Today is the day we started our trek back to Florida. The girls got an early morning swim before we went to breakfast. It's always hot enough in Cambodia to hop in a pool :) In fact, sleeping in the cold hotel room brought fog to my glasses and camera lens when we went to the pool.
This is where I hung out and it was very peaceful and beautiful. You could hear all the traffic and work over the wall but inside was an oasis.
Alfven and I think it's very funny that in the open air hallway in the hotel there is a sauna if you would like to use it.
We all ate a big breakfast before going to the airport. Kit, Ream and Adah dropped us off. They are some special people in the Lord's kingdom!
There are a lot of Buddhist monks everywhere in Cambodia. They walk along and beg and people will come out and give them food or money for a blessing. Ream told me that the interesting thing is that Buddha never said he was a god. He did teach peace and lots of things that we find in our Scripture but he also taught to look for a Messiah coming in the future and that after the Messiah comes the world will burn.
Anna had asked why I keep taking pictures. I told her I find the people fascinatingly creative! They take what they have and what they have access to and make what they need. It's definitely not the "cookie-cutter" approach to vehicles and they are all interesting to me. Anna said that Jesus is the most creative of all so we had a conversation about that.
After Anna and I were done talking, Ream said that there is an interesting fact. The Khmer language is thousands of years old, dating back to the Ankor Wat days. There is a language master that is well respected that basically wrote the Khmer dictionary and it is thought of as our Webster's Dictionary. She said the definition for the term "create" in the Scripture is translated something like "to be brought into being by the word". It's totally John 1:1 and Genesis 1:1. It's like the Lord laid a road map because He doesn't desire any to be apart from Him.
The guy behind the motos is on a very high framed bicycle pushing a tuk-tuk type vehicle.
Adam took the opportunity for a photo shoot in the van :) She is super cute and has style!
As crazy as the driving is but what's amazing is that no one gets mad. Everyone is patient and Kit said that if there aren't any rules then no one can really get mad at people breaking the rules. And since everyone drives that way, no one gets mad.
Our flights went well and on the last leg from San Fransisco to Orlando we were split up, 2, 2 and 2. Alfven sat with Grace and next to them was a young lady who wound up having heart attack like symptoms. Alfven was able to help out and calm her as well as walk her out to meet the paramedics on arrival. We had just heard that there was a medical emergency in the back of the plane. So upon arrival I was surprised to see the young lady and Alfven heading up to the paramedic!
I sat with Anna and a caucasian gentleman sat next to us. He was chatty and after the introductions and regular questions "Are you going home to Orlando?" type things he was telling me about his wife. Then he said my wife is from Cambodia! It was pretty surprising so I told him the last bed we slept in was in Phnom Penh. We had a long conversation on Cambodia and Jesus. It was very cool! And even though I was dog tired and wanted to sleep I remember the sermon recently that said "Often times the Lord's timing is not our timing and we can feel an inconvenience to do His will." Thankfully he was tired to since it was a red-eye so I was able to get some sleep also :)
We are so very thankful and realize what a blessing the Lord is allowing us to have in our friendship with Kit, Ream, and everyone at A Greater Hope Orphanage. We are already talking about our next trip and will cover it in prayer to see how the Lord leads. He is so amazing! He is The Living God! He wants us to know Him intimately and personally and He walks with us every step of the way :)
"If therefore there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.
Do nothing for selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others."
Philippians 1:1-4
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