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We're in Battdambang Cambodia.

RANDOM FACT #1 -- the spellings of the city names will change based on where you are and who you hear the name from...

So I FINALLY have a few pictures...

We started in...

>Phnom Penh.

And while we were there we did a BUNCH of things, but with the pictures you will only see a few of them. We went to a NGO School and we sat in on a disabled kids class. They were the coolest kids and all you had to do was love on them.

>This kid has Cerebral Palsy.

We took "Took Took"'s around the city, which are basically motor bikes with a carriage attached to the back.

>Ignore the shaved head -- I'm NOT becoming a monk ... ;o)

After that day we went to a few other places, we packed up, and we left for...

>Battambang.

The trip up wasn't bad and it was a nice night there. We met up with the team that is here, the leaders are Garth and Krissy and it's been a blast hanging out with them. They've showed us some of our ministry opportunities (we need pray to figure out which ones that we are to do...) and they are great.

We went to a Military Hospital.. It is very run-down by our standards but it has the basic things that are needed for survival, but by Cambodian standards it's pretty good. There are entire families that actually live at the hospital; the patients living there are all people who have been in the military. Most of the patients have AIDS/HIV, some of Tuberculosis and other illnesses. The saddest thing to see is that people here die of diarrhea, basically, dehydration and not of anything more serious than that just because the DR's haven't been trained as well as they should be. So if we went there to serve at the hospital I would either be talking to the patients through a translator, or I would be playing games and doing things with the kids of the families that live there.

also

We went to a Governmental Orphanage that is down the street from where we are staying. Check out some of the pictures...


>Taylor with one of the babies...


>Playin' soccer with the kids (they're REALLY good)


>Me hanging with one of the kids that really didn't want to play.

That place was cool. We might work there.

Also there is a Pagoda Ministry where we would go hang with the monks and talk to them, all of the monks here have free education and they have free everything. So they are rather well off here -- and we'd go spend time making relationships with them.

I also met a guy the first day that I was here and I want to start meeting with him, he's Buddhist, and he just wants to spend time with me to practice his English and also just to be a friend. I'm really excited about that... so I think I am going to pursue making a relationship with him. It could be cool.

ALSO -- there is a Youth Center that the other team has started up and we may be able to be apart of that center. Starting it up, teaching classes, and being useful. It should be really neat to see that develop...

We stay in a house that has been designed for missionaries...

>In this picture is Makh-yeah (Grandma in Khmir -- Pastors wife) and Susanna and the Pastor.

We live in a section of the house that is just for us. And the families.. the Pastors entire family lives there which is 5 families and kids and what not. Basically it's a TON of people. But they love having us and it's been really cool for us because they are so generous and loving.


>Taylor and I causing trouble.

Pray that:
-God lets us know what ministries to be apart of.
-Continued safety.
-Diving appointments.
-We grow more and more every hour.


Pray for Chris as well...

"I leave to hill tribes today for 7 days. G2g dawg peace

-chris"

For health, and for God to move. (and however else you feel led)

Love you guys. Thanks so much!

miss you justy - praying for you. Cant wait until you get home. :)
kayla