We made it! After a long trip including an 18 hour plane ride, we arrived in Phom Penh at noon today (Friday) and were met at the airport by Sally Kove, who pastors the 'New Life in Christ Church' with her husband Keate. It felt so great to finally meet them after all the correspondence over email.
They took us to their big home, and we got situated in a room. There are accommodations for missionaries in their basement which includes kitchen facilities and bedrooms. They even have a cook who prepares dinner.
Josh and I spent the rest of the day, catching up on sleep and then we picked up a few groceries. We traveled to the grocery store by Tuk-tuk, which is like a driver on a motor bike with a carriage attached.
As we sped through down-town Phnom Penh, It was beginning to really hit me that I am now actually in a third-world country, where Josh and I will be missionaries. People on the street selling vegetables, begging, stray dogs roamings, and guys on motor bikes weaving in and out of crazy traffic, made up the scenary of down-town.
Tomorrow Josh and I will talk more with Keate about the opportunities at the 'New Life in Christ Church' and their 'New Hope School' which teaches English to over 150 students (mostly unbelievers from the neighborhood).
So far, although it is very humid, it feels very refreshing to be here. We pray that Jesus will continually sustain us and be the object of our affection and desire, as we serve Him here, in Cambodia.

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