a light in Cambodia

It All Comes Back to Flip Flops

CAMBODIA | Sunday, 24 Mar 2013 | Views [160]

It has only been this year that I succumbed to the footwear of one who lives in the tropics and donned my feet with trusty flip-flops. They are known as the professional shoe of the equator and are a comfort to wear in both the hot and wet weather conditions.... Read more >

Tags: challenges, in my shoes, lessons

Compare the Pair

CAMBODIA | Friday, 22 Feb 2013 | Views [161]

One month since the accident and my ankle is doing well. However, my foot still bears the repercussions of the car wheel. Thankfully the swelling has gone down heaps, but my right foot is still larger than my left and looking a bit sad and worse for ... Read more >

Tags: challenges, lessons along the way

That Dreaded Point and the Questions That Came With It.

CAMBODIA | Monday, 18 Feb 2013 | Views [151]

I have reached that dreaded point that all people with injuries indelibly reach - I HATE my crutches and being so incredibly useless! I long to just walk again, pain free!! Though I’ve been resting and the swelling has gone down I have been ... Read more >

Tags: challenges, i hate crutches

The body

CAMBODIA | Monday, 11 Feb 2013 | Views [134]

Oh how my body aches as my right foot is out of action. Muscles that I have never had to depend on before are screaming out in pain with the load they are now bearing. My eyes are quick to fill with water and spill over. When I’m awake I’... Read more >

Tags: challenges, lessons along the way

Things you should probably not try on one foot

CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 6 Feb 2013 | Views [143] | Comments [1]

Especially if you’re incredibly clumsy and so reliant on your right foot. That’s my life currently with my right foot completely out of action :-( 1. Climb into a tuk tuk For those who don’t know what a tuk tuk is it ... Read more >

Tags: challenges

I won't let Cambodia beat me.

CAMBODIA | Thursday, 31 Jan 2013 | Views [158]

I’ve had many people ask me if I’ll actually get on the moto again, if I plan to “go home”, leave Cambodia and end my contract early so I can just be where it is safer and more comfortable. But my response to each of these inquires ... Read more >

Tags: challenges, god is good

Not according to plan

THAILAND | Monday, 26 Nov 2012 | Views [89]

Have you had one of those events that have been built up with such tremendous anticipation however when it actually plays out all plans fall apart in various directions due to uncontrollable situations and you are left feeling a bit battered and crushed ... Read more >

Tags: challenges, frustrations

Lessons as a foreign motorist

CAMBODIA | Saturday, 3 Nov 2012 | Views [353] | Comments [4]

I think the most common comment that I get from people outside Cambodia about driving a moto is how brave I must be to be joining the masses on the road. In all honesty I still feel like the same giant apprehensive chicken that I was when I first arrived ... Read more >

Tags: challenges, im here as the entertainment, outside my box, traffic

Lord I need you

CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 30 Oct 2012 | Views [266] | Video

Ok..confession time…..I was selecting music for Bible Study last Thursday and after quickly picking two quite deep songs I received an email saying “Do you have a third?” The thought stirred within me to send a snappy retort or “... Read more >

Tags: challenges, frustrations

Survival mode

CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 10 Oct 2012 | Views [105]

I am currently in survival mode. It is day six of my cold and I’m still shuffling on and sipping my third cup of coffee for the day. Honestly I’m never drunk this much coffee nor have I taken this many painkillers to ease my sore, tired body ... Read more >

Tags: challenges

The case of the barking dog

CAMBODIA | Sunday, 7 Oct 2012 | Views [226]

As I sit in my house with funeral music painfully persisting in the background for company, I will share with you the story of how a little yappy white dog was found behind our fence this morning. So the time in question was about 6.30am. I heard ... Read more >

Tags: challenges, frustrations

manicures, kitchenware and bubble tea

CAMBODIA | Sunday, 30 Sep 2012 | Views [179] | Comments [2]

My Saturday was filled with a number of little goings on. It started with a delightful lunch with some lovely people at Daughters and then some pampering, with a manicure for me and a pedicure for Nathalie. If you can't spoil yourself on weekends then ... Read more >

Tags: adventures, challenges, pampering

Why worry

CAMBODIA | Sunday, 8 Jul 2012 | Views [320]

This morning, while having an early quiet time with God, I read through Jesus' teaching on not worrying - from Luke 12. While reading through The Message version of the passage a huge conviction hit my heart as I know I am a giant worrier. You may ... Read more >

Tags: challenges

Penang

MALAYSIA | Friday, 29 Jun 2012 | Views [369] | Comments [2]

Ahh the beautiful island of Penang, such a wonderful place to visit as n ne of us ventured out of Phnom Penh to attend the Father Heart A School on this Malaysian Island. Penang is about a 3-hour flight from Cambodia – with a stopover in Kuala ... Read more >

Tags: challenges, friends, god is good, holidays

Don’t panic

CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 10 Apr 2012 | Views [299] | Comments [1]

Not sure about you but preparing to start at a new job is daunting. In about the space of 30 minutes the teacher I am substituting for handed over books, notes, rubrics and vast quantities of information about all there is to know about Grade 5 and ... Read more >

Tags: challenges

Patiently enduring ever so impatiently.

CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 6 Mar 2012 | Views [149]

Let me set the scene. It is over 30 degrees outside and nearing 40 in the stuffy shoebox classrooms. Each room is crammed with desks, hot sweaty students and all kinds of funky smells. The three fans faithful turn their blades fighting a losing battle ... Read more >

Tags: challenges, frustrations, god is good

Give until there's nothing left

CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 22 Feb 2012 | Views [289] | Comments [2] | Video

It all started with my mobile phone hiding under my bedside stand. My alarm blared but I was unable to locate it without getting out of bed, walking across my room to turn on the light and then switching the annoying sound off. I stood in my room, ... Read more >

Tags: challenges, god is good

Ot jeh.

CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 1 Nov 2011 | Views [106]

Cambodian students are not very confident at doing independent work or trying something new. I am daily met with a child, who I am encouraging to stretch themselves and their ability with the simple phrase “ot jeh” “Ot jeh”... Read more >

Tags: challenges

Breaking away from the clock

CAMBODIA | Thursday, 6 Oct 2011 | Views [122]

Will I ever get used to living in a culture that is not time oriented? Even though I work in a school each room has a clock that is either broken, showing the wrong time or just not there. Days when the classroom clock fails I have to take a stab at ... Read more >

Tags: challenges, outside my box

In the business of pearl making.

CAMBODIA | Sunday, 25 Sep 2011 | Views [389]

As a child I was not fond of my name. I didn’t have any alternative that I preferred but the name I was given just didn’t connect well in my mind. I remember my parents finding a tape with every song containing the name ‘... Read more >

Tags: challenges, god is good

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