I finally finished a week of full-time teaching at Logos! Last week the high school students were away on Bible camp, so I was short one class. It's always comforting to know that you can stand on your own two feet. I'm also getting to know the students better, and what an awesome bunch of people! Just getting to know so many young people, and to get to have an impact in their lives is the best part of the job. The staff lunches at Logos are pretty incredible too.
In other news, my friend Chenda (originally from Cambodia, who's...back in Cambodia for a while) who I know from Hedland was incredibly generous and, in addition to driving us around and helping us buy Rattan furniture, gave us a fridge! It was great to see a familiar face, and without her it would have likely taken us three times as long, and cost twice as much.
I finally took my camera out on one of our excursions - on Saturday we went to buy a bike, and then to the Russian market to pick up some things for the house and also a Cambodian violin! I've wanted one like it for years (Chinese violin / Erhu) but there is no way Australian customs would allow the importing of a probably untreated hunk of wood with animal skin on it. At least not without additional fees. So I was lucky enough to find one for $13, and after three long weeks, I now have an instrument here in Cambodia (everything else is still in Perth). I've been getting by with sneaking into the music room during lunch and playing the piano for a minute or two. I may even have a video up later of me trying to play the Cambodian violin later this week.
So, onto the photos from our outing - I hope this helps you get a feel for what Phnom Penh is like. Make sure to click through, or click the link on the bottom right to access the album with captions on Flickr.
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