’t wait to see what the Lord continues to do here.
This is part of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh.
I also forgot how much I love new cultures. I love languages, traveling, learning new things, finding my way around towns/countries, and really just life outside of the Western world. I feel like I was made for places full of crazy motorcycles, walking everywhere, deciding what to eat 5 minutes before a meal, always being outside, eating rice for every meal, 80 degree weather all the time, and living life with some pretty LEGIT people 🙂 I feel blessed to be here.
Our ministry for the month is amazing! We can’t say a whole lot about the organization for protection, but the women who run the ministry we are working with are awesome. Their hearts are beautiful and they have so much passion for seeing restoration in the lives of Cambodian women. We are working this month to help them reorganize projects they already have going and further develop new products for income generation. So what exactly does that mean? It means I get to spend my days designing jewelry, hair bands, cards, and any other creative product to make and sell. What a blessing from the Lord! It’s pretty neat to see how He perfectly placed teams in the ministries where they needed to be. He is so good!
So that’s a very general update of what we are doing right now… There is so much to write, but I’ll save some for the next blog so I don’t write a book on this one 🙂
This is Mindy (one of the girls on my team!) and I trying our best to eat noodles with chopsticks 🙂
I hope all of you are doing well! I miss you all and cannot possible explain how grateful I am for your support and love for me. I truly feel blessed and honored that you are in my life and we get to share it together!
