We've accomplished everything we hoped to do during the extra four days we planned. Some of them were things we intended to do. Others were simply providential, like meeting a man from Spring, Texas who comes here four times a year with his mission. He gave us a lot of good ideas and contacts, but the best was the name of a good travel agent he has used for years!
We also made contacts regarding future hotel reservations, travel in country, new projects (like a marriage conference for young couples we work with each year), and the cost of living for the young adults who may consider coming here to volunteer in the future.
While the Culverhouses were checking out a beauty school as a "next step" for some of their students from the Lveasar Orphanage Kathy & I went to the US Embassy to learn about the adoption process here. We've been hearing from friends back home in the Khmer community that Cambodia was opening back up the adoption process. That's technically true. I'll explain it to any who are interested when I return. There is hope, but it'll be a few years before anything actually can happen.
And last but certainly not least, we discovered not a small number of new restaurants to eat at, including a really good one right around the corner. It's been a lot of fun but not as relaxing as I imagined it. We've had pretty full and long days. I'm looking forward to sleeping a lot on the flight home.
Greg Pickering
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