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Travel to Cambodia: it would not be a travel day if it did not involve getting or leaving somewhere in the middle of the night and a million flights of stairs.

So, my big backpack has a large duffle that can go over it for traveling, I usually only use this bag for flying but I decided to keep it on from Thailand to Cambodia to keep everything in one spot. Sounded like such a good idea!

O squad stuffed themselves into six vans with baggage to drive to the border, only a few hours away. We stop at an office to fill in our visa and immigration forms- then we get back in the van to go to the immigration office and actually cross the border.

We get dropped off, pick up our bags and notice a hefty walk ahead of us- my bag weighing half of my body weight unevenly distributed in a large sack (eek!)  I was quickly told “you’re not gonna make it.” Which was the only thing that forced me to ‘make it’ to the next stop, only to see another walk ahead of us, followed by a long line of people.

My angel of the day, so nicely asked to take my bag for me- I graciously accepted, well maybe hesitantly accepted but nonetheless I was internally delighted and extremely grateful! It was a good thing too, because we were not even halfway done with our jaunt into Cambodia. We were waiting to get approved to enter the country, a process that took about an hour of waiting in line. Then we had to walk over to the health inspection booth, (we literally look like a herd of animals stampeding from place to place.)

We then walk over to arrivals, where we stand in another line for an hour and then we waited patiently as bus transportation was being arranged. . Eventually, we got into our tok toks and traveled over to the bus station-when finally we were able to sit on the bus! And after much discussion between team leaders, logistical people and the Cambodians over money, and after prayer on the teams part we were actually able to start the bus to go to Phnom Penh!

And after a lovely bus ride with a few minutes of sleep, we arrive during the night and are hauled off toward our locations to start the month.

 

My team is actually in Phnom this month, so we were taken directly to the place we were going for the month. We get there, my bag still wrapped, and are taken up 6 flights of stairs, then down two flights, then up one flight to our room. When they told us we had to go down, I simply kicked my bag down the steps, never again will I leave it in the bag!

We had orientation the next day to learn about the culture, ministry and language, this month-we will be teaching English Monday through Friday, playing soccer (football) on Saturday and Sunday, leading a youth group on Saturday night and helping with Sunday Service. We were scheduled to start the following day on New Years Eve!

SO EXCITING!!!!