The faces of Cambodia will remain in my mind and heart till the end. Despite it being the month with the least amount of English speakers, I made relationships that I’ll always remember. Ministry was diverse and quiet time with the Lord was plentiful.
We lived in a tree house, which was actually our church on stilts, but it is the closest I have gotten to my Swiss Family Robinson dream home. Every day, I found time to sit in my hammock and listen to what the Lord wanted to tell me. It was the rest and refreshment I needed before entering into our last three months in Africa.
Though I know it’s overdue, I still want to share with you some photos from month 9 in Anvil, Cambodia. Enjoy!
One of the many beautiful naked babies we encountered during our house-to-house evangelism visits.
Miranda and I had the pleasure of teaching English to these three beautiful women. Left to right: Miranda, Chheang Lim (our Pastor’s mother), Chheng Hun (Pastor’s aunt) and Phalla (the children’s English teacher) and Meagan (me).
I loved hanging out with these women every single day, it made me think of the times I would hang out with my mom and her friends. I learned so much from listening to their stories and allowing them to pour their wisdom into me. I will miss our half-English, half-Khmer conversations and Chheang Lim’s laughter at my attempts to ask her questions in English.
Last day of English class with the children. They loved learning songs in English like “I like bananas…” and “Waves of Mercy.” These were some of the most well behaved children I have met on the Race, thus far. They gave me a new appreciation for teaching…though, I still do not plan on entering that field.
Chom Pa and her son Birak met with us several times to talk about Jesus and hear from the Word of God. She is a new believer and is not able to read, so when we came to read to her from the Bible was the only time she got to hear from the Scriptures. It was an honor to encourage her along in her relationship with Jesus.
Birak was so excited when we finished installing pipes so that he and his mother could have running water at their home.
Pastor Ue building Chom Pa a squatty potty that will be on the same level as her house. She is half-paralyzed, so this will be much easier for her to use the toilet. Oh, the simple luxuries we don’t think about in America.
Evangelism, sharing the news of the gospel to those who have never even heard the name Jesus…strange considering that even if people are not believers in America they have usually at least heard of Jesus Christ.
Every Saturday Amy, Browsky and I went to this small group. They are some of the funniest and craziest women I have met thus far. Many of the people we met in Asia were very proper and conservative, but this family of all women were out-spoken, rambunctious, hilarious and just all-around amazing people.
At our Friday night small group house, we were able to help rebuild three of the outer walls, so that when rainy season began the inside of the house would not get soaked.
We visited an island where only three houses are permanent and the rest of the families live there temporarily during the dry and farming season. This family stopped our tuk tuk because they wanted to meet the white people.
Moto hand off. The roads were super dusty so we sported blue and pink surgical masks everywhere we went.
Kylee and I got to hang with our new pal Prosper the Boa Constrictor.
Our sunset view from our tree house balcony.
