My first week and a half in cambodia has been one to remember, that Is for sure. The traffic is absolutely chaotic. I don’t know how people actually make it through an intersection without stop lights or a traffic officer. I’m used to seeing people turn left, but in the left lane. Here people still drive in the right lane. Pretty dang scary. But a huge thing I have realized is how unhappy many peoples resting faces look. As I got off the airplane I felt like fish out of water, not only because everyone was staring at me, but also NOBODY SMILED. EVER. Broke my heart to see that even the kids were hard to make smile. Well I had already found my personal goal right then; Furthermore, have the most stretched out face from smiling so much! From the first person I gave a genuine smile to, their face went from super dark to super bright in a matter of seconds. I loved that. It gave me that same comfort of drinking hot chocolate on a very chilly day. Before I knew it I just had a resting smile for everyone. There still hasn’t been a person yet to not smile or wave back at me. Yes I know a smile isn’t very much of a accomplishment yet. Although when or if I see them again I’ll tell them why I smiled, when I first came here. I think the people here are beautiful and are just the products of their environment. All of that can change when they find out there is more to live for beyond earthly possessions and treasures far greater then worldly pleasures. I get to tell them the reason I’m always so happy: life doesn’t have me on the ropes or worried because even if I do die today I know my tommorow will be spent with my Heavenly Father for the rest of the days to come, that the battle is already won, that we are already set free. It really breaks my heart that they value so many of these reliegons that condem them so harshly, when God has already forgiven them for their sins. The word really needs to catch wind to spread to little ones like this one below me. These are the future soldiers of God here. So impressionable at this age. This can be good or bad by what is filled. Of course It’s just as important to spread word to the adults, but they can be weary of believeing as easy as they have been doing things their way for many years then most of my peers here have even been alive. As well as being told by a white man from another country, only here for a short time, it’s harder to get across what we say with sincerity due to the fact whites have most likely betrayed them in the past as well. But nothing is impossible with time, or more importantly… the Lord. We can only work on them one by one. Smile by smile. Soul by soul. With the faith that as rapid as a smile spreads like wildfire that we could get this whole country cooking for God someday. 
