Ummm....Shrimps with Heads

Okay whats new...well most importantly Ream would like to make some corrections:
1. There was Christians in Cambodia prior to the war, however it wasn't until the 90's that Reams family ever heard the name Jesus.
2. My favorite fruit here is a mango stean not a mango seed.
3. Also concerning the washing of the dishes, most people here do rinse there dishes when there done but they just don't have soap.
I think that was all the corrections. I will get back to you with more. Well life here is good. I went to dinner at Reams parents last night. It was so fun! All of Reams family was home, minus 1 brother. We had a HUGE dinner! I mean HUGE dinner. We had crab, clams, squid, and shrimp and rice of course. Rice is always served. The food was amazing, Reams older sister can dominate a meal. So I ate crab, clams, squid, and shrimp for the first time. You wonder why for the first well like this for the first time. The shrimp was well still all intact. It still had it head, eyes, tail, and antenna. The antenna freaked me out the most, after you pulled its head off the antenna were so long. The shrimp didnt really bother me though, not like I thought it would. The shrimp was so good it was worth it. Ummm, tried the crap but failed horribly my tongue wasnt skilled enough for this endeavor. Then came the squid which was cooked with morning glory I believe. so good! So I was munching away on the squid and then I looked at it a tad closer. The crunchy parts were the tentacles. Like I could see the little cups on their toes, it was hard to eat after that. It was so good though. Umm I tried a clam, it looked and taste like a human liver. I only imagine this because I have seen a human liver but yet never tasted it. I was not a huge fan of the clam, texture issues. However the environment was wonderful, Khmer, English, and universal laughter. It was good to see Ream with her family, you can tell she is so comfortable there. (Ream I know your reading this...its fun because its almost like you slip into your old self.) Maybe your self before all this responsibility. I really love it here. I met most of Reams family and its fun because most of her siblings can speak English, that makes life easy on me. My Khmer is getting better everyday, I hope to be able to communicate with the kids by the end of the month. That's my goal: to be understandable in a month. Umm... I washed my clothes for the first time, Uplace you would pee your pants, all you clean freaks. I washed my clothes in a stone basin with a brush and a cutting board. It was a fun process, Rachana helped, she is becoming one of my favorites. Rylee, Lauren, Ashley, Jennifer...I thought of you all the whole time I washed my clothes, none of you would consider me clean. However, I am perfectly clean! Life is good. Ream has arranged for the lady with breast cancer to get some help. She is going to be taken to the hospital soon and we gave her some pain killers. Ream said the village doesn't hear her scream as much, Ream thinks that's because now she has hope. I will keep you all posted on this. Pray for a miracle, the Lord loves to heal bodies. Here's what I pray over this women, join with me please, " That the Lord would come and show himself to her, whether in healing or in kindness, that He would come and change her, body and heart. That He would come and do what He loves to do. Come and show His face to her and therefor to her village. I just pray that He would come!" Being here makes me cry out to him a lot, makes me wish more than ever that my bride groom would come back. His world is so broken, so fallen, I yearn for wedding bells, for restoration, for heaven. I yearn for Him to breath life into His dying bride, new breath into her. However, I know he still has work to do, souls to return to him, He is waiting for His global bride. I love Jesus! I love Him, this thought just poured over me. My life is His, and His is mine. I am so content with this statement. Love=sacrifice though. This I learned quickly here, love almost always=sacrifice in Cambodia. What a beautiful picture of Love however, that sacrificial love that pours from our saviors cross. So in conclusion, pursue the Lord, follow hard after him, sink deeply into His grace, walk in rhythm with His heart beat, yearn for a whisper from His lips, delight in Him, hide in Him, take Joy in Him, dance in his courtrooms for your debt has been paid, take with open hands a light and merry load, drink deep, deep long and deep of His life offered. Then after you have had your full, spit His love and Life all over this broken world. I love you all and hope that you see His green eyes today, they are green with fire!! So beautiful!