Blessed With More Than Enough

The past two years have been a real learning process. Even in years past when money was scarce, we always had plenty to eat, fresh water to drink, and a warm home to live in.

Cambodia is considered a 3rd world country where poverty is very evident in the faces and lives of the people. Add to that the struggle of a drought that has at times eliminated the crops that would provide food for many families for the year, much of the water supplies reduced to puddles, and the homes may simply be a simple roof to protect from the sun and rain.

In these humble circumstances there is often great needs, including hunger. The Thurstons, the LDS Charities couple, along with two other of the senior couples and several young missionaries participated in a food distribution to about 130 families. Each received 25 kg of rice, noodles, fish sauce, and oil. It was amazing how they were able to load the food and the people on their bicycles or motos to take it home. There is a picture of this food all loaded in a big truck in our blog a couple of days ago. There will be more rice distributions in the near future, both will be about 10 times as big as this one.

This evening Elder and Sister Thurston joined us for dinner. We ventured to make veggie lasagna in our toaster oven, and it turned out very good. We are feeling blessed as we, even here, have enough to eat, clean running water, a safe home to live in, and friends and neighbors to share the good times with.