Cambodia Day 7

Today was the big party with the center.  The regular students were invited and as usual Michael and I had a difference in opinion of what we wanted and since he is here I decided to let him do his thing and I would do mine the last day.  But as it turned out we ended up being able to mesh our ideas into one cohesive party and it was perfect. We spent the morning going to the genocide museum and the killing fields.  They felt thankful for living at this time and not 40 years ago and horrified at what had been done.  After that we had lunch at our center restaurant.  So we talked and then tied in adversity to overcoming and my sister shared how she became the first person in the world in a wheelchair to will a main stream pageant against other able bodied girls.  She shared of life before Christ and after and her she left her lucrative career as  lawyer to become a pastor in india and share the love of God with them after a chance encounter when we prayed for a blind boy in a market place. It was our first beautiful non rainy day and it was hot but a blessing not to be going through the killing fields in the rain in a wheelchair.  When we got to the killing fields they charged us foreigners automatically for the audio tour and so I changed mine to khmer and gave it to michael to then share with the group since I had already done the tour with my parents a few months back.  The guy handing out the audio units felt bad because the khmer one technically is 2 dollars less and so let us have the khmer one for free and told me to keep my english one.  Cambodians are so sweet and accommodating.  We had a flat on the way back to the hotel and tuktuk driver got it changed with my sister still in it.  It was a hard thing for the mechanics but they all worked and worked and tried new things until they were able to do it and not take her out.  Gotto love cambodia and how accommodating they are.  Not to say they are perfect :) but most are quite sweet.
My sister leaves tomorrow and hopefully I sell the car tomorrow! and then I can concentrate everything else and seeing everyone in cambodia! Luckily there are elections on sunday.  The streets have been full of parades of supporters for the candidates.  Apparently it could get dangerous if the current prime minister doesn't win, but hopefully it won't be.  Last election he said if he didn't win he would have a war, so people assume he will win even though no one I talk to likes him. It's sad how dictators get away with things, but God willing the people will vote the way they want and there will be positive change.
I called up two of my friends and it was so good just to hear their voice. Since I travel so much I can usually only concentrate on the place I am at and its when I get there that I realize how much I miss them, how much I love them and how much they love me! I feel sooooo blessed and can't' wait for this weekend when I get to meet them all! And I have so many ideas for the center I want to start this weekend.  My head it full of stuff and with my sister in america I can put it all together. If she had stayed she could have helped me, but now I'll have to learn to do it myself!!  You know what I love about my life, is even the downtime when I am sightseeing is all inspiration for more of what I can do for God, so I never have to feel guilty to enjoy every moment of everyday to the fullest! :)