Cambodia 6

Sunday was a full full day...and we felt the Lord's presence! Lynn was asked to share  for an hour in Sunday School at 730, then a breakfast break...and at 9:30 to preach again for an hour. With the Songs of Worship and preaching and communion followed by testimonies and prayer requests, we finished at 12:10. The inside and outside balconies were packed with the downstairs we were all sqished together. The Music and Praise time was a foretaste of heaven!  God's Spirit spoke thru Lynn with Chetra, interpreting. Both were anointed by Him. Thanks for your prayers. After a quick lunch, we headed over to the football stadium where the students has a game....old students vs present students.....with plenty of cheerleaders.

The students ministry thru soccer has been a special tool that God is using to reach to young men in the community.

We had been invited to one of the other dormitories for dinner. We were told that we were having a special treat! AND IT WAS ...."special!"

The students did all of the cooking, and they said, we are having something VERY special....."duck eggs" I was blonde in my former life, and I said, what is so special about duck eggs? I raised ducks in Africa, and used them interchangeably, so was surprised when they looked at me rather incredulously asking such a question...like DUH!
"The difference, Grandma, is that these have ducks in them! "
OK, still not getting it!
They  proceeded to place a HUGE bowl on the table filled with "hard boiled eggs". The difference was revealed rather quickly.....there were actually little ducks in there! I mean with beaks and wings and little feathers! For those of you following the blog.....you hopefully will see the photos of the poor little guys! Did we have to " GULP" them down??
YES we did. I put every sauce that was on the table on mine!
It was one of those.....I love YOU GUYS so much, that I will pass on seconds so that you can enjoy even more! And they were all in their glory over the delicacy that was before them!

We brought some games when we went......Z train, Bananagram...some of our family favourites that we thought could be cross cultural....and we all had such a fun evening . We feel quite honored to be asked to come over and just "hang" with them for the evening. On the walk home one of the students asked if we could talk about some concerns he was facing.....so although it was late...we had a good time talking and having a time to pray with him!
Back in Greensboro, Monday morning is Lynn's day off and we typically have a morning breakfast date! Well, how fun today to head out early to a little place that we heard was offering breakfast and actually showing the Super Bowl at 6:30 AM!  Added to the fun, they had free wi-fi so we were watching and skyping with friends and family back home while we cheered the Giants on to Victory!

This afternoon was time to do laundry.....on the roof, with the students. A faucet and hose in a big aluminum pan, soap and a little scrub brush and a little stool, so that you squat down in the cement area, and scrub you do not get wet. I felt a little peer pressure trying to get Lynn's white soccer socks even remotely as clean as all the boy students get their clothes! The students are quite fastidious and there is always laundry hanging on the pipes /lines on the roof.

I have two conversational English classes each day at 9 and 2. When I asked what kind of topics they wanted to discuss. "please tell us some things that God has taught you? What are some mistakes you made that we could avoid? What is the best method that God uses to teach you?"  what precious moments of sharing Gods grace, thru my many mistakes in life!

Lynn has his hands full with preparation for these hour classes of teaching, but the students sit in rapt attention as he opens Gods word with them.

I baked with several students this afternoon to have brownies for tonight after Worship. Those of you on baking "prayer duty" please pray a little harder! There is no thermostat on the little oven...so the tiniest nudge on the knob had it somewhere between 200-450.... Oh well! They aren't horrible, but the tiny oven was on for a long time, in this almost 85 heat today...so we stopped baking at 3 double batches....one batch at a time, and will just have little tastes. One of the dorms doesn't come tonight, so think we are only 65 kids.

Tomorrow is a Buddhist religious holiday...so no school. The students are excited because they told us....Oh that means we can meet LONGER with you!
Dear, dear kids!

Thank you for praying!