David and I left Australia for Cambodia nearly three weeks ago, with a few days' stopover in Singapore with my cousin Phil, his wife Kate and their two girls. Tropical temperatures and the swimming pool in the compound made a welcome change from the chills of Tasmania.
It has been nine months since we were last here. Having arrived back in Cambodia two weeks ago, we feel comfortable here and quite at home. Even the Khmer lingo is starting to sound familiar again.
It is so nice to be back and we are enjoying catching up with the Phnom Penh Ecclesia and getting to know the new dormers that have arrived and new students that have asked for classes. There is a familiarity about Phnom Penh... a lot of things are still the same, but there are more cars, more people and more new buildings have been built. And some things have changed and been pulled down which is quite sad. But Phnom Penh is forever growing.
A few days after we arrived the Phnom Penh Ecclesia had their study weekend. Brother Peter Heavyside from Hong Kong led the studies on leadership for a mature Ecclesia. Then on Tuesday morning we had to say goodbye to Dan and Kez. We thank them so much for the work they have done in Cambodia at the BEC. We hope to see them back here again some day soon. On Monday morning Kosal and Sarah Chann are leaving Cambodia to live in New Zealand: they too will be sadly missed. We hope all goes well for them and their bump in New Zealand.
Anna
It has been nine months since we were last here. Having arrived back in Cambodia two weeks ago, we feel comfortable here and quite at home. Even the Khmer lingo is starting to sound familiar again.
It is so nice to be back and we are enjoying catching up with the Phnom Penh Ecclesia and getting to know the new dormers that have arrived and new students that have asked for classes. There is a familiarity about Phnom Penh... a lot of things are still the same, but there are more cars, more people and more new buildings have been built. And some things have changed and been pulled down which is quite sad. But Phnom Penh is forever growing.
A few days after we arrived the Phnom Penh Ecclesia had their study weekend. Brother Peter Heavyside from Hong Kong led the studies on leadership for a mature Ecclesia. Then on Tuesday morning we had to say goodbye to Dan and Kez. We thank them so much for the work they have done in Cambodia at the BEC. We hope to see them back here again some day soon. On Monday morning Kosal and Sarah Chann are leaving Cambodia to live in New Zealand: they too will be sadly missed. We hope all goes well for them and their bump in New Zealand.
Anna
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