It's hot. It is melt your face off hot like I've never experienced. There is a lot of rice being consumed. Most of the girls are constipated. And half the guys. I got bit by a big stupid centipede and then I found a scary little scorpion beside my bed. Which is a pad on the floor. Yet in light of all of this, it is an absolutely incredible country. The people are so hospitable. So welcoming and friendly. So smiley and love giving you time to talk and become friends.
We have been here for five weeks now. We traveled through a lot of the country in our first week and the past four weeks have been spent up north in a little village called Preah Vihear. We are living in a little two story house. It is a really fun little community. Our team shares the house with two amazing Camai sisters who teach English here at the house every day to kids from the surrounding villages. We host stuff here all week, kind of like a VBS deal. We tell stories about Jesus. We do crafts that are always linked to Bible stories. We play movies and of course there are always lots of games. We are also working with a near by orphanage every day as well. Our missionary contact here goes to a great little church that we also have been welcomed into. We have helped build some gardens and done all sorts of physical work there to help keep it looking beautiful and in running order.
One of our biggest roles here, has been to help build the local Christians as much as we can. Our students have been doing amazing jobs of running regular Bible studies and meeting one on one with people to disciple them. It has been pretty cool to see everyone from our students to the locals all growing and learning about Jesus together.
We head back to the capital city on Monday to do a bit of ministry there and debrief a bit and then its time to fly fly away back to sweet comfortable western culture. Please be praying for the strength and energy to finish well for our crew. And continued health as we have had no serious issues yet(what a blessing!).
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Thanks again for everything. I love love love and miss you all.
-kris-
