Vol.# 75
Hello!
It has been a whirlwind two days since I
have been back!
Yesterday my friend Channak and I went appliance shopping from
10 to 2 on his moto, only stopping to take shelter from the pouring rain for
five minutes! It is holiday time here, so most of the stores were already
closed and the people went to their hometown. The holiday would be until
Wednesday for some, and until Friday for others! But we found favour, SO…
Praise God for not only
getting a second hand fridge and washing machine, but a new stove, toaster,
rice cooker and microwave at 25% discount!
Plus, with Channak negotiating, I
was able to get the appliances not only delivered within 2 hours of purchase,
(that is unheard of especially with the holiday season here!) but the men came
in two teams, one team delivered and the other team came to set up the
appliances and to make sure they worked!
Praise God for the initial
first meeting with the landlord Pov and his lovely wife and two year old son!
They are a young couple and they talked about Catherine (former tenant) being a
good cook and asked if I was too! I said, time
will tell!
Praise God for reconnecting
this morning at New Life church. There people greeted me, saying “Welcome back, have not seen you in such a
long time!” (Candace, that is just like your team at RAC!). In fact, two of
the pastors' wives came to get my phone number and the founding pastor's wife
(akin to Mrs. Ingram at RAC) came to say that she had not seen me and wondered
if I had changed church services! (There are 3 services!).
I had dinner with a young couple last night
(I had posted their picture in one of my slide presentations) and it was good
to be teased, to tease and just be! They are all excited that I would be
learning Khmer! I mentioned that I was interested in being an active member now
since I am in the city!
My former students had all gone to their hometowns
for the holidays, so I was surprised when 2 of them showed up at church and
invited me to sit with them. During the service, it was natural for one of them
to put her head on my shoulder and the other to hold my hand! It is a bit of
RAC culture shock to be back at New Life church, getting accustomed to wearing
headphones to hear the message in English. Sometimes the sound is not that good
or the translator is not sure, so is hesitant to speak, and to stand for one
hour in praise and worship and prayer!
Prayer
request: that I would be
able to get a couch, a bed and a
little table and more importantly a water purifier! I have to be able to coordinate delivery to times when
landlord/family is at home; everything has to be carried up through their place
because the stairs outside to my place is much too narrow!
Prayer
request: to connect with
Prison Fellowship after the holiday time here. It is rainy season so I have
to be able to travel in the morning since it is begins to rain from 12 onwards!
Thank you for being
my dance partners! Allow me the honour of partnering with you in prayer, so
please send me your requests!
Dancing with Jesus
Love, Sister Vidya
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