We went to church this morning at Water of Life just a few blocks over from Alma. The pastors there are American, but there was a local Khmer guy speaking Khmer during service, so we sat outside with a translator. Once again, we go to a church where we don't speak the same language, but feel at home. The people here are sooooo sweet!!! It is sooo funny because all of the teenage girls look so old, like late 20's. And they laugh when they find out how old I am because I look so young! Pretty funny!
Khmer Bible
After service, we went eat at a Vietnamese restaurant called Magnolia. Very interesting. I ordered the shrimp pancake. Huge, but very different. I don't even know what to compare it to because I really haven't ever had anything like it. Like a very fine crepe maybe, stuffed with bean sprouts and shrimp. The ice is so weird here. They are hug hollow pieces of ice, and they put one block per glass. Since the ice is hollow, you can put your straw through the hole and drink that way.
After lunch, we all went back to Water of Life to get on a huge tuk-tuk and spend the afternoon at a local village called Areyskat about an hour away. This looked like it was right out of a movie, riding on the back of this tuk-tuk driving through the jungle wit huts everywhere and naked babies. It was beautiful, but I cannot possibly imagine living in a tiny straw and wood hut with one room and no furniture. This is how they live, yet they seem soooo happy! They aren't lacking.
We worked at outreach there with the children and teens from the village. We performed our prodigal son skit, sang with them, danced, and played games. So much fun! My camera has a million pictures and videos, but for some sad reason my cord isn't being read by my computer. Hopefully I can get them up for tomorrow! Here are a few from Jenn:
When you get off the ferry boat, this is the first thing you see (taken from Google)
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