Saturday, August 7, 2010

A day in the life of Calsie

Joom-ree-up sooa! Hello! Our group of 34 just reunited in Phnom Phen. What an awesome week its been. After our 11 hour flight last week(which was the best flight ever) we landed in Korea and stayed with a Korean family connection we had through our church. They treated us like royalty the whole time. They had an amazing dinner set up for us and the same thing with dinner the next morning. One thing about Seoul...it is so hot and humid. Heather and I felt like we were in a giant ,it was ridiculous. The next day we went into the city. I instantly loved it, I'm not even kidding. Ryans friend from YWAM, Nan-hee, came and showed us around. We saw tourist sports but also traditional Korea. It was so amazing. WE went to this sweet shop where the guy making them spoke some English. He kept calling me honey and joked about being my boyfriend. Justin wasn't too please and said that the guy would kidnap me', like in the movie Taken. The family took us to a Korean restaurant and I surprising tried and loved the food. We almost missed our bus to the airport and we had to run after it.The flight to Phnom Penh was only 5 hours. My first day in Cambodia was spent traveling to our teams outreach location. It was great to unite our team of 11 again as 5 of us had been left behind. The drive the the province Krotches was 5 hours and we actually stayed in a decent place. I thought we would be in a hut. Our translator Narro is pretty much the best person ever. Its hard to sum up or even begin to describe what went on the week in Krotches. We would eat breakfast at 7 and the head to a house in the village where the pastor lived. We would go back there for lunch and dinner. For about 8 hours we would move from hut to hut where we sang songs and preached the gospel. After we would ask if anyone needed prayer. There were countless numbers but that's what we were there to do so we went at it for hours. For those of you who have read the book of Acts, we seriously walked that out. There were so many times we asked people if they believed in God and the response was "If He heals me then I'll believed"they wanted to see if God was more powerful that their witch doctors. Well God showed up. We saw people who had been blind for 6 years get their sight back, stomach pain disappear, backs and legs given the ability to move. It was amazing to see god move and change the hearts of the people here. Especially the older Buddhist people come to Christianity. It showed the power of our Lord. For the next 4 weeks in Phnom Phen I'm sharing a room with Jenae, Elizabeth and Andrea. Jenea and I really connected and are having a blast. Its just been a lot of fun, although very exhausting. Everyday there is a random downpour of rain that drenches out in 2 seconds . We have had some great team bonding time and its different to be back with our big group. I'm trying to think of random information to share. I has a bit of a fetal duck egg. It was the grossest thing ever. Our food has mostly been amazing, consisting of rice and cooked vegetables and chicken. Our last night there we had goose strew and Patrick had an entire foot in his so I stopped eating. One night Jenae, Adina and I who were sharing a room woke up at 2 am and were so hungry and uncomfortable that we went out onto our 3rd floor poarch and ended up sleeping outside. We had a few encounters with spiritual warfare but those stories are for another time. Today was our relax day and we went on a major shopping spree in the markets. I hope you're all having an amazing summer. Even as I think about the fact that Im sitting in an internet cafe I get EXTREMELY excited and think about how much I am loving Cambodia. God is so good!

3 comments:

  1. Hi hon,

    What a nice surprise to hear your voice the other day. I wasn't expecting that! I love to hear about your experiences and the growth and changes occurring with you and the group. All of you are continually in our prayers. Hi from aunts, uncles, and cousins. (Aunt Deb had an open house yesterday)
    Love and miss you. Blessings!!!
    Mom xoxoxo

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  2. It gives me so much joy to read this! What the Lord's doing is so exciting! Continually thinking of and praying for you and your team. I LOVE YOU!
    Emily

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  3. Hey Calsie! I am finally following you on the blog! Your parents sent the link yesterday. I am going to Uganda in November and was in Vancouver looking for a venue for a fundraiser yesterday. Your Mom came and Braeden and Luke. It was a fun day traipsing around the city and your Mom enjoyed the break! The boys were doing back flips off things and freaking us out! We ended up on Second beach relaxing . Your Mom gave me an update of your travels and I had to read your blog! When we obey ,God always leads and guides us,we need to take time with Him and listen...sounds like you are learning and doing so much! Off to a wedding in a barn in Langley at noon today,with Justin and Luke. Love Sandi-

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