It was a really fun day in Phnom Penh today. Jenny and I went to Phnom Penh's Olympic Stadium and played tennis there followed by a trip back to my favorite place for ice cream: Blue Pumpkin. Since it was such a nice day we ended up sitting on the Blue Pumpkin balcony with a view of the Mekong River. Then, we decided that there was still time left in the afternoon and so we went to an absolutely fabulous spa called Anna's and each of us got an hour long massage. Then I went back to Daughters' Spice Garden Café and guess who was there? If you guessed Jen Leitch and Paul you are correct. It was great to see them here in Phnom Penh and sharing with them what I have been doing since I got here it was hard to believe that I have only been here since Monday! (In fact, it seemed almost odd to me to have a conversation with so much English! Isn't that funny? Even Jenny will sometimes spontaneously start speaking Khmer.)
I am starting to recognize a lot of the staff at the cafés and even saw a few new friends coming in for dinner and also for an evening worship service at the House of Prayer, which is above the Spice Café. So, I am really starting to feel at home here. Tomorrow I will be going to church with a housemate and Soklah, who has been my Tuk Tuk driver this week. The service is in Khmer, but I believe that they have translation headphones. Now I will have the opportunity to have a little window into what it must be like for Spanish speaking parents on the Head Start Policy Council who participate listening translation via headphone. I think that the one key difference is that I have experienced that when it comes to worship the Holy Spirit transcends different languages and moves hearts.
A somewhat blurry picture of Paul and Jen
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