Category: Cambodia

  • Home Assignment

    Home Assignment

    This year I spent December and January in the US on home assignment. I was able to spend time with family for Christmas, visit friends in Colorado and Kansas, and catch up with churches. During my time at home, as I answered many questions and shared about my first two years in Cambodia, I found myself…

  • Thankfulness

    Thankfulness

    Look at this awesome group of people I get to work with! Three times a week our office orders food in and we have a family style lunch all together. One day, instead of ordering in, we decided to walk there to eat. (They were offering free coffee for dine-in guest only.) On our way home,…

  • Orientation

    Orientation

    Even though Cambodia doesn’t have the same marked seasons as back home, I can tell it’s fall because of the arrival of our T3 interns. EMI runs on a 3 term system, with terms 1 and 3 coinciding with standard North American school semesters. Our internship program has always been a strong pillar of what we…

  • Do what you love

    Do what you love

    Just as soon as I get settled in, life moves forward. The good news is that I have completed my full-time language learning objective and I am now focusing more on my roles in the office. The bad news is that more transition is ahead of me. Moving from language school and homework, back to…

  • Field Trip

    Field Trip

    Just a few weeks ago the office took a field trip out to the construction site of a new church. The church was designed by our staff architect, Nivo. Like all of our Khmer staff, Nivo is an answer to prayer. Our team has needed an architect since the beginning, and now just as projects…

  • Encouragement

    Encouragement

    It’s hard to believe I’ve been here for four months already. The time has gone by quickly. As I struggle through all the normal bits of a cultural transition; loneliness, grief and loss, constant change, and on, I am continually sure of one fact: “For the Lord your God will be with you wherever you…

  • 3/24/17 – Finals

    My first five weeks of language school are completed. I had my first assessment on Friday, I passed, and now I begin level 2. Here we are having a bit of review before the big final. I am still surprised at how much I’ve learned in a short amount of time. Still have a long…

  • 3/19/17 – Euphorbia milii

    I bought this from school when they were making more room in the parking lot. It’s the ideal house plant for me, as sources say it, “thrives on neglect.” It had no flowers when I brought it home, but it is thriving now on my porch. Colloquially known as “Christ Thorn” plant, I like the…

  • 3/18/17 – Barista

    Yesterday I went to an American coffee shop. Today I went to a Cambodian. This lady was turning out drinks as fast as any espresso wizard back home. I’m very thankful that a love of coffee is something both of our cultures shares.

  • 3/16/17 – Phsa Toammeda

    Literally translated as the “usual market”, each neighborhood in the city has one of these. The sell everything from soap, to moto parts, to fresh meat, all for a “special price for you.”