12 days in cambodia

what can i say about 12 days in a 3rd world country? i can say that i am blessed by God to have more than enough food to eat everyday and that i can receive quality medical care for my daughter just by calling in an appointment. my daughter has more than enough diapers and clothes to last everyday, which is more than what i saw there. but what i did see was beautiful children who had hope in their eyes. people, young and very old, waited in line for hours in 80+ degrees of heat without complaining to see the few doctors and receive what little medicine we had to give them (remember that the next time you have to sit 30 extra minutes in the waiting room). one older woman sat in front of me and grabbed my hands and kept repeating "thank you! thank you!" over and over in her native tongue. what was she suffering from, and for how long? i can't answer that, but she was grateful to see us that day!



as much of a burden as my heart was under when i met these people - their homes, their lack of food and clothes - i know that many of them came to Christ. that is why we went. they may have been there just to see the foreigners or to get medical help, but they all heard about Jesus Christ! and if they accepted Him, then they also recieved an eternity in Heaven, and that is better than anything else that they recieved!

hey, look! it's lyndon!
when we arrived each morning there were hundreds of people waiting for medical care.

i worked in triage taking vitals and trying to show the cambodians Christ's love.
not your typical dentists' office. these kids were watching teeth being pulled.

we visited the place where many people were tortured and killed during the mass genocide that occured during pol pot's reign.
this is one of many boards showing pictures of people who were tortured and/or killed here. this is a picture of the outside of their cells. the barbed wire is to keep them from committing suicide.
this is a typical cell.
this guy was standing outside begging.

i was busy making new friends!
i don't know what this is, but it was in our hotel lobby, and i thought it was interesting.
cambodian stop sign. i posted this for my brother-in-law, j.b. stop signs always make me think of him: "s-t-o-p. stop!" jonathan taught him that.
this is a typical cambodian home out in one of the provinces.

we visited a couple of temples while in cambodia. they were pretty awesome considering how long ago they were built.
this is angkor wat. it was majestic!

this is what we saw when we went to the floating village. there were many people living in houseboats.

i know that many of our friends from impact want to see lyndon's fiance'. so... here's chinda (i probably didn't spell it right!). chinda is a wonderful young woman, and she is such a servant. she worked so hard while we were there. lyndon is so blessed!
this is my friend, "dan." i had pointed out how beautiful the flowers were in the shops, and he gave me some as a going away gift.
this is part of the view from the top of our hotel building.
this is me and emily with 3 of our new Cambodian friends. they are such kind-hearted, gracious people!
me and emmy on a tuk-tuk!

the bathrooms, as you can see, were very interesting!

this is part of our team walking to the church.
i was amazed at how they were paving this road. the people were sitting in the street, placing each rock in the right spot. a few days later, we saw this street and the rocks were pebbles.
this is just an interesting picture of a gate ornament.