This is just a quick update for you guys, so nothing too elaborate. This past week has been really good with the kids. It has down-poured almost every afternoon (rainy season, woot woot), which has given us so many opportunities to run around in the rain with the kids. Also, Cambodian sunsets are absolutely gorgeous, just going to throw that out there too. The realization hit this morning as we were pulling out to go to church that it’s going to be so hard to say goodbye. We were just leaving for the day, and as we were leaving, the kids surrounded the van, waving goodbye and chasing us down the driveway. I am so ready to come home, but I realized today that Friday morning is going to be an emotional one. We’ve built these relationships all month, and after this week, we have to say goodbye to all the sweet faces and friendships. I know it’s going to be hard for me, but I know the kids are going to feel it even worse. I am getting to go home, and I have so much to look forward to as I head back. For these kids though, life just continues as it did after we head out. I know that us leaving is not the end of the world for them because they’ve been through it before, and it’s not like we’re superstars or anything. However, I am confident that our presence has brought a little more life into their worlds over this past month, so it breaks my heart thinking about their feelings when we pull out for good. I know they are all too familiar with the feeling of abandonment.
We have four more days of teaching English and hanging out with the kids. On Thursday, we will be throwing a party to celebrate the end of the month, complete with Fanta Orange, water balloons, and two cooked chickens. I am praying that we love on these kids with everything we have in these last days, and that God gives us the energy we need to be all about them even though exhaustion is definitely hitting. Thank you all for keeping us in your prayers. It has been such a sweet month, and I am still working on processing through all I have seen. I am so excited to reunite with all my people, take a real shower, love on my puppies, and sleep on a bed. We start journeying home this Friday, and I will be landing in Atlanta next Monday. Prayers for safety is always appreciated. Jesus is so good, and I have learned so much this summer. Thank you to all of you who have helped me experience it. Blessings to you all!
