postcard ii: 18th june 2010

Postcards from Phnom Penh

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Heaven

on Earth

June 18th 2010


Have spent the last few days observingwhat it takes to be a missionary here.


The simple lifethis ‘idea’ of serving God as a missionary tends to be made grandiose. there is nothing really fancy about it.


Working the fieldsSome of the missionaries have been away from their family for years. Many leave their families to be with His youth. One girl who has come out here is all on her own for the next 3 years. She just got food poisoning and doesn’t want to tell her family at home incase they get worried. Her name is Anita. [no relation to the subjects pictured here]


Taking care of FamilyRequires a tenacity to doing menial tasks. Repetition, organization, dedication, and a just getting up in the morning despite the 35 degree weather.The quest as always, is finding joy in that:)


Building shelter for His people

It is easy to get discouraged with the magnitude of what is. But the thing is, need it be that difficult? Need we be so far removed from all this? Can we not use our own God given skill-set from wherever we are to somehow move towards a re-distribution of wealth?


USD36 schools one child for one year.That’s what I used to pay for a pair of slippers.

Un-consumption


Gulp.


Thank You for taking care of His Child

Lucille, Johnny, Anita, MJ, Jung Young, Nancy, Eun Hee, the 7 mission workers who are leading the care of about 80 children.


postcard ii: 18th june 2010

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