Sand castles.
I sit here listening to the sound of rain pouring outside of the office and myself sniffling as I sit inside. We are coming up on the hot season here in Cambodia and the unexpected rain fall is a welcome reprieve. The unexpected colds that Josh and I are both fighting have not been as warmly welcomed :)
Today is a delightfully quiet day in the office with only the sounds of keyboards typing and the occasional phone ringing in the background. The calm and quiet are a stark contrast from last week when over 500 of our orphan kids traveled into Phnom Penh to stay at our Training Center for 3 days. They had times together of games, meals, worship, prayer and teaching as well as an outing for all of the kids to the King’s Palace.
For many of these kids, it was their first time to travel outside of their province so the trip alone was remarkable. What made it even more profound was that on the 3rd day of the trip the impressively large group of us loaded 13 busses at 5am for a three hour drive down to the beach where each of the children were baptized.
Sand in their toes, castles being crafted along the shore, salt water splashing around them, and hours to swim and play at the beach were another first for nearly all of the kids. It was a great experience for everyone who got to play a part and I pray that it would be an event that continues to hold much significance for the kids on multiple levels.
After the baptism, Josh and I got to steal away for a day to the beach and find some time to relax, eat incredibly cheap seafood (including barracuda…mostly just to say we did, but it now stands as one of Josh’s favorites), see a movie at a little theater (quite a treat! we watched “Slumdog Millionaire,” and we both would recommend it), rent bicycles, and participate in the sporting event key to any successful vacation….mini-golf!
And as everyone knows, there is no better time to mini-golf than mid-morning on a hot and humid Cambodian day. And no better mini-golf location available than the one where Tiger Woods trained and now personally endorses! (or so we can only assume from the poster).
Today is a delightfully quiet day in the office with only the sounds of keyboards typing and the occasional phone ringing in the background. The calm and quiet are a stark contrast from last week when over 500 of our orphan kids traveled into Phnom Penh to stay at our Training Center for 3 days. They had times together of games, meals, worship, prayer and teaching as well as an outing for all of the kids to the King’s Palace.
For many of these kids, it was their first time to travel outside of their province so the trip alone was remarkable. What made it even more profound was that on the 3rd day of the trip the impressively large group of us loaded 13 busses at 5am for a three hour drive down to the beach where each of the children were baptized.
Sand in their toes, castles being crafted along the shore, salt water splashing around them, and hours to swim and play at the beach were another first for nearly all of the kids. It was a great experience for everyone who got to play a part and I pray that it would be an event that continues to hold much significance for the kids on multiple levels.
After the baptism, Josh and I got to steal away for a day to the beach and find some time to relax, eat incredibly cheap seafood (including barracuda…mostly just to say we did, but it now stands as one of Josh’s favorites), see a movie at a little theater (quite a treat! we watched “Slumdog Millionaire,” and we both would recommend it), rent bicycles, and participate in the sporting event key to any successful vacation….mini-golf!And as everyone knows, there is no better time to mini-golf than mid-morning on a hot and humid Cambodian day. And no better mini-golf location available than the one where Tiger Woods trained and now personally endorses! (or so we can only assume from the poster).
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Well, either way, I hope you both feel better. It is a bit ironic that you would catch a cold in such an extremely hot climate. Looks like you're trip is just filled with irony! Although that's more word-play irony than actual irony, because, you know, you can catch a cold just about anywhere. I suppose if there was life on mars there would be colds there too. But I digress. I also end my comment.