Journey to Cambodia

We had a great few days. We went to the city of Kampot, about 4 hours away (possibly 3, depending on your driver :-) We had a lot of fun and got some good work done. Kampot is much more rural and prettier than Phnom Penh. It was nice to be out of they city for a few days. While we were there Pat and Matt were able to meet with some different groups to discuss the possibility of doing some HIV work there. We hope to work alongside a clinic and provide them with a case worker for HIV patients. The case worker would make home visits, take people to their Dr. appointments, make sure they are properly medicated, and support each patient spiritually. The husband of the Cambodian family who is interested in HIV adoption (that we told you about in an earlier post) is interested in doing this. We are really thankful to the ministry donors that are helping to make all this happen! THANK YOU!

Below are some photos from an orphanage we visited. The kids were so sweet. 16 of the 22 orphans there had parents who died of AIDS. Fortunately, they are not positive themselves. The orphanage started because the missionary there got a call from a friend about 8 years ago. His friend told him there was a little girl that was about to be sold by her grandmother to a man. He told his friend to stall them and he would be there shortly. I don't know exactly how the rest of the story goes, but this missionary ended up adopting this girl and started an orphanage. We met the girl and she is an absolute JOY!!! She is 20 years old now, loves the Lord and is serving in the orphanage. Such an amazing story of God's grace.

Tomorrow is our last full day here. Pat is going to the Embassy to see what is going on with adoptions from Cambodia. Then we have the day off! We are going shopping at the Russian Market, Trent, Didi and I are getting foot massages, we might go on a short river cruise, and then we have a double date with Scott and Andrea! Matt and Lois will watch the kids for us.

We have had a blessed trip. We truly appreciate your love, support and prayers. Love you all!

While we played at the orphanage, pat did about 25 physicals.

Visiting an HIV Group Home... This place was amazing. We only got to spend a few minutes there, but from what we saw, it was so clean and the girls all looked great! We had enough time to color and paint nails.