I'm here and wow is it every zany... I saw fried crickets for sale to eat... no, I did not have any! and I saw 6 huge pigs in cages on the back of a very small pick-up... I think each pig could have filled the bed of the truck yet there were six! you'd love the adventure of motorbiking here... it's unbelievable... scooters (which I have been on) will drive in the oncoming traffic lane and then slide over at the last minute... the heat is amazing... like a sauna... everywhere... I am so pleased my room has Air Conditioning... I keep it at 27-28 and my room is the Chillzone!
The food is outrageously delicious! rice or noodles with every meal and the best stir fries you can imagine... my favourite had lotus flower stems in it yum yum! The family I live with has a 4 month old baby boy named Bonyamin and a 5 year old girl named Selina... I like to play Uno with her even though we haven't quite figured out the rules. The Mom's name is Samphos and the Dad's name is Chhinho. The Grampa is Mr. Bon and there is a niece who is Bonika and she is the cook, a student and on the worship team at church... There are two girls, named Ryo and Nhganh, they help with the kids and household chores.
Yesterday, after church, there was a party for Chhinho's sister who will be going to Singapore to continue her studies in Christian Education. The stew they served was the best I ever tasted and there was french bread to dip into it... a delicious "Beef Dip" with fresh herbs.
I hope to get a lot of pictures up soon... I'm at the school today in the very chilly 22 degrees Computer Server Room. I hope I don't faint when I go back to the hotter rooms.
This is a note I sent earlier today to a great friend and cousin's son which I thought I'd share with you. I have seen much the road ways are remarkable... shops and stalls and stand for each and everything item one can imagine... the carved furniture and doors, hardware shops, rattan shops, food stalls galore... the smells are not as bad as I expected... Life is lived largely right on the road ways... I will try to capture some of these images... today a brother was holding his baby sibling and playing with him by running his finger over his lips... it was a tender image and there faces were about a meter away from me sitting on the back of the scooter-taxi.
The family I live with are so very clean... they bathe the baby three times a day... this could be to bring down his core temp yet it seems it's mostly around cleanliness. The bathrooms are very clean completely showered down once or twice daily... The day here starts at about 5:30 or 6:00 a.m. and winds down around 9:00p.m. with breakfast tea at about 7:00 a.m. and lunch at 12 and dinner about 7:00 p.m.
Each family story is touched by the unspeakable tragedies of the past... I pray for strength to be able to "bear witness" to these words.
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seems like the right foundation to teach in...