MII on the Final Stretch

Good Morning America,

MII is now in its last and final day in Kampong Cham. We have had a couple of eventful days since we left Siem Reap tuesday. Tuesday we traveled to Anlong Veng. Anlong Veng is on the border of Thailand. It is a place that is in a great deal of help. It was the last strong hold of Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge group. They are in need on our prayers. We arrived had lunch on top of a cliff that overlooked the village. This restrautant was the very spot where Pol Pot had his artillery and tanks as they fired down on incoming troops and people escaping. We had a rice distrubtion and medical clinic at the Transform Asia chruch set-up there. After that was finished the team traveled to the David Center, which is an orphange ran by Transform Asia staff. We had a mini concert there. It was such an amazing experience getting to interact with the children. They were so loving towards us. Many of us that were there last year remembered some of the children and they remembered us also. I found that to be amazing. It truly shows that God is using us to make an impact on the people of this country. When we left that night, i don't think that was a singler person who didn't want to adopt a child from there. The following day, Wednesday, we traveled to Kampong Thom for two rice distrubtions and medical drop-offs. They were short and sweet. It was a little weird because we were use to long rice distrubtions not being done and back in the vans in an hour. We continued on to our final destination of Kampong Cham. Today, we traveled to the island, Kampong Sdei. This is a very small island that the team and vans were ferryied accross the river. Last year, when a group of 8 went it was the first time they had ever seem a white person and that was the same response this year. Not many people had seen a western, so many people were touching us with the curiousity of us being real. The chruch we had a rice distrubtion and medical clinic at was the aunt of Pastor Setan. It was incredible to see the smile of there faces to see people in the area receiving food and medical care. Our team is learning so much from these new adventures and experiences that have never been seen before. It strengths our faith and our team each and every day. We do miss our homes, mostly our beds and american food, but we know sacrficing those is worth it because we are experiencing the work of God through people's lives and our lives too. I thank you for the prayers. A prayer request is that our travel to Kratie will be safe and our transportation team will be stress free as they are trying to protect the safety of the team and get us safe. Pray they we will continue to see God work through our lives and other people's live. Something i hope that is taken away from this trip is the amount of love and compassion God has for people and the experience we see each day here, we will never forget them and we will use them to shape our lives so we may still continue the work of the Lord even when we are not on the mission field. Goodnight or Good Morning to where ever you are in the world. God Bless you all.