Yesterday was our last day with the children. It was a time of mutual sharing of love for one another--students, teachers and for "Mama and Papa" as we are now called. We work at 3 different schools and yesterday's big celebration was at our favorite school where there are only four classes. Al and I work in three of those classes, the fourth being the kindergarten kids. Anyway, the entire school planned a wonderful party for us complete with balloons, soda f...

We're in the countdown of our assignment here. March 18 will be our last day of school at the Cambodian Children's Fund and we're already missing the children and our teachers. We have become very attached to these kids, some in particular. As we learn more of their personal stories it makes our time here and our leaving even more difficult. One day as I was walking through the community I had met a young father who was holding one of his children. He told m...

It was really fascinating to see Temples fron 10 to 12 AD. I hope our house can last that long. As usual it was a really hot afternoon when the three of us and our guide boarded this rickety boat that was surely hand made a long time ago. The water was extremely shallow with no rain for over 21/2 months. Many of the boats were getting stuck and many captains were in the water with primative tools handling the problem quickly. We traveled a long way and thought...

Where to begin. Work has continued on as before, we're still alive from dodging traffic, the intestinal issues have moved to the lung for Al, the temperature rises with each day causing so much perspiration that I can't wear my glasses, and other than that things are rosey! Best part of the last few weeks is a visit from son Grant. In addition to sharing our life here we spent a few days in Siem Reap which was a lovely respit from the harried pace, traffic and...

Hi Folks, Just a brief blog about the Granny Program. One of the many community activities provided by the Cambodian Children's Fund is to provide food every day to the elderly who could not eat without this service. We distribute either 25 or 50 kilograms of rice and each granny also gets a check for $10 weekly. We accompanied some of the junior leaders of CCF. One was a young girl about15 and two other young people probably12 or 13. They were the nicest most p...