Cambodia

at first i wrote this blog to show a glimpse of Cambodia but then i feel like that once i write about one thing i have to write about this thing and it became kinda long so this is more for me i guess haha. so no one has to read this, well maybe the first paragraph

I think on the plane back to America it finally hit me that the Cambodian mission trip is over. I think the couple of days after Cambodia were just a longing to be back, checking what time it was every hour and then thinking about what the team was doing at that moment.
The last morning in Siem Reap, I prayed for no tears, no heavy heart in leaving not only the kids but also the team and I also asked God that if He wanted too, I could stay longer. Both of these prayer requests were kind of answered in that when leaving the church and stepping on the airplane I probably only shed 3 tear drops. In addition, God showed me grace by letting us stay an extra day (since our flight was actually the night before, we did what Ken did). And then God made it all work out in the end, for my sister and I to leave on the date we thought we were supposed to go back to Korea. Instead of going from Siem Reap to Korea we went from Phnom Phenh since the next flight was the day the team was going back, but that flight was full. Well, the flight from SR to PP, was kind of awesome because me and my sister were the ONLY passengers on the airplane which probably sat 50 at the minimum. So God kind of gave us not only an extra day to be in Cambodia, but also a whole airplane, I bet not even Miley Cyrus gets that kind of transportation service.

But now because held my tears for me while leaving, just thinking about Cambodia makes my eyes water and i think if i shared my experience with someone, it will be like the Hoover Dam bursting open.

Well the night we landed in Cambodia, the only feeling I had was that I needed to change from my jeans to shorts and I kind of felt stupid for thinking that I was ready for the Cambodian climate. Then we went to our home, "NoProblem Villa". I had the pleasure with staying with Michelle Ro and Grace No. Let me just say, after i took a shower, i stepped out of the bathroom and both of them were just praying together, and all i could think of was man i'm not gonna be sleeping that much because all we'ere gonna be doing in the room is praying i guess. (which was kind of true, but half of the time it was me trying to sleep and them girl talking or praying, but i was actually eavesdropping).

The next day was the first official day in which we were able to settle in and kind of meet some of the kids at the church and such. The first half of the day was just everyone sucking up to the kids so that they would like us, but then the second half the kids kind of warmed up and became energy thrashers. But i think that all kids (other than americans) are pretty much the same, you show them that you really want to play and then follow through with your actions, and boom, easy friendship.

the second day, was the nerve wrecking day, the day village evangalism would start. I was teamed with the powerhouse - BOTH of the Grace's. On the outside i was like, i'm not nervous i got the grace's but on the inside i was so nervous and that morning i tried to memorize all the verses that were mentioned. that day though i didn't say one word which was kind of discouraging because i thought God would just give me the boldness and the words to say.
then on the afternoon of the same day, we had children's ministry in the village, where i met this kid i named spider boy because he had a spiderman shirt on. and to be honest, i know that kids like me just because i let them boss me around or i make funnies or give them a lot of attention, but spider boy, spiderboy was special. and i've never felt so connected to a child even though i didn't even know his name, didn't even speak one word directly to him, didn't even spend that much time one on one with him. but he knew we had a connection, he held my hand! and i've never cried for one child before. maybe for a group of kids, but for spiderboy i cried 4 times the day we left his village, beating Yoona in number of times cried for the day.

the 2nd day of evangelism i spoke a lil with the guidance of the Grace's and their prayers and the guy accepted and his prayer request was that he grow in wisdom and not be tempted in drinking. God truly opened his heart.

i really want to write more because i have so much more to express but my brain is working faster than i can type and it would just be plain boring.