Day 2

Hello friends,
So we finished up our second day in Cambodia and it's been another activity-filled but rewarding experience. As many of you know I came to Cambodia last year and seeing Phnom Penh for a second time I am continually amazed by the work God is doing in this country. This evening we met up at New Hope for Orphans for a prayer meeting in which many members of NHO came together to pray for the construction of their new orphanage. Specifically, the members wanted us to pray for continued funding for the building so they could finish up this project. As I interact with the people here I am constantly confronted with the reality that so much of NHO's success is based on an unwavering faith in God's provision. When I ask those around me about how I can help, the first answer I always get is to pray for them. These answers always blow my mind because, coming froma  culture where everything from money, to clothes, to food, is available, I have been raised to think in terms of action steps. What do I need to do to get X, what things do I need to prepare to finish Y, how can I make everything OK? Coming from a culture of privilege I have become so reliant on my abilities and the materials that I have accumulated in order to give myself a sense of safety and stability.

Coming here to a country where you don't know what's going to happen the next day or where your next meal is coming from challenges all of my preconceived notions. I really feel that people here, through their faith in God's provision, live so much closer to Him than I do, and it is humbling.

- Chris