The trip has been VERY fulfilling and VERY tiring. The heat has been pretty oppressive; but, the heat has been more than off-set by the many new friends that have been made in Cambodia and the many smiles we saw on the faces of the orphans at Lveasar.
We just completed our mini-Discovering Marriage class with several young couples from Sa'em's church. One comment from one of the young men at the conference almost brought Jan and I to tears. He said that he told his boss that he would need to take some vacation so that he and his wife could attend a marriage conference and the boss questioned the need for such a meeting. It ended up that the young man lost some pay in order to attend the conference. He said that it did not matter - he wanted to come even if it meant taking a pay cut. He said he felt it was a higher priority to put his marriage above his job - what a testimony!
We have had some pretty interesting meals on our trip to Sihanoukville. Since I am a "seasoned veteran" in Cambodia (my second trip), I felt a bit more adventurous than before in eating the food. And since Jan was eating the same food, I felt very safe in eating it!
I wish I could have seen Joe when he left with Tida to go help him at this computer business. They rode on Tida's small scooter with Joe carrying four laptop computers. He said his legs were sticking out quite a bit as they traveled the 20-30 minute ride to Tida's business. Joe and Tami have both shown great flexibility on this trip - they are real troopers.
It was great to see Jan working with the orphans at Lveasar. She was in her element working with the kids. They had such big smiles on their faces when they saw her and they were clamoring to hug her and be by her side!
The kids had so much fun playing with the hula hoops, soccer balls, frisbees and jump ropes. Even Pastor Sokhom got into the act hula-hooping!
Can't wait to see the orphans again on Sunday. Callan Edquist will join us on the trip on Sunday.
Kevin
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