I had a long bus ride from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh. As I looked out the window, it really hit me this time… I am on a bus in Cambodia!
This month, I have been living in a heart of thankfulness.
Cambodia has been my favorite month so far and I don’t want to take any of this experience for granted.
My last blog talked the things that seem normal now. But it’s not just that those things seem “normal”…
There is something about it being a “PRIVILEGE” to live like I am living now.
I could be having a lovely hot shower every day with clean water… but instead, I have the PRIVILEGE of bathing the dirty water of Cambodia.
I could be sitting in air-conditioning… but it is a PRIVILEGE to feel the heat of Cambodia and not be able to escape it.
I could be sleeping in a comfy bed all cozy at night… but instead I have the PRIVILEGE of sleeping on my sleeping pad and using my compressable sleeping bag as a pillow, under a huge mosquito net with three other girls all lined up side by side, in Cambodia.
It is a PRIVILEGE because… I AM IN CAMBODIA!
There is something so sweet about this month…
(Thank you Leanna for taking this beautiful photo!)
Something so sweet about riding in a tuk tuk for 45 minutes to get from the city to where you are living and praying with a friend through the entire ride for the things God is doing in this country, for the people you have met here, for the ministries here, for Cambodia in general.
There is something sweet about just looking around me every day and thinking… Wow I am in Cambodia.
There is something sweet about going to play with the village kids and hearing them say my name…
It actually reminds me a lot of being back home and working with my two year old class at a daycare. The way they would scream my name and come running for hugs every morning…
Now I have Cambodian kids yelling my name, wanting me to come play with them.
There is something sweet about waking up every morning and thanking him for where I am and the opportunities He gives me.
I challenge you all to try this… Walk through today in complete thankfulness to God for everything. And acknowledge Him for it… verbally thank Him! Even the things that may seem negative… think of how you can turn them into a praise.
Even as I write this… my head is itching. Who knows… it could be just mosquito bites… or it is pretty likely that I may have lice (It is very common here in the villages). If it is lice…
Oh well… its just lice…
Thank you God for the PRIVILEGE to play with and love on those sweet village kids today who probably gave it to me.
Everything about this is a PRIVILEGE…
I AM IN CAMBODIA!!!!
Side note: I scored my first ever soccer goal this week! This has been my goal ever since my first soccer game back in Honduras. I felt so special playing soccer with these kids… They would pass me the ball constantly even though most of the times they did, I would end up turning it over to the other team… I am seriously terrible at this sport.
A sweet boy named Darro would pass me the ball even when he had an open shot himself… and because of him, I scored my first goal!
Here is a video from our time in Siem Reap… Thomas, Ryan, and I loved it there. If you read my blog “The Desires of my Heart,” it talks about our time in Siem Reap. This is a video Thomas made about Ryan’s birthday…
It’s just another “there is something sweet about…” time in Cambodia. A day I will never forget.
