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Moving Bricks

For our first day officially working, we were scheduled to do construction! Knowing me, I’m the laziest person in America and the best person to complain on everything! But when we got to the site to begin our job we were told to move a pile of bricks to the second level of a new building being built….. My eyes got so big knowing that I don’t do manual labor. But I knew that I came to India to serve, so I sucked it up in my heart! As we began to move the blocks we didn’t make a plan and started to move on our own. We moved several bricks down the hill and up the...

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Outside of Comfort

I awoke from a seven hour van ride to the children of the orphanage waiting on the other side of the door ready to take my luggage to the guest house. How are orphans joyful enough to serve me? I couldn’t talk because I didn’t want everyone to know that I was on the verge of crying. Its one thing to know that there are orphans struggling in a third world country, but to see them with my own eyes and be with them as they cheerfully served me, was a foreign feeling that put a funny feeling in my throat. I felt undeserving and I wept. The next few days I still felt undeserving of...

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The Art of Slowing Down

Growing up in an environment that was always on the go, it was very challenging to come to a completely different pace of life. The earth and the people in it seemed to slow down. As the team and I walked through the markets we would wave to the people who lived there and they got so excited to see us and that we took the time to greet and smile at them. It was so different from what I was used to because at home people are too busy to stop and say hello. The entire atmosphere is unlike any other I’m used to. Since the pace is slower it allows you to stop and look around and...

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The Art of Slowing Down

Growing up in an environment that was always on the go, it was very challenging to come to a completely different pace of life. The earth and the people in it seemed to slow down. As the team and I walked through the markets we would wave to the people who lived there and they got so excited to see us and that we took the time to greet and smile at them. It was so different from what I was used to because at home people are too busy to stop and say hello. The entire atmosphere is unlike any other I’m used to. Since the pace is slower it allows you to stop and look around and...

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Rumor Has it That We Made it to Cambodia!

Hello friends, parents, siblings, etc! I’m sure you’ve heard by now, but we’ve made it to Cambodia! This month we will be working with a ministry called New Hope for Orphans, located a few hours outside of Phenom Penh. Our days mostly look like teaching English, playing with kids, and asking the Lord what to do next. There will be more updates to come over the next few weeks/months, so stay tuned for more!

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Rumor Has it That We Made it to Cambodia!

Hello friends, parents, siblings, etc! I’m sure you’ve heard by now, but we’ve made it to Cambodia! This month we will be working with a ministry called New Hope for Orphans, located a few hours outside of Phenom Penh. Our days mostly look like teaching English, playing with kids, and asking the Lord what to do next. There will be more updates to come over the next few weeks/months, so stay tuned for more!

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