Thursday morning was really fun. We visited with our friends the Stocks and saw their bakery under construction, it will be beautiful once it's done. After taking a tour with them we went to Lucky Mall and got snacks for our bus ride and chatted more with Matthew and Melissa.
At the mall I got some snacks from my childhood. These jello type snacks which I will take a picture of and hope to post later. I also found some soft milk candies that resemble ones I had in Taiwan growing up, very tasty.
We really enjoyed our little hotel in Siem Reap and said our good byes, packed our luggage in a bus and headed for the main bus station. Our big bus was really fun and nice. As I already mentioned we watched movies on it and had ver slow wifi. The bus ride from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh was 7 hours including a couple restroom stops.
One stop we actually got off for 30 min and had lunch. Janel and I shared some French fries and fried rice.
Arriving in Phnom Penh means we really start our main mission piece. For now most of what we have done is informational. We have visited historic sights, seen bad guy places where trafficking happens, and met some really cool NGO's doing things ranging from care for trafficked people, local restaurants, and fair trade products. Here in Phnom Penh we will spend our last week working a VBS for a kids club. So now is the time to ramp up your prayers. We will be spending several hours each day with the kids. Pray for strength.
Psalm 56:1-13 NIV
Be merciful to me, my God, for my enemies are in hot pursuit; all day long they press their attack. [2] My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me. [3] When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. [4] In God, whose word I praise---in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? [5] All day long they twist my words; all their schemes are for my ruin. [6] They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, hoping to take my life. [7] Because of their wickedness do not let them escape; in your anger, God, bring the nations down. [8] Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll---are they not in your record? [9] Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me. [10] In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise--- [11] in God I trust and am not afraid. What can man do to me? [12] I am under vows to you, my God; I will present my thank offerings to you. [13] For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
The one thing I did not rest from on the last two days was God's word. The word in whom I trust. The reality is that in this country where so much death has happened I am reminded of my own death, the death I died with Jesus, the burial in water, and the resurrection by the power of Jesus at the cross to new life, life in the light of God. I get to go home at the end of this trip to a comfortable, happy, and hopeful place - but no matter where I am, happy or desolate, America or Cambodia, I get to walk in the light of Jesus!
I'm pressing on the upward way
New heights I'm gaining every day
Still praying as I onward bound
Lord plant my feet in higher ground!
May The Lord lift your hearts this week as you walk in the Sonlight!
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