Well, we had to come back to Phnom Penh today to bring Pan (the cook who had a stroke) to see the doctors with Jeremiah's hope. So thought I would send a quick update.
Wednesday
Headed back up to the orphanage in Krang Lovea today. Got a late start due to shopping for supplies. Arrived around 4pm.
Spent a little bit of time with the kids prior to dinner. We had hamburgers for dinner (supplied by one of our interpreters who owns a restaurant). Not sure, but this may have been the 1st time many of the kids had tried this American "delicacy". They seemed to love them.
After dinner, we asked 4 of the girls if they could sing Khmer songs to us. We were treated to a wonderful concert, which included dance with many of the songs. Talented kids!!. Then they asked us to sing. So we did some great old worship hymns, some of which they actually knew. By this time all the kids had appeared. We decided to teach some American dances to the kids....... such classic dances as the Hoakie Poakie, the Chicken Dance, the Mackarena, etc. We had soooooo much fun. Then we sang some more songs together . We ended with Amazing Grace (sung in both English and Khmer at the same time).
You know, it is these impromtu events that are the most memorable. We really had a wonderful time.
The night was ended with the playing of board games.
Thursday
The night was relatively cool, so for the most part, we all slept well.
We were awakened to the sounds of the kids singing Christian hymns in Khmer for their daily worship service. How it lifts our hearts to know that they start each day with Praise to God.
Half of the kids left for school, the other half stayed and helped us with painting projects. We put a 2nd coat of paint on the kitchen, and Carol put up Welcome stencils up over the entry door (both in English and Khmer). The kids helped us.....they love to do things around the orphanage.
Beth then brought out hundreds of pictures of the kids taken from our previous trips. She gave each kid a picture album in which they put pictures of themselves. Oh how they love to see themselves in pictures (as we all do).
Today was also a day of "memorable ëvents" with our team members:
Carol spilled oil based paint all over her (can only be removed by gasoline....she smelled quite good).....
Scott accidentally stuck his finger in a fan (nothing was severed, luckily)
Beth halucinated about seeing ants everywhere (she actually saw them, but we couldn't find them)....
Debbie turned into the cockroach exterminator.....killing every cockroach in sight (by the way, why is it when cockroaches meet their demise, they always end up on their backs????).
Chuck taught the kids the meaning of oops (whenever he makes a mistake, he says öops.....and the kids picked that up as the Phrase of the Day).
We left the orphanage about 3pm to bring Pan back to Phnom Penh. She will see a cardiologist tomorrow morning to have some further tests done.
The DiGregorios are leaving to go back to the USA. So we will take them to the airport tonight. We will be sad to see them leave. They have been a tremendous addition to our team. Thank you Amy and Jason!
Ken Armstrong arrives tomorrow night. So it will be good to see him.
Schedule for the next 2 days:
Back to the Krang Lovea orphanage tomorrow.
We will stay there on Friday night, and come back on Sat afternoon (plan is to do more fun time with the kids)
On Sunday, we will attend a church service in the morning at Open Gate Church (where Vannak and Peg go). Looking forward to that.
Will give updates as can....
Thank you all for your prayers.
Thanks so much for the update. You are in our prayers.
Scott and Laura Powell
Posted by: Joe Hamrick | February 28, 2009 at 01:35 PM