Drinking from a fire hose . . .

We’ve been in Cambodia for a little over three weeks now, but it feels like months. We knew before we launched this trip that there would be more work available than we would ever be able to do, and these weeks have borne that out. Here are a smattering of pictures that give a taste of our work over the past three weeks!

Two school girls at VDP in Takeo - the students love to come to school!

Low ceiling inside one of the village classrooms.

1st grade - the location looks different, but the activities not so much, and neither are the expressions on the student’s faces!

VDP teacher training in Phnom Penh - 60 teachers from 5 different village schools, plus a handful of teachers preparing for the new Asian Hope Kingdom School.

Chapel, at Salaa Hope Battambang. We are so happy to see these Bibles in use (about nine years we organized a drive at ChangePoint church to provide these for SHB).

Michael with Chrisna and his brother, Sakada - we first met them when they were in high school! Now Chrisna is elementary principal and Sakada teaches math at SHB. We had three days of training there. Unfortunately, Kirsten missed the last day with an intestinal flu. Being sick in Cambodia brings its concerns but a reassuring visit to the local clinic (thankfully the doctor spoke a little English) and all was well.

These are Buddhist nuns that Kirsten has gotten to know over many years.

Delivering pictures to the old people (see projects). We met this cyclo driver last visit.

With Roland Neveu, in Bangkok - Mr. Neveu is a photojournalist. He was one of the very few who stayed behind to chronicle the fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge in 1975. Kirsten connected with him last winter, and he has now agreed to contribute some of his pictures for Kirsten’s project: Remember Me.

Some of our partnerships are well-established, such as with Salaa Hope Battambang and the Village Development Program (VDP), and our support for those ministries is picking up where it left off, but with even greater momentum. Some of our relationships are new, such as with the Dream Center schools in Siem Reap, and the brand-new Kingdom Schools, which are a part of the Asian Hope ministry. We have yet to see God’s specific plan for us in these instances - what exactly will our involvement look like? But we see opportunity and open doors. Please join us in praying for wisdom and guidance as we take our next steps in faith.