Hot, hot, hot!

The alarm rang at 6.30am this morning. Those of you who know me well will know that early morning is not my best time of day. Here you see Markus under his mosquito net. We are getting used to the temperature here. This is evidenced by Markus saying it was cold in the bedroom, the temperature was showing 19 degrees at the time!

Today has been a very hot day with extremely high humidity. At the lunch the mini-bus driver felt so sorry for us that he offered to drive us back to the guest house. Today has been a three shower day in the hope of staying cool. It wasn't enough, we have all been running with sweat all day. Teaching and leading in this climate is the most challenging thing about the trip. 

Something else which is very warm is the way we are received by the church groups. This is our fifth trip to this province and lots of the people are well known to us and we are met with genuine warmth and joy. Here are a few people as we are starting.

 Language is no problem with a bit of goodwill and some hand signals. Here Åshild is playing with a new friend.

Tom Kenneth teaching. The whiteboard is balanced on a number of plastic garden chairs and tied fast with farm twine. It did the job just fine.

Prayer and worship are an important part of the day. I love hearing and seeing the Khmer worship style even though I don't understand the words I do understand the language of the heart.

Below you see one of out team writing what the church pastor is saying on his action plan. Illiteracy amongst the adults is very high.

Having fun together.

 Tom Kenneth in action.

Interesting wall plugs are just one aspect of the very eccentric and dangerous power system in this country.

 We stand together to pray and there is a tangible sense of the presence of God.