This past Sunday, I had the opportunity to visit a province about two hours outside of Phnom Penh called Takeo. It was my first time being in a village in Cambodia, as I’ve spent all my time here in the cities, and it was amazing. It was actually one of the housemoms who works at the shelter who asked me to go with her to visit her family, and I was so honored that she wanted me to go to her home and get a glimpse of her life outside of the shelter. We visited the local market and she showed me around the village. Her family has ducks, chickens, cows, and dogs. I actually got to watch them kill and pluck the chicken that we later ate for lunch. After lunch, everyone takes naps and I was awakened from my nap by one of the cows who was trying to give me a great big kiss. Lovely. The bottom floor of the house was dirt, with walls covered by tarps. There were these two wood platforms where they sat to eat and slept on. It was so much fun to watch the housemom with her siblings, and it made me really miss my family. I was so blessed by my time there. “S” has been acting out again. I’m not sure what’s going on with her, but she’s been having more behavioral problems in the past couple of days. I’m praying a lot for her. Today in our class together, she didn’t want to study. She sat for over half an hour throwing a tantrum, so I was about to send her to her room. She told me, “I don’t love you.” I said back to her, “That’s okay, [S]. You don’t have to love me. But I love you and I promise that I will always love you.” I told her I’m sorry if I made her sad, and she told me she was sad all the time. I said that I used to be sad all the time too, but God made me happy and He can make her happy as well. I told her God loves her and I love her. She cried and gave me a hug. Maybe God will do miracles in my last two weeks here. Or maybe all I can do is love this precious girl as much as I can and ask my Abba to love her in the ways that I can’t. Please keep praying for “S.” Also pray for the rest of my time here…less than two weeks!