Monday in Cambodia Continued...

More Monday fun in Cambodia (sorry for the delay in post)... our days were filled with so many blessings, so many smiling faces, and so many stories that it is so hard to show you one whole day in just one post... so here is more Monday.  We made it to the school and we were ready to start the day of VBS with the kids... here is a picture of the school (blue building and the small pink building on the right is the toilet) and the logs in front were there to help build houses in the village (which you will see later).

The kids were so happy to be there having fun... the next couple of pics were taken during game time.  They had to take a small pebble and skip it onto a newspaper and each time they landed on the newspaper the paper would be folded in half.



Then red light green light... who does not like to run and have fun.


After games... the rain came... and man did it come... we were stuck but you better believe we still had fun.

I just love how handy these people were... true people of the land... the office has been known to flood during these rains and this is where our stuff was stored and two of the teachers live in here on the floor at night so they wanted to keep it dry... so they grabbed dirt and made a barrier... love it...




Here is the man of the hour (of the year)... Pastor Abraham... he is the person that god used to start it all... he has a fantastic story of his journey following Christ and really loves his home country. To honor him and protect his name I will not be able to write the details here but this is definitely a man we need to be thankful for and praying for... this is his daughter on his lap.

After a wonderful day of VBS... we ladies had to go eat and shop of course... here is a great place to buy silk which many of us did... so fun...


This family was right out side the store sleeping... I was really touched by this picture that I started asking locals around what this was all about... they said that this mom and son always sleep here on the street (they are homeless) but the mom gets drunk during they day and passes out as soon as it gets dark... however no matter how "gone" she is she always locks her sons feet in her thighs so she would wake up if he was to get up.  Her pillow was a trash bag and seemed to have a blankie... the noise on this street was so loud and we literally were in a shop just 3 feet away.  I stopped to pray for this family and spent a lot of time praying for others just like this... I usually would not have taken a picture but wanted to so I could remember this moment and just how thankful I am for my families current situation and to never stop praying for others in situations like this.  I prayed for this boy especially that he would grow up and choose a different path for his life and that he would be a hard smart worker and one that came to know his creator and that he may one day use his experience as a boy to help and love on others.

I can't wait to show you more.

Family night at The Big Apple Adventure!

VBS Family night is always a highlight... it is the night that brings tears to your eyes and makes all the work and long days worth it. While I was training the teachers I would tell them just when you think you can do another day or take another "rotten" kid just remember Friday night... the night when you sit there and watch the kid that has been causing some stress in your class or the one you thought was only there bc his/her parents were making them... you see them on stage praising God with a huge smile... Friday night always is my favorite.

The kids were all having a great time and the parents were all lined up to that photos and video... I was a bit busy this night so my friend was in charge of taking the photos... she did a great job and got to catch Pierce in action... being one of those rotten kids I was talking about earlier... I only had to take him off the stage once... you will see...

Pay close attention to Pierce in the next couple of photos... at first he was ok... it went down hill quickly. He is in the third row from the top looking down.

Now looking back... what are you looking at son, you are suppose to be singing and dancing.

Ok... there he goes... good boy!

Not sure when this happened (during rehearsal or the show) but you can tell he is the only one sitting down... I am sure he was suppose to be standing... :-)

Can you find him???

Now the "rotten" is coming out... he has made his way to the end of the row and just chilling (almost laying down) with his friend next to him... while everyone else is paying attention to the front...

Back on track... he is back in the game...

Uh OH... he found something shiny... a microphone.. he is no longer dancing and singing... he is playing with the microphone.

Thanks to my friend who took the pictures... she caught Pierce getting in trouble by one of the older kids... telling him to pay attention and not play with the microphone.

Didn't last long... he is back playing with the microphone.

Pierce got a good talking to at the end of that one (and you can believe all the people that walked up to us letting us know they loved the "entertainment"... but at the end of the day we were proud of our little man... Daddy enjoyed the "entertainment" as well.

Looking forward to the next VBS... can't wait... but happy for the rest now...

More Photos of our week at the Big Apple... in Singapore!

More photos of our week at VBS... (more pics than just Pierce that is... but don't worry grandparents Pierce is in some of these too).

Here are a bunch of kids so excited during one of the music practices... they were surrounding the stage.. if you look in the back ground you can see Pierce... what is he doing?

Look at all those kids...

This is one of our story tellers Betsy... she was acting like the guitar players on the streets in Manhattan.

Some of the kids during snack time... you think they are loving VBS?

This next picture is awesome and one of my favorites... they kids in the nursery (where Pierce has been for 3 years) were having so much fun that I had to run in there and take a picture... here they are throwing beach balls at the hoop which I happen to be standing beside... so cute right?

Here is our mission board... this year we collected funds for Projek AnaKawan in Cambodia... Last year we raised 22K and this year we raised 48K... God is good.

This board helped the kids understand how much we collected each day... and at the bottom you can see the little window stickers... these stickers are from when the kids gave money each day they got to go put a sticker on the building.

Throughout the day I would try to find Pierce... and see what he was up to... this day I got to catch him at snack time... and we both happen to be wearing our crowns...

Not sure what was happening in this next picture but I am sure Pierce was telling someone that they were doing something wrong (imagine that)...