Angkor of Faith & Share our Story 2007: Pictures

First stop of the trip, Singapore. Arrival time, 1:00am! Here we have from L to R, Yoshinori, Takeshi, Joel, Ben, and Hikaru.
Since we had a five hour lay-over in Changi Airport (Singapore) we made the most of our time by chatting and sleeping (see Jon sprawled out in the back and the girls below ... no, they're not praying! Ha!)

Gaku and Akira doing their best to stay awake!Finally made it into Cambodia! Here we are walking out of Siem Reap Airport ... Hikaru, Takeshi, Akira, Jon, Yuko, Gaku, Akiko, Erisa, and Yoshinori. The words, "Cambodia" and "hot" will forever be linked in my mind!

Our first meal in Cambodia, and boy is Yoshinori pumped! My International Group: Kind of hard to see everyone, but, we have Hanna (Japan), Jenny and Ghan (Thailand), Kong Jo & Charlotte (Malaysia), and Jacob (Singapore). This group rocked! We called ourselves the "Baby Booya Team."

Ooh, is it time for the leader's meeting in the morning already? It was an honor to work with such a talented group of people who long for God to be glorified. Thank you all!

This man was one of the hosts at our guest house. He is getting our daily water supply ready. They were always working hard for us.

On Wednesday, it was the Thailand team's turn to prepare the lunch meal for everyone (including the children). Ghan, Jenny and Pui are enjoying the work!

And then, before you knew it, the children were upon us! We went out into the street to invite the kids to eat with us and play games. As the week progressed, many of these children became our friends.

Erisa and a young boy enjoying food the Japan team prepared.

Akiko was especially gifted with the quiet children. In the "coloring corner" there were always lots of kids showing their artistic talent.

Cows being driven along is a daily sight in Siem Reap.

On our sightseeing day we had the opportunity to visit places like Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat.

This lady is offering prayer incense to Sara-chan so that she can use it to worship at the idols. We kindly refused such offers and prayed for these people instead.

During some free time I was able to seek out a friend I made at last year's AMF. This is Kon Keah (in the green shirt). He remembered us and we had an enjoyable reunion.

On our day to Angkor Wat, one of the kids took me to see his home and meet his family. His school was also nearby, so we stopped in for a peek at the daily lessons.

Some of us also had the chance to visit Rey's family. Rey is the little boy right in front of me. Rey's father is a builder and Rey sells books after school to provide for their family, who is actually from Vietnam.

This was a common sight ... surround by the beautiful children of Cambodia. Moak, on my left, and Mun, on my right, are especially tender-hearted boys. I miss them!

If you look closely you can see that these children have been crying. It was our last night in Siem Reap, and a tearful one it was. It was so hard to say goodbye. We had no idea that God would bond us together like He did! Father, protect and bless these dear children. Reflections from this trip are still to come. Just wanted to post these to give you an idea of some of the things we experienced. Stay tuned and also check out Joel's blog for more!