Game On

"Gaaaaaame Onnnnnnn" the unmistakable phrase used by neighborhood kids when a car comes down the street and briefly stops the game.  Once the car is passed and everything is back to normal again, everyone yells, "game on."

"Game on" is what we are saying now that we are back in Cambodia from our whirlwind Wedding trip/Christmas in America.  Chris arrived in Cambodia two Sunday mornings ago and within 3 hours of his 35 hour flight had a meeting for the upcoming teacher training that he was in charge of hosting.  After he put in a half days work getting last minute things finished and meeting the visiting professors from BIOLA University he headed to the airport to pick me up at 11:00pm. 

We both drove home in a fog thinking about the world we have transplanted out of, into, out of, and back into in just days time.  After dropping my bags in the living room we crashed in bed and 6 hours later we found ourselves getting ready for Monday morning.

On Monday and Tuesday Asian Hope hosted a professional development teacher training for every teacher at all of Asian Hope's ministries, about 125 staff in all.  The ex-pat teachers were able to get re-certification credit and the Khmer staff were given trainings they had never heard before.  Chris spent the last 6 months working with these professors on the needs of our expat and Khmer staff at four different schools/locations.  He worked on the content, the schedule, the needs, and the translation of literally hundreds upon hundreds of pages of teacher development.  But at the end of two days the training was excellent and all of our staff left in great appreciation.

On Tuesday, 2Five2 hosted another one of its Adult Community Workshops in Prek Pneu.  This workshop was on the prevention of Human Trafficking in their community.  We were thrilled to have over 65 attendees, and included in that was the village leaders and authorities and as well as the village security team.  This was a huge landmark for us to reach and the celebration was indeed done afterwards.

Our first two days back were packed, so afterwards we had a chance to do some laundry, unpack, and clean up just in time to host the professors at our house for dinner (great motivation to get those chores done) and get ready to spend the next few days with the Ketchum girls.

By the end of the week, we once again had the blessing to stay with and watch over the four Ketchum girls who hold a dear place in our hearts.  Our friends were in Bangkok for three short days and while they were gone we taught the girls how to country line dance, somehow got them to help us wash our car for the first time EVER (oh the dirt and dust), and finally watch Ice Age 4. 

Sunday we went home and got over the remnants of our colds and got ready for another week.  This week we have enjoyed getting back into our routines of church, Monday men's basketball, swimming laps, Wednesday runs, and our bible studies.  So we are back and the "game is back on."