Exciting Few Days

Well, true to form, the last few days have been rather exciting. S.E. Asia always offers up suprises. On Saturday, Sterling and Krum were playing in a tree at Heritage House when they both fell. Krum landed on Sterling's foot and broke it. We had an x-ray in Kampot, but they were not able to put a cast on it. Today I took him to the hospital in Phnom Penh and they confirmed that it was broken but that it was too swelled up to cast as of right now (not to mention the orph. doc was not on duty), so they will cast it tomorrow at 4 pm.

Last night the team went out for pizza (a good Khmer meal) and afterward planned to go to the internet cafe. We could not find two tuk-tuks, so we took moto taxis. Sarah and Katherine were on one, Maria and Heather on another, Sterling and Lewis on one and the rest of the men on one. In the confusion of traffic, we were separated. All of the men made it to the internet cafe, all of the ladies had a tour of the city. Thankfully, everyone was able to make it back to the hotel safely. The ladies actually seemed to enjoy the adventure.

It is these little things that make living in a third world country quite different from living in the developed world. Thankfully, the grace of God is over us at all times. The little adventures do not detour us from our main purpose of being here - to spread the message of Jesus Christ to those who are perishing.

The team leaves this afternoon at 4:30 to start their journey back to the states. Sterling and I will get the cast put on tomorrow afternoon and then head back to Kampot to spend a week there before heading to Bangkok. The team has been more than a blessing to the ministry. They have all served and gone the extra mile over and over again. We will truly miss them.

Please pray for the team as they travel and for Sterling as he navigates the dirty streets with a cast on for a week and a half more.