Vol.# 79
Hi Everyone!
The process of getting settled here can be
unsettling!
I was told that the repairman would come on the weekend to fix the
lighting and that the Wi-Fi guy would come at a certain time, BUT, suddenly I
got a call that plans were changed so I had to be home to get everything done!
So there I was scrambling to re-schedule my day to accommodate the new
arrangements!
The washing machine was installed, but
before I could use it I had to go out to buy the laundry hanger ting a ming jing! (Not sure what you
call it!)
So with the help of Channak's sister, Shuling, off we went on the moto!
I apparently did not think this through, because there I was carrying 2 of the
laundry tings (that word tings is so handy now!) on the moto!
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| Me on moto carrying laundry ting! |
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| Laundry ting! |
When we first started, with me holding the 'tings' and making sure I stayed on the moto, it was all good! Then the wind shifted and then it was as if I was the sail on a boat! Maybe I should have gotten a tuk tuk?
Then we had to bring it up the narrow
stairs, which we did laughing as we got hooked into the overhanging wires!
Then
I needed curtains in the living room for some semblance of privacy, but the
width of the doorway is quite wide and to buy curtain rods that long was going
to be expensive, so as I prayed, my eyes spied the very long broom used to
clean the cobwebs off the ceiling and I thought, Mmm, why not just use that as a curtain rod and take off the brush
part!
Shuling said okay, so off
again we went into the hot sun to buy one.
Now
bringing that back was slightly
dangerous! If you held it vertically you might just hit the overhanging
electrical wires as I went through the side streets to my place and if you held
it horizontally at my side you might hit moto/car either in front or the back
of us! By the grace of God we got it home!
Later Channak and Jonny came over with
drill tools and we put up my curtains! My curtains were a gift from Marcia
Bergman and Peter V from their visit to Place of Rescue when they surprised me
by redecorating my room for me! I had kept them in storage at friend's place
here for past 7 months!
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| Jonny and Channak |
So now I could use my washing machine that
is set up in the washroom!
But no,
it would not work so I had to call Shuling or had to call the store to get the
workman to come in! Of course, speaking no English and with my limited Khmer
that was tricky! The first thing he checked was to see if I had plugged in the
machine! Really? Of course I did!
Then Channak called to ask if I had plugged
in the machine! Really?
Well,
it worked, and I finally was able to do laundry completely forgetting that the
hose for the water to go out was just left on the bathroom floor so I stepped
into the water when I went to check on the machine! All of this is a learning
curve!
Sunday
morning: As the lights dimmed before we started the worship
service, I felt a tug on my arm; it was one of my former students from Rescue!
Then another, and another, until my row was filled with all of them! Then as we
sang and danced I saw this girl come up to me and she just grabbed me and
literally lifted me off the floor! Yes, it was one of my former students I used
to pray for and she had seen me across the room and could not believe her eyes
that it was me. (After squeezing me she says, you got fat! Lol!)
I wish now I had taken a pic of all of us after
the service, but my tuk tuk driver was waiting, so I am trying to see if I can
get together with all of them on Saturday which is their free day!
The message centred on fighting for our
faith, and being a church that is a sending church!
Praise
God: for all that He has accomplished. I went to register for school and
had a great time reconnecting with Lois, my former flatmate. She is one of the
founding members of Gateway to Khmer I saw one foreigner come in and he spoke
to the Khmer teacher there on his break. He spoke like a Khmer! He was in
Module 5 and that gave me such a boost and I cannot wait to start school next
week! I also spoke with one of the main worship foreign leaders at New Life and
she was so encouraging to me. She leads in Khmer and is fluent after being here
for 11 years, but she said she wished she had been able to go full time like I
am doing now!
Prayer
requests:
-I will be connecting with Prison
Fellowship. Pray that I will be able to go and see them this week before school
starts please! I know it is not in
the city so I need to work out the proper time to go out and to see where I can
best fit in and serve them!
-For the moto driver who will take me to
school every day. Please pray that God will give me one that lives on my street.
I would prefer a younger person who is going to school and needs the money to
help in their education, but I leave that in His hands! I would have to leave
early (school starts at 7:30am but there is such a bottle neck of traffic to
exit on to the main street that I need to be able to time myself. Life starts
at 6am, so everyone is on the road from 6 to 8 going in to school or work!
-Physical health. I have not started any
workouts, yet climbing 3 flights of stairs each time feels like one, and when
anyone comes I have to go down to open the gate and troop back up! But I need
to be intentional in keeping my body, His temple, in best possible shape so
please pray as I look into continuing my swimming lessons (and yes, I cannot swim!) and my kick boxing
classes! Lois told me of one place which is not too far from the school.
Thank you for sending me
your prayer requests. I have been praying through them! I started setting up my
balcony area for prayer time! I have no living room furniture still but that
will happen later on!
Love,
His Warrior and Disciple, submitting to
be
His dance partner here in Cambodia,
Your servant, Vidya
(P.S.
I am at 70 percent
of my monthly support, would you consider becoming one of my dance partners? See the end of this post for contact and donor information).
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