Teo, Autumn, Cheryl










Hilda Carmen and two ladies from church


We are almost over our jet lag and into a normal routine. Well, whatever normal is. Today, I just returned from the market with Teo, Cheryl and Autumn. All I came home with is a small jar of salsa. That is good because there is nothing I needed to purchase and yet that is weird to buy salsa at a Cambodian market. Oh well. We had a nice lunch together and a good visit catching up on their work here while I was gone to states. Yesterday I joined a Ladies devo class at the church. Autumn has started this to encourage the young women at church. She participated in something similar when her husband was enrolled at Sunset School of Preaching in Lubbock. No matter what country you live in, women need encouragement and support in what feels like sometimes a “man’s world”. Next week I was asked to lead the short devo thought and I struggle to determine what would be something they can relate to in their culture. I may or may not let you know what I come up with.
Monday my language studies begin again. This time I am having a private tutor come to the house for two hours, three days a week. My goal is to work on conversational Khmer and learn how to put words into sentences they can understand. I am also picking up some students in the English school since one of the teachers is returning to the states. Clyde has been here teaching for 6 months. Wow. He has really been a blessing to many students. We are taking him out for dinner tonight. It will be a couple of weeks before some fresh faces arrive to teach and I thought I could keep the students coming for the interim.
We think of all of friends and family and keep you in our prayers. Gail