Cambodian Adventures

Time for another blog post! Last weekend we got to visit Phnom Penh.  We spent most of Saturday either at the Killing Fields or at the S-21 Prison.  The remainder of our day consisted of checking out Central Market and trying out some local restaurants.  I don't have a lot of pictures from Saturday because it felt strange to take pictures of somewhere that so many horrors had taken place.  That being said there will likely be a lot of words and not as many pictures.  Sorry, I'll do better next time. A sunset view from the bus on the way to Phnom Penh. The Killing Fields we visited is one of several Killing Fields throughout Cambodia where the Cambodian people were taken to be killed during the Khmer Rouge.  Maybe the Nazi gas chambers come to mind?  People being brought in like animals to be slaughtered.  Unlike the gas chambers, however, the people of Cambodia were not killed using a gas.  Many were not even killed quickly with a bulle...

Time has seriously flown by.  I can't believe I've been in Cambodia two and a half weeks.  Also I use that as my excuse for not posting sooner.  There's been so much that has happened.  We did a Days for Girls outreach and have planned three more outreach activities before our week retreat in Thailand.  The big things we've done recently are building a house with Heartprint and doing a hygiene perception survey. (Also I this post might be a little bit of a picture overload, if that's possible, but I just couldn't decide which ones to share). The house we helped to build was for Da Liam, who has since passed away. I'm not even sure he got to sleep in the house which was sad, but I hope it made his passing easier to know that people cared for him and that his sister will be able to have a good shelter over her head.  Liam had been sick and in pain for a long time.  Since the Khmer Rouge in fact so it's been 40 years.  He had never seen a doctor be...