We are just finding some time to put up our September blog post. If you are a financial supporter, please be looking for an update from us in your mailbox in December sometime. Also it is a good time to end your financial giving. We are grateful for this time that you have given to our family. We appreciate any extra funding as we adjust to life back in the States. Thankyou for your financial sacrifice through the past five years, we couldn't be more grateful.
September was a hard month for our family. We truly cannot believe we have left our beloved home in Cambodia and have begun our transition back in the States. Depending on who you ask in our family might determine what different feelings are being felt on different days. This was a hard and difficult move for our family, but we feel at peace with the road that God has led us on.
The above picture is the last day of working out at the gym. So many special people and activities we needed to say goodbye to.
A sweet last day with Savanna and one of her friends from school.
Little FaceTime moments on the same time zone.
Lots of last memories with our sweet David.
Little Ching Ching that Savanna loved playing with.
A few last memories to make on Davids last trip to visit our family in Siem Reap.
We had the opportunity to live in another world, another culture. It became our home. Our memories are our treasures. Cambodia will always hold a special place in our hearts.
The friendships we made, learning how to work inside a community, a life on mission...
These friends are dear and precious to us. We will miss them greatly.
Selling our furniture broke our hearts. But we were thankful most of our earthly possessions went to our dear friends and co workers.
Last rides in the park. Last evenings with friends. Will we see them again on this earth? No one has the answer for that but God. We leave it in His hands no matter how hard it is to process.
Comforting verse while we sold all our belongings, cleaned our house for the last time and gave the key back to our landlord.
Last little coffee from our local neighborhood coffee shop. Picked up by my boys.
Little last memories with school friends
Difficult goodbyes with sweet friends
Last Sunday to serve on the welcome team
Last hugs with the best friends ever
We left Siem Reap early on a Monday morning and headed to Phnom Penh to catch our flight out on Tuesday.
Dinner cooked for us by our friends from the Congo. So fun to try their authentic food.
Last time to give little cards. David folded the Khmer money into little heart shapes for us girls to keep in our wallets.
The tears and grief was so difficult and still is.
Last moments at the airport
Little khmer treats sent with us
And just like that our time in Cambodia is over. Five precious years. A dream, a passion, a calling. The Lord changed us. Our experiences are very unique for an American. We know that what we learned will always stay in our hearts. Our memories of watching our children grow up under the hot Khmer sun will stay close in our hearts forever. A season of our life is over. A chapter is closed. Through all of our grief we believe and trust that God is so good. An old South African gospel song goes like this, "What shall I render to Jehovah? For He has been so very good to me." We thank Him for all that has passed, and trust Him for all that's to come.
Thankyou for all your support.
