 The beginning of the new year for us has been filled with teaching, reading and writing but also a lot of rest. Josh has been sick ever since Christmas, and so he has been resting a lot and taking medicine. At first Josh had a sickness that just kinda ran it's course, and now he has an eye infection called conjunctivitus (aka 'pink eye'). The doctor said it was minor and gave him some cream and eye drops to apply daily.As much as we are glad for the medical services that are available here and for the medicine, we're definitely wanting a big dose of Holy Spirit to help him into recovery. Since Josh hasn't been well enough to drive we've been buying food from the open market. I'm convinced that I could eat ginger chicken every day, especially since it costs only 25cents a serving. Josh and I have both been teaching English to the Cambodian English teachers for a couple of hours in the morning. I've been delving into Grammar the best that I could. I have three grammar books on my desk which I do depend on greatly, since I remember very little from high school about Grammar-sorry, Mrs. Guthrie! For the past couple days I have been teaching about adverbs, and although I know they are completely necessary, I do have to say that I like adjectives and verbs better. The Cambodian English teachers continue to hold Bible studies. We also have a new staff member and he is also a graduate from the Rowling Bible College. He is now teaching the Bible, and then another Cambodian teacher just opened up another Bible study. The students here are definitely not lacking in opportunity for Bible instruction and Christian fellowship. It is so awesome to see the Cambodians taking on this role as they minister to fellow Cambodians. I''m having fun teaching English to the children. The grades twos and the threes who I teach get excited every week to have a dictation. Big stickers have proven to be a good incentitive for correct spelling. Just recently the construction workers painted a hopscotch pattern on the pavement for the children, which they have been happily tossing pieces of stone on and skipping across ever since. Also, marbles seem to be the hot thing right now. Outside of teaching Josh and I are enjoying the pursuit of a few small projects. Just a few weeks ago Josh made copies of a small 50-paged book titled ' Humility-the Great Virtue'.I'm working on writing a book about the Biblical role of the wife, although right now it's just a work in progress on Word Pad. We've both had quite the appetite for books and have managed to make a good dent in the stack of books we brought with us. In the midst of all this, Josh and I have been making a lot of plans which include a return to Canada in May and possibly school in the fall. It has been a heavy time for us of planning and researching.This has been a time where I have been especially grateful for our home church on the Island as they have been a great source of counsel and spiritual covering for us. We look with excitment to the future knowing that God's plans are good, and we also enjoy the present where God's goodness can be seen in the slow but consistent fruit of the ministry. CommentsLeave a Reply | About Me View past posts at: missionaryjenny.blogspot  ArchivesJanuary 2012  |
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