It's easy for me to love on someone.  It's not as easy for me to ask the important questions and have the intentional talks.  It's easy for me to give up something I'm doing to go and hang out with someone who just needs to be loved on.  It's not as easy for me to dig deep with them.  I know that I came on this trip for a specific purpose.  In ways I have surely been obedient to God in what he has asked me to do. On the other side, I also know that I need to be really intentional. Right now. Yesterday in my devotions, I was praying and God...

I heard about Ambeleka before we arrived at the center. She was a quiet, 19-or-so year old girl who did not talk to us the first week we were here. Then, out of the blue, she came to life. On Thursday, she told us some of her story. Greg, our contact, told us the rest before we came. I asked her if I could share it with you, she said yes.   Ambeleka’s mother and father got divorced when she was a young age. She was then put into an orphanage and grew up there. When she was older, she was kicked out of the orphanage. Many orphanages will kick out older kids because they do not...

First of all let me start off by saying I have learned there is NOTHING, and I mean, nothing, quite as satisfying as killing a mosquito.  Allow me to describe (in detail) a nightly occurrence that brings great joy and satisfaction to all on my team. There you are lying in bed—Needtobreathe playing in your earphones, sweat covering your body—and then you see it.  The taunting mosquito dancing dramatically inside your mosquito netted bed.  You formulate a plan.  Slowly you entice the satan bug by raising your foot closer to its hovering wings. Closer and closer...

God truly does answer prayers! He always keeps his promises, and it continues to amaze me. After feeling terribly home sick last week, God has answered my  prayer to redirect my heart and focus. After this last week at the center, I am filled with excitment. This has been a huge week for our team and I'm sure God is at work. This week has been a week og growth in relationships with the women and spiritual growth. Monday night, Cambodia was celebrating the kings birthday, which we later found out was the kings fathers birthday. This was a day off from school for the women...

So from what I told you on my last blog, you might be expecting to hear about what my weekly routine looks like; but instead, God has put something else on my heart that I think I’ll enjoy telling you about even more.  There are about sixteen girls here that for the most part don’t speak any English at all; although, they have been making much progress in our English classes!  However, there are three girls who could already speak a tiny bit of English, especially one girl who can speak fairly well and you can hold a conversation with.  With her permission, she is...

This is our day-to-day schedule while we serve here in Cambodia:   6:00am morning worship & bible study with the women 7:00am breakfast with the women & orphans 8:00am participating in sewing class with the women 11:30am lunch with the women & orphans 1:00 English class for the women & orphans 3:30    Monday- Sports, relay races             Tuesday- Music class             Wednesday- Art class            Thursday- Dance...