Another weekend is here!

This week went by so quickly for me! We stayed quite busy, with teaching classes, the girls teaching discipleship each day at White Doves (Mike and I even got to share yesterday about how the Bible shows us how men and women can interact with love), and working each day at the village ("slum" as they call it). We saw two girls from this village taken to the hospital, both with infections in the skin on their heads, once we spoke with the parents. It is really disheartening at times to think that the parents didn't really care enough to find a way to take their sick children to the free children's hospital right down the road (maybe 5 minutes by moto, 10 by bike) until we told them they should. But hopefully our help during our short time here will show help things begin to change.

Yesterday was UofN's (University of the Nations, the branch of YWAM that we are working with) first ever big Sports Festival, so we got to help out with that all afternoon. Hundreds of students from our classes showed up to play soccer, basketball, volleyball, badminton, and recreational games like sack races and a water balloon toss. It was a blast, as most Khmer people love to play. We served essentially as "camp counselors," leading color teams in pairs. Some of us got pretty spirited, and we all dressed in our team's color :).

Today we're going swimming, then checking out Angkor Wat right before sunset tonight (it rained last weekend, so we didn't end up going). The weather has been considerably cooler than last year over the last few days! Most days have had a little bit of rain, and once the sun is done the temperature drops down to maybe 80ish. It's been nice to go out and ride our bikes somewhere without getting completely sweaty, though there are definitely still those times.

We've been blessed to make some good friends here, among the likes of Geoff, Jessica, and Grace, all college-aged Americans working here with various ministries. And of course the YWAM staff have been so wonderful and helpful. Only one more full week in Siem Reap, then 3 days of the week after that, then we head back to Phnom Penh and then Sihanoukville! It's going way too quickly.