Phnom Penh is HOT! Jenny and I have been back to our New Hope School teaching schedule for a week now, and the temp has averaged around 32C/90F, but according to weather.com it feels like 36C/97F! The energy has been low in this heat, but the work has driven us forward.
There are no other foreigners here right now so we have been the only native english speakers teaching. This means a demanding schedule. I am now teaching with the preschool between 9-10:20am; then with the Grade 2's from 10:30-11am. I then teach an adult Intro class from 3:30-4:30pm; I alternate daily between a Level 1 and Intro class during 5:30-6:30pm; then a Level 3 adult class from 6:30-7:30pm.
I had to give up my Bible Study to teach the 6:30 Level 3 class simply because there is no other person here who can do it. Jenny is now teaching a combined Bible Study during the 6:30-7:30 time slot. I didn't want to give up my Bible Study when Keat originally rotched the idea, but my doing so permits more Cambodians to attend the services which are necessary for recieving their scholarships. Sometimes, you have to back off from the spotlight and work for the good of the whole, and not worry about who is leading people to Christ, just that people are being led.
In one week, we head to Vietnam for a 5 day tour. It is the Khmai New Yr and all classes will be cancelled! Till then, we learn these Cambodians some English!
Revelation 21:4 And He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes. There shall be no more death; there shall be no more mourning, or crying or pain; for the first things have passed away.
