No words to explain...

There is nothing I can really write here to describe what I am experiencing. THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING PLACE I HAVE BEEN TO IN THE WHOLE WORLD... this goes way beyond my expectations! The way I have explained to my team is the most TRAGICALLY BEAUTIFUL place. I MAY NEVER COME HOME!
First of all... if Jessica is reading this let me apologize for the spelling errors... the keyboards are strange, the internet is soooo slow, and the computers just DIE on you after so long. So I am typing very fast on a foreign keyboard. I was reading my last post and I wrote customers instead of customs... among a lot of other errors. :-)
Ok... back to whats important...
So on Sarturday morning we went to the school in Phenom Penh that was turned into the largest torture prison in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge. Let me just say I cried my eyes out! The things these soldiers did to innocent people like anyone who expressed religion or education. Any one who worked for the prior governmnet... anyone who smiled or cried. Fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, sisters, borthers... NEWBORNS! Just totally sick! Pastor Vek's wife named Somerlyn brought us there and toured us around. Her stories were chilling... she explained what she and her husband and her 2 month old baby were experiencing during the time... they were evacutated from Phenom Penh and forced from field to field to work 16 hour days on a bowl of rice once a day. She told me when this all happened she was just 26. WOW! My age!!!
Goodness... so as soon as we got done there we jumped in our bus and started the 6 hour journey to Battambang! You can see in my last post I was totally dreading this ride... well GOD IS SO GOOD... this was the most humbling and beautiful thing to me. Basically all the people of Cambodia build their villages along the rode. I looked into the lives of the natives from the window of my bus. I waived (in between tears) to the people... THEY ALL SMILED SOOOOO BIG AND WAVED BACK! Some of the kids chased our bus... the others were headed home from school on their bikes... books in hand... so happy!!!! They live in these little huts... sometimes with just 2 or 3 walls... and sometimes with no roofs. They sit on their tables to EAT and lounge in their hammocks! IT IS SOOO AMAZING!!! I FELT SO ALIVE!!!! These people are just so friendly and sooo peaceful!
So we arrived in Battambang on Saturday night....
Sunday morning we woke up and went to church. The moment our bus pulled up the children came running out of the church! They were soooo excited! There were so much laughter and hands just pulling at every part of your body!!!! They performed some songs for us at church and during the message... they kept turning around to look at us with ear to ear smiles.
Since then we have been at the orphanage singing songs, playing games, running around, and even painting finger nails (dont worry this is just for the girls... well... with the exception of a couple of the boys! Hahaha)!
The kids just latch on to you every morning when you get off the bus. I have 3 that follow me pretty much everywhere... one, a little boy named Chhinh (pronounced ChingChing... this is how I think it is pronounced... but I am really bad at these names. The kids make so much fun of me everytime i say something wrong)! Well Chhinh LITERALLY does not leave my side the entire DAY! Always holding my hand... even when we are running. When I get on the bus in the evening he blows me kisses through the window and holds up his hands in a shape of a heart!!! OH MY... I am starting to cry! :-)
So its truly been a gift to be here... thank YOU so much for all your support and prayers. THIS IS A TRIP OF A LIFETIME... I love all of you... but I seriously DO NOT WANT TO COME HOME! :-)
I have already takin over 200 pictures... so much the shutter of my camera broke... so I cant zoom in or out anymore... but its ok because i am sooo happy and thankful! :-)

Internet seems to be running better today so hopefully I will be able to post every night... but you never know out here in the JUNGLE! :-)

TIll next time... take care and you are in my thoughts and prayers!!!!

XOXOXO