Shout out to the Romans

Let me explain the title first. Abigail was telling us about some of the things she read in Romans, and she mentioned Paul's shout out to all of his friends. From now on, when I read that part in Romans, I'll think of Abigail in Cambodia! haha.

Now back to our trip. This past weekend, we went to Siem Reap with the students from the Cambodia Bible Institute (the bible/preaching school my dad runs). Friday night, we had a great dinner and went to the Night Market. Early Saturday morning, we headed to Angkor Wat to see a few of the temples. It is always a neat experience to see the temples with Americans, but especially the Khmers who have never seen it before. It is truly amazing to think about what a feat it was for them to create such a huge temple 1000 years ago before any of the modern technology.

Our afternoon was spent out at the Cultural Village where they have a lot of different plays about different regions of Cambodia and some of the stories they tell. It rained all afternoon, but we stuck it out because we all enjoyed getting to learn new things about Cambodian culture. One of the best parts about the Culture Village is the audience participation. John was the lucky one from our group who was chosen to remove the bow from the stone (instead of the sword in the stone). As his reward, he became the new chief of the village, AND he got to marry the chief's daughter! The chief costume is a little......different than what we're used to. On Sunday, we went to worship with the church in Siem Reap. Then we got on the bus for the drive home.

We'll try to put up some pictures of the trip later today.

My favorite part of the weekend was getting to see some of my friends who live in Siem Reap now. They are doing great work for God, and it is always such a blessing to talk with them! I am so glad we had an opportunity to spend time with the CBI students, and it was a nice change of scenery for us, too.

Thanks for all of your prayers and support! We have all been blessed by the people we have met and the opportunities God has given us to spread the Word.

-Rebekah