Winter in Cambodia

Apparently winter does come to Cambodia. Temperatures have been in the 70's, which is much cooler than people here are used to. Sameth told us his 6 year old daughter was so cold on her way to school that her lips were turning blue. We thought that yesterday was our one cool day here in Phnom Penh, now we know that their winter is at least two days long. Apparently all the snow everywhere else is cooling temperatures here.  We have seen photos of the snow in the Eastern United States and we are grateful we don't have the snow. Then some of our friends here said they want it to snow in Cambodia. We told them that would make the traffic even worse. The houses here are not sealed or insulated, and there are no heaters. There are many who don't likely even have blankets. No, Cambodia would not do well with snow.

Things were a bit discouraging today. First we tried to FaceTime with family, but the calls wouldn't connect. Later we were hoping to move forward with somethings that we were not able to do. Traffic on the way home put us in gridlock. We are trying not to let it get us down. We just have to trust in n the Lord and try to move forward the best we can. Missionary life can even be hard on Senior Couples at times. It is a good thing that we got the package yesterday with dark chocolate mints and strawberries, hopefully that will help make things better.

Last night as we looked out of our bedroom window there was a beautiful moon over Phnom Penh, so that is our picture for the day.