Cambodia Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is here, which means another year is fast coming to a close. This year we have found to be very different than Christmases in the past. We didn't do any shopping. There were no last minute presents to buy, in fact we have not bought any presents this year. There are no toys or gifts to assemble before we go to sleep. There are no gifts to wrap. In fact, there are no gifts under our tree to be opened on Christmas morning. All of this is just as it should be this year. We are very content to spend a quiet Khmer Christmas this year!

We spent the morning at the office. We had a scheduled Skype call with Siste Roberts in Hong Kong. We are excited that she will be coming with her husband to Cambodia next week. We have become good friends over Skype during the past few months and we are excited to meet in person. Besides, it is always wonderful to have visitors!

This afternoon we had several stops to make as we wound our way home. Even though we won't be with a big family gathering, we will be "hosting" Christmas dinner for the 13 missionaries in the Kampong Cham Zone. We have the turkey roasted and ready to go, but we needed just a few more things to make the meal complete. We stopped at the mission home to pick up a few packages to deliver. Another stop to a bakery for pies, which we had to order and we will pick them up in the morning before heading out of town. 

Back home we would never consider eating out for Christmas Eve, but our Khmer Christmas plans included a quiet dinner at Brooklyn. Having spent a quiet day and visits from friends, we are ready for Christmas!