Today was the day we had to say good-bye again to the kids. I hate saying good-bye. It's like I want to be here and there at the same time.
The morning started out the same way as always. The rooster crowing, the sun rising and the kids getting their chores done before school. I did snap a few pictures of the little kids waiting for their school to open.
After the kids went to school the girls got into the dress-up clothes again and played for a while. We were in the middle of packing and cleaning up and they were done.
Then we hit the pool! The girls at the Orphanage like to swim after dark because the boys don't like to swim after dark so they get the pool to themselves :) It was too late for us so we hadn't been in yet.
The girls got a kick out of my cannonball into the pool but I was already sticky by 8:30am so it was awesome to get in the water!
Then we walked down to the marketplace. This is the store where we got our skirts made. Each little marketplace has a mannequin outside their seamstress shop.
This is the path alongside the fence at the Orphanage. It look very pretty this morning.
The kids finally came back from school and we got to hang with them a little longer.
Everybody just hanging out in the main room.
This is Joseph and Sothee. Sothee interpreted for us all week on our home visits and he and Joseph struck up a nice friendship.
We got to take a last family picture with Senghi, Cambodian style :)
Just took some pictures while we were hanging around waiting to leave.
Last time we left this custom caught me by surprise but this time we were ready emotionally for it. The kids come up and say good-bye and hug and all but a lot of them write notes to us individually. These notes are precious and make me cry. They are so brave to love well as teams come and go.
Kit, Ream, Adah and the Uys left for Phnom Penh. The road traffic and scenes are so entertaining! This trip we shared a piece of the road with this big guy! They sell the elephant tail hair for medicinal purposes.
This is a pharmacy here. They are always packed and anyone can come open a pharmacy up. The owners buy the medicines from other countries for very cheap and then sell them here for cheaper than the States. And you don't need a prescription for anything they sell.
Normal street wires in Cambodia.
This is a barber giving haircuts. He's on a sidewalk right next to the road.
After we got our rooms, Grace, Ream and I took a tuk tuk down to the central market to do a little shopping. I love riding in the tuk tuk!
The market is sort of an outdoor flea market set up with booths along the many, many aisles. This one was clean and there was a breeze between aisles. We had a good time!
Grace brought back some roasted crickets for the guys to try. It was funny because as soon as we opened the door Benjamin was asking if we brought back snacks. Oh yes we did! Benjamin was the only one brave (or hungry) enough to eat a cricket.
We all went out for a nice dinner to a restaurant Kit and Ream recommended and it was fantastic! Everything we ate was very good. It was beautiful also.
It had these bowls of lotus flowers floating. Very pretty! Alfven told Grace it was a bobbing game :)
Grace wanted to take a picture and it turned out very well. Good food with excellent people!
At night the city of Phnom Penh has beautiful lights everywhere. It looks like it's set up for Christmas but this is up all year round. It was wonderful to see.
We headed back to our room and will be getting ready for bed. Tomorrow we start our plane trip home. It takes about 20-22 hours to get home. We are hoping for our sleep to turn around well.
Thank you so much for your prayers! Please keep the Orphanage and kids in your prayers. Pray for the village they live in, for the people there to see the Light and Life these kids reflect in Jesus. Pray that the kids, Missionaries and workers have endurance to persevere, to fight the good fight. And may we all learn to love well.
This is a verse that was printed on one of the good-bye letters we received today:
"Perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us." Romans 5:4-5
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