Tuesday continued...

More of Tuesday fun at the school... what a great day... we had tons of fun in the morning but the camera started snapping when it was snack time... all the kids ran to the kitchen and washed their hands in a manual water pump... see second picture... one kid would crank and then kids would wash and they would switch... it is always nice to see kids get along and just "do" to help each other out...


Then they lined up on the tarps for their food... they had this down... there were no instructions just creatures of habits...

Before they enter the kitchen they had to take off their shoes... I just love this picture...

Here are the teachers and one of my favorite ladies (the cook) in the back... not sure what they were eating but all the kids were so happy to have a meal.

The kids could see their bowls on the wall and they did this song with praise before lunch which included a prayer at the end...




Here she is a woman that touched my heart and really lived through the Khmer Rouge... it is very rare to see older generations bc most of them were killed but to see this lady still smiling and when she meet me she just hugged me and did not let go for some time and then she even kissed me... and this went on every time I saw here... such a sweet lady...

Here is her stove top... build a fire below and the pot in the middle gets hot... so fun...

And her immaculate kitchen pantry... look how organized...

The kids after snack or lunch know to take the bowls and spoons to the sink (bowl full of water) and scrub them.



After snack the kids had some free time and this might have been my favorite time to see them in their element and just having fun.  I love the three boys in the tree for many reasons but the biggest one is... check out the boy on the right... he had taken two of the vines from the tree and tied them together to make a swing and he swung for 30 minutes...

These boys ran to the river to get a crab (a little bitty old thing) brought it back to the trash pile that was burning and cooked it.... they knew exactly what they were doing and only 5 years old... after the things was cooked they tore off the legs and they sucked on them and had another good snack.

Here are some of the girls eating some left overs... just pulling and twisting and sucking...

What a great day... my heart is already breaking knowing that we only have 2 more days with these kids... can I bring them home with me?

More of Tuesday in Cambodia...

Tuesday was the second day of VBS and the kids were just as excited to come back as we were... all night I longed to get my hands on them again... so precious... here are some pics our moments together...

This next picture definitely has a story with it.. of course.  We brought these 10 commandment books/crafts for the kids to do during craft time and to take home.  They had some pieces that required the kids to peel off like stickers which left an outside piece that most of us would consider trash.  In hopes that we did not litter on the grounds I was running around with a trash bucket as soon as I saw the kids were ready and to my amazement they did not want to give me any trash.  They shook their head when I pointed to the trash trying to tell me this is not trash we don't throw anything away... most of the kids kept every part (the outside of the sticker and the back) and made us of it all... most decorated their clothes or wanted to take home... and some even decorated their faces... so cute...

The smaller children colored...

Here is one of the kids taking so much time to make sure his is perfect... they were so cute and so proud to show off their master piece... and also in regards to the trash we noticed that the colored pencils needed to be sharpened so we came around and sharpened them and we brought the really cheap ones that don't keep the shavings all confined so we had to place them in our hand to throw away... which was not a big deal but once the kids realized we were throwing them away they would either ask for them from us or take them from the trash... nothing was trash in their mind... everything was usable...

I love taking pics of these moments but I did not want to miss out on the true moments of being with the kids so I would put down my camera and jump in.. here I was showing the boys how to draw a cross.


After craft time we had movie time... a cute short kid story explained moses and how he got the 10 commandments... it was in English but all the kids knew what was going on just by the actions...

Time to go home... all the kids get their things and walk home..


Time for our lunch... our vision trust leader would run to  town everyday and pick us up some local food... yum yum and this time we had some local fruit that was delicious but a little messy to eat.  the bunch of fruit (sorry forgot the name) is in the bottom right hand corner below and the following pic is of me trying to eat it you have to scoop with your thumb and then suck... interesting but very tasty...


After lunch we had some time to kill before the next group so our fearless leader at the school (one of the teachers... his name was MOL) took us across the street from the school to a dog restaurant that was popular... no joke we had to check it out. Here is the raw meat about to be cooked and those in the background are eating lunch...



Back in school... here are some pics of the kids waiting for VBS to start... this is their proper school room and one of the teachers...

Another great VBS with kids... and more playing and then the kids were off back home before knew it again... a night of ESL, some dinner and fast to sleep... we were all weary but on cloud nine at the same time.  All our team left something or some issue back in Singapore that was weighing on us early in the week (mine was leaving Pierce for that long and longing for him to be with me) but after day 2 we all knew that this is where we were suppose to be for that time and God had a bigger plan.


Another great day... come back and see more... it gets better...and better.

Tuesday... the drive to the school...

Welcome to our Tuesday (finally) in Phnom Phen, Cambodia... once again greeted by the run in the elevator just in case we did not remember...

I was excited this morning about our trip to the village and school bc I got to sit in the front passenger seat so I could take some good photos... so here you go... what we saw on the way to Andong Village.
















Hope you enjoyed our view... lots of smiles and people making a living just right off the side of the road... stay tuned to our day at the school.