Date Night 11/15/2009
 
Maybe it isn't the most romantic place. After all, it is also a gas station and convenience store, but it's only a ten minute walk from the house, and the food is delicious. It’s name ‘USA Donuts’ pretty much speaks for itself. I haven’t seen one donut in the place, but the little restaurant does offer some very tempting American cuisine.

During our last trip to Cambodia, Josh and I made it a point to have date night once a week. This usually happened on Sundays since that was the one night where nothing was going on here in the evenings, and even now that we’ve returned, it still is the perfect day to leave the pots and pans in the cupboard and pick out a restaurant to venture to.

 Here in Cambodia, eating out can be very cheap, with dishes costing as little as $2. It can be the ‘getting there’ that starts to add up, and that’s why it was so convenient today, just to walk to that little restaurant only a few blocks away. And what can be wrong about sliced deli meat, tomatoes, onions and mustard served inside a hot croissant?

 Every day, Josh and I are together most of the time. We do teach separately, but even then we’re in the same building, and then we spend most of our free time together. It’s certainly not the more traditional situation of the husband and wife uniting together at dinner after being apart all day because of their different jobs.

  Even though we’re pretty much together all day, the days here are full and busy. Work can occupy the mind in such a way where I’m not engaging entirely in my husband, but rather thinking about whether I should give my 5:30 class a dictation or not. Many of our conversations very naturally consist of talking about school and student-related situations since that is now another common bond between the two of us, and something that we are a part of together. Also, since the house we live in is on the same property as the school, it’s easy to stay here for several days without needing to go anywhere.

 Needless to say, we almost find it essential for the two of us to get out together. We set apart this time specially for us to talk outside of work, enjoy each other's company and even have a little change of scenery. We enjoy working with this ministry and we enjoy what we do all week, but we don’t want to neglect each other. As we do ministry together, and as we continue life together, we want to grow together, not apart. There is nothing biblical or pleasing to God about letting ministry take precedence over my spouse. I do think this is a daily effort, but it certainly doesn’t hurt to have a date night!
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03/10/2011 20:31

Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. Do you agree?

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