I arrived in Cambodia at about 4pm on Monday 13 th April; Vitou met me at the airport and we rode a tuk tuk back to the BEC. On the way there he advised me that it was Khmer New Year in Cambodia, so I was unsure about when the teaching would actually start. As the week progressed I learned that the school would be closed until Tuesday 21 st April, therefore I was at the school by myself for most of the week. I feel that had I been aware of this holiday I would have arrived a week later, and stayed a week longer as well, but I tried to use the time wisely by reading the available literature at the BEC and also learning about Cambodia's history by visiting the Killing Fields and the Genocide Museum. There are a number of national holidays celebrated in Cambodia every year, so maybe the school calendar could be placed on the ACBM website in order for fieldworkers to choose suitable dates to arrive. Many students had actually been in Thailand for a Bible week, so when they arrived ...