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It's amazing that you can go to a new country only knowing the one person you're travelling with and then within days feel totally and completely at home in a building you've never been in before and with people you've never met before.  But that's the Cambodia BEC experience! It's life changing, it's hilariously fun and it brings a whole new meaning to 'brothers and sisters in Christ'.

I came to Cambodia with my big brother, Tim and I was scared, overwhelmed and had a terrible sleep the first night or two because I lay awake wondering how I was suppose to teach English and the Bible to people whose first language wasn't English.  I even cried to 
myself quietly hoping my roomies couldn't hear me, but some advice I received before I left
Australia for Cambodia was  'pray always' (thanks to Ben Topham for that Facebook comment on my mum's photo of me and Tim ready to go) and so I prayed to God who blessed me with the opportunity to teach His word in a different country and He gave me comfort and strength.

One lesson in and all was well!  I loved every one of my students.  They were so keen to learn and know more and often it meant that I would increase in Bible knowledge too! Teaching was definitely a learning experience and seeing their appreciation of learning the Bible and how much they wanted to know more and more, made me appreciate more the precious Word that I grew up with and often took for granted. 

The people you meet in Cambodia are amazing and not just the students, but the brothers and sister, the BEC workers, the Dormers, the Sunday school kids, the students at LCDI school,  the other fieldworkers and so on.  It's a beautiful family that I am so thankful to God to be apart of.  I don't think I have ever laughed as much as I did in Cambodia and that's saying a lot for me.  The people really make Cambodia awesome and it made leaving very hard, but the idea of going back as soon as God wills so exciting!

I highly recommend to take the time to go to Cambodia and experience it for yourself. There's a lot of students to teach and a need for teachers! It's not possible to regret it if you do it for God and to bring Him glory, but if you can't get over their yourself consider giving donations! The BEC is having a seriously great impact in Cambodia so your money, time or whatever you choose to give would not be wasted.

Jess

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