Recently I took the year 8 pastoral group (including Naomi) to a small village for two night to visit a missionary family of one of the students. We harvested rice with sickles, threshed it with our feet, ran a children's program, visited a fish farm and observed the extraction of palm sugar.
We slept in Khmer houses; raised wooden huts on thin mats, with holes cut in the wall for windows. The bathroom was separate and consisted of a non flush squat toilet and a container of water to scoop over us to wash ourselves. There was no running water or electricity, though car batteries are used to provide light for a short time at night.
Naomi had a fabulous time and did not complain about the poor living conditions in any way. It was such a blessing to be able to see the work of the missionary family in this area and to spend time with Naomi and her peers in such a remote location.
It is times like this that really make me want to stay in Cambodia and support missionaries with the skills God has developed in us prior to our visit and while here.
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