Hero

Ministry in Cambodia is great. Everyday we drive about 40 minutes away from Phnom Phen into a really small village where we work with some of the locals helping there ministry. We teach English to all ages, travel to orphanages and play with children, we play games at the church, and teach Bible lessons to the kids. The people in Cambodia are extremely warm and welcoming. Every tuk tuk or taxi driver wants to know your name, where you live, why your visiting, when you leave, and if you like Cambodia. “Oh yeah can’t forget they always touch your leg or some body part” Every market place they really want our business and will go out there way to serve us. Its really cool!

Well Cambodia is not at all what I expected. This country has been through some very difficult times of war and political corruption and yet the people are so loving and willing to work hard to restore what has been lost!!!

Expectations have a interesting effects on our perspective in any situation. Many times I go into circumstances with a expectation of greatness and things …….well they suck! Other times I believe things will be horrible and a complete disaster, then it turns out to be the most amazing and adventurous time of my life. One thing that we are learning on the race is that God has it all. As a team we are learning to put our expectations on God and His Best for us in any circumstance. That is and should be the only expectation we allow ourselves to think and possess. If He said He has a future for us, then this hope is without disappointment. Let us expect peace, joy, laughter, prosperity, and His presence in every circumstance. I heard a message the other day by T.D. Jake’s, he said “Your thinking becomes your reality” So we are working on our thinking and doing our best to focus on what God said He would do…….Now we are learning to live in a place of dreaming!!!!!

Let me tell you about one extremely hard afternoon in Phnom Phen. Well the city is just huge and they’re thousands always on the streets driving. One afternoon walking from lunch I saw a little baby walking into the road. You can tell he just learned how to walk and yeah he went into oncoming traffic. The mother????? No where to be found!!!!. There where many vehicles that just missed him. I mean scooters and big trucks just screaming by him. I ran over and pulled him to the side of the road. Breathing heavy and shaking like crazy we both just looked at each other. He had this “who are you and why did you do that…. look on his face” I can only imagine the expression I must have had.  Well the kid lives and yeah that’s my hero story. Lets not do that again. 

Love you guys and thank you for all your support.