American Peace Corp

Today I had a wonderful Saturday morning in the Village of Peam ChiKang. After sleeping in somewhat, 7:00 o’clock, we had breakfast and then went into the village for a little shopping. We found all of the supplies we wanted and then visited with several young men who wanted to speak a little English. We talked for several minutes and then we met the Village Chief who is elected by the people to his office, and he also wanted to practice some English. In the conversation he told me about a young American girl with the Peace Corp living in his village. Gail and I went to her home and had a delightful visit.
Erika is a recent graduate of Rutgers University and has been living in this remote Cambodian village for 5 months now. She is teaching English in the public school system while living with a Khmer host family. She is committed to do so for the next two years.
We invited Erika to visit us on the boat for the evening. She was pumped to say the least! We fed her toasted cheese sandwiches and popcorn to eat and diet coke to wash it down. I think she really needed a little American company from her reaction. We watched the movie, “We Are Marshall” together and had some good laughs before she had to go back home. Pretty impressive young lady! Rick