Now posting from siem reap

hello friends and family!
our team is officially in siem reap, cambodia after our 6 hour bus ride (don't worry, it was partially air conditioned and the perfect time to nap) yesterday! this morning we met with our YWAM contact here to talk about possible service options for the team while here. we are working out details--aka our amazing leaders are plotting and we'll be in much prayer--for the next 3 weeks that could involve teaching english classes, dance classes, personal hygiene classes, and devotional times to some girls who have left the industry.

it is pretty hot here, but the team has had a really upbeat attitude about the weather and some minor periods of feeling unwell. we had the opportunity to visit S21, a high school that was turned into a prison and torture camp during the genocide that occurred about 40 years ago. it was a hard, heavy place to be in. still, i feel like it gives our team a new understanding of where this country is at and how much they need healing from the Lord. we visited one of the killing fields from the same genocide right after that, and it breaks my heart to think this is something that has happened all over the world at different times. as paige said, it feels really unreal and is hard to imagine, let alone comprehend. your prayers for this country are definitely needed.

as mike said, feel free to email us or facebook us or post here. we just got started, but i know hearing from home is still a real blessing for us while we are away.

my family and friends: i really do feel your prayers. God is speaking a lot into me right now and affirming why i am here. thank you so much for your love and support. even though you aren't here, i am strengthened by knowing you all are home praying and seeking the Lord in your own ministry! love you!

having ridden in a tuk tuk, met a Cambodian woman whose nickname is bazooka and is going to change this world, grown to Love cold water, and seen a house on stilts in the Cambodian "jungle" (don't know what else to call it because it looks jungle-y to me),
katie :D