The Hightowers are in the House

It is hard for me to believe that it has taken me over a week to blog about my first official visitors to Cambodia: Malcolm and Andrea Hightower. (I am calling them my first official visitors even though my aunt and cousin came to Phnom Penh in September of last year; because they were here on a pre-planned cruise that was only briefly in PP.)

I think that the reason it has taken this long to blog about the Hightowers is that I literally have had zero free time since they arrived. We have had so much fun going to Vietnam, Sihanoukville, and eating out every single meal for the past week and 1/2 (while I have still tried to do a reasonable job in the 2 jobs that I have here). We have laughed, we have prayed, we have played, we have swam in the ocean, and we have experienced a lifetime's worth of bus rides. For the first time in 6 months the majority of my daily conversation is easily understood and Malcolm even laughs at my jokes (he and Madge may be the only two people left on this earth who do). Every day I have been reminded about why Malcolm is one of the best friends I have ever had in my life and how blessed I am to have him as a friend.

Seeing Malcolm and Andrea together I am encouraged and reminded about the blessings of marriage.

Malcolm and Andrea on a moto with my friend and ESC co-founder, Neth

Malcolm asking my friend, Minh, if she can give him "this haircut"

Minh gave Andrea the haircut that Malcolm wanted

Enjoying ice cream at the Blue Pumpkin

On the rooftop of the Duc Vuong Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Traffic in the very crowded HCMC

Scary wiring in HCMC (what you don't see
are the wires that are laying on the ground
and people walking all around them)