I am going to miss Cambodia! Besides Honduras, of course, this has for sure been my favorite month. Yesterday was our last day of ministry, and we said goodbye for a good two hours worth of time.
One piece of advice I want to share with you is this: Everyone matters. Don't overlook anybody. Every waiter, cleaning lady, shy person, homeless person, dirty child, tuk tuk driver, drunk, handicapped person and the annoying person in line in front of you all deserve your love. You want to be a light to the world? Do it. Say hello and ask people how they are. Always say thank you. Look people in the eyes and smile. That's all you really have to do.
Also sometimes smiling a lot gets you free stuff.
Last night we said goodbye to our friend Success. She works at the front desk of the hotel we stayed in this month. It was heartwrenching. Before she went home after her shift, she came up to our room to spend a few last minutes with us. In broken English she told us how very sad she was to see us go, because now there would be no one to smile at her and talk to her. And that's all we did. We always said hello when we came back from minsitry, we found out her name and we asked her how her day was. For three weeks we brought joy to her life for a few moments. In some small way we changed her life. Just by being kind, that's all it takes.
This is the English class that we taught in the afternoon. When our contact, Teacher Prasad, first started the ministry there were just a few people who just came to learn English. Now many of them are believers, getting ready to start new church plants and witnessing to their fellow students. And there are so many students that there are now two seperate classes as well as a children's program. I'm so excited to see how the ripples of God's work through one man will continue to spread!
Teacher Prasad.
Conversation class!
And lastly these are the boys that we hung out with at night! We taught English some nights and had Bible studies other nights. Two of the boys have accepted Christ since living with this family, and we are all confident that the rest will follow. I will miss them all so much. They are hilarious, smart and all have wonderful hearts!
One last English game.
Goodbye our slow and steady Tuk Tuk driver!
