Hello from Cambodia! (Finally!) After bouncing around from home to home (my team stayed in four different places throughout the course of one week), we are finally settled into our permanent abode.  May I point out that said abode is a hotel with air conditioning?  Hallelujah.  Not to mention that we had an amazing first week of ministry at TransformAsia in Battambang. In terms of Asia…Cambodians are great.  Their hospitality and selflessness amazes me.  What amazes me even more is how they treat my team.  The majority of the people we see light up and...

Hello Friends! Just writing to let you know about what is happening in Cambodia. On Wednesday the 7th we arrived in the capital city of Phnom Penh. I got the first day to take in the smells, heat, and scenary of Cambodia. We spent two days in Phnom Penh then hopped on a bus for 5 hours to a city called Battambang. Battambang is going to be my home for the next two months and I am stoked! While in Battambang we are working with a organization called TransformAsia. TransformAsia has a trade school in Battambang where they take in girls who have been trafficked or are at risk of being...

We've finally made it to our first ministry site in Battambang, Cambodia, where we will be for the next two months. I'm going to be honest, our first day at the center meeting all the girls was tough for me; we were greeted with joy and smiles, and my initial reaction was, "Why are we here? They each seem so happy, what is God possibly going to do through us here, when there is already evident joy?'' Those thoughts raced through my head throughout the first day, and after returning to our 'treehouse' to turn in for the night, I realized how selfish I...

My team arrived to the location of our first ministry sight in Battambang, Cambodia last week, and we began our work with the girls of TransformAsia on Monday. This past week has been a week of introductions and building a relational foundation with the girls we will be teaching. Next week, we are all set to begin English classes and Bible studies every morning and afternoon, Monday through Friday. We will also be teaching Bible studies on Sundays.             Since we arrived in Cambodia nearly 2 weeks ago, I have come to realize...

At last we have completed our first week in a new country. It has been a week that has humbled my spirit as well as affirmed what God has been teaching me and speaking into me for the past year. Prior to leaving on this trip I asked Jesus to place me in the darkness assured in my stability and reassured by my preparation that I could stand in the midst of it without faltering. I waited for days and months patiently to see what exactly it was that God was preparing me for that I would need such strength for. I now know exactly what it was. Cambodia. Our first day here we walked through...