It’s not often that we get to visit the homes of the students we teach here in Cambodia, but this morning, Robin (from one of the other WR teams) and I went to visit a woman and her family. She made us donuts and coffee for breakfast. The coffee is that kind of coffee we had in Vietnam, with the sweetened condensed milk. (my favorite!), and I usually don’t even like donuts that much, but these were ALMOST the best I’ve ever had. The best donut in the world is actually the whole-wheat glazed donut from Schulers Bakery in Springfield, OH. (only 5 more weeks until I get one!!)
This woman, whose name I cannot pronounce, much less spell, was an amazing woman who had raised all of her 4 children to believe in Jesus. We talked and visited all morning and she kept bringing us glasses of tea. If we finished one, she would bring another. Right now, her husband and her are both unemployed and sometimes have trouble feeding their children, but she wanted to prepare lunch for us as well. The generosity of these people just amazed me and inspired me. It made me think of the woman in the bible who gave her last two coins in the offering plate at church.
Luke 21: 1-4 “While Jesus was in the Temple, he watched the rich people dropping their gifts in the collection box. Then a poor widow came by and dropped in two small coins. ‘I tell you the truth,’ Jesus said, ‘this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them. For they have given a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she has.”
