Author: Anna

Anna Update Our office has recently started up several new projects, including the construction of designs we did last year. This is good news for me, as there are more opportunities for photography at actual work sites. In July, I visited the site of Diny Sunshine, a small non-profit medical clinic being built on the…

April here in Cambodia is the month of Khmer New Year. I usually equate this as their Christmas holiday equivalent. Khmer look forward to this holiday all year, it is filled with celebration and games, most get a few days to a week off of work, and almost everyone travels back to their hometown to…

Anna Update A new year has begun! First things first, COVID update. Case count remains low, but new testing a tracing practices means we are catching more outbreaks but we can also trace them. At the moment schools are closed and religious meetings are not meeting in person, but like the rest of the world…

Sdam and I had a lovely little wedding on November 14th. Two days before the ceremony, the restaurant we had booked canceled on us because of new COVID restrictions. We reached out to friends who quickly came to help, and we had a small socially distanced wedding at the CMA office. Thankfully, Sdam’s family was…

The other day, I was reflecting on this year. For me, 2020 has been a year of forced rest and waiting. My feeling is that it’s been the same for a lot of you. Even though it’s fall up in the northern hemisphere, in my life it feels more like spring. Seeds that were planted…

Three and half years ago, when I first moved to Cambodia, I started attending a small Khmer church lead by three young Khmer men. Though all three of them led the church with grace and humility, one in particular stood out as a kind and gentle young man eager to serve the church and pastor…

The world is not the same place it was just a few months ago and it continues to change. I know very few of us are finding any of this “easy.” So when I say it’s be a hard few months, I know that is true for most. In March we were asked to work…

This month I wanted to share with all of you something new I’ve been working on for EMI Global. I often help them with various graphic design needs for fundraising and other internal projects. But for the last few months I’ve been working on the main article for our quarterly EMI update, Inside EMI. My…

2020 has hit the ground running. In January we welcomed our 6th group of interns. They are through orientation and already settled into the office. Then, in February, I was able to join another office project trip. This trip was a little different. Through collaboration with our director, Chris, and long-time volunteer Jeff, both of…

A new year has begun! First things first, COVID update. Case count remains low, but new testing a tracing practices means we are catching more outbreaks but we can also trace them. At the moment schools are closed and religious meetings are not meeting in person, but like the rest of the world the government…