CAMBODIA

We arrived in Cambodia Saturday evening June 14, 2014 around 10:00 pm. With every piece of our checked in luggage arriving with us. Dewey's (someone who traveled with us) 2 bags he checked did not arrive with him due to a very close connecting  flight he had in the States. But the 2 bags arrived the next day to the Okay guest house were we stayed the first 2 nights after arriving in Cambodia.

                                                  Phnom Penh Cambodia International Airport.
                                     (this picture was taken on a later date, as we flew in after dark.)

After we arrived and got our Visa's and picked up our luggage. We piled 10 suitcases plus all our backpacks and carry on bags into 4 tuk-tuks and we took a ride across the city to the Okay Guest house. The kids were hyper when we arrived and were jumping from bed to bed. the time difference was not helping with going right to sleep as we switched 13 hours ahead of our home country time.

The children LOVED their very first tuk-tuk ride.
They both had big grins on their faces the whole time.






Sunday was spend walking around the river front and napping. Monday we packed everything back into 4 tuk-tuks and headed across town gain to a house that we rented for 2 months. Another foreign family lives in, but they are back in North America for the 2 months. So we feel very blessed  to have something like this to live in for now.

                                                                

Some of  the different foods we've had since we are here. The dish on the left is yummy. You take one lettuce leaf, piece of chicken, tomato and cucumber and dip it in a sauce of pepper salt and lime juice.
Right picture is of a broth with rice, chicken, and lots of other unidentified things. Including  a lump of dried blood.
                                                                                                                         

         A busy intersection we watched for a while, while sipping yummy iced coffee in a air conditioned cafe.

Some low class housing in the city we drove by a few times. A lot of homes have a small business out front. they may sell hot food, fruit, meat, or motorbike parts,  

                                         Yes we had to go in and see what a Cambodian Superstore was all about.  Its mainly imported foods from different country's that Cambodia does not produce. This is where you can buy 2 liters of cow milk for $4.30.

Our family on the tuk-tuk. 

 

J could not wait to make new friends. She has figured out ways to communicate through pointing and a few words she does know already. These are some friends she meet at church on Sunday. the girl closes to her is a orphan child. The other 3 have Christian parents .

We have left Canada Thursday morning Boarded the plane that took us to Chicago where we meet up with 2 others, so we can all travel together. We arrived in Doha, Qatar. around 6:00 GMT. It was a 13hr and 45 minute flight that went by very fast. (It helps to be sleep deprived before you flight a long flight.)  ;) We board our Flight to Phenom Phen Cambodia at 8:00 in the morning. I do believe its a 12 hour flight.  Thank you to all who have been praying for us.  Next update will be from Cambodia Lord willing.

Ready to fly with all our belongings. 

life over the last month + ...

This family is feeling a lot like gypsy's. We have been traveling around so much lately, But we have enjoyed seeing friends and family and making lots of memories.
We left  EBI on March 14, 2014 and headed out to South Carolina and North Carolina. Where we visited friends and took Different courses at Equip International,

This girl celebrated her 5th birthday. She really enjoys building with legos.  And does very well with following directions in building things.

Brother and Sister Best of friends!

We also spent some time in Georgia. We have many great memories in the sunny south. I felt very blessed to be able to spend time with 2 very dear ladies who have been an great encouragement to me over the last 10 years. 

Kids enjoying ice cream cones on a hot evening. They have many fun memories of time spent with these children,  We even got to eat fresh strawberries. 

Time was short in Virginia with some team members, we got to meet 2 adorable little guys,   J and B (and there parents) could not get enough of the 2 little guys. 

Friends are some of life's greatest blessings.

The children got to meet Great-grandma for the very first time. This dear lady is very special. So glad we were able to spend time with her. She took us to see the Atlantic ocean the children saw it for the very first time in real life,

Enjoying The beauty of Gods creation.

Buried in the sand trying to keep warm after wiping out in the cold ocean water. 

The kids LOVED the huge sand box.

 They built sand castles and had a lot of fun.

 In Pennsylvania the kids had fun getting rides in there cousins cart with the pony pulling them around.

On our way up to Ontario we stopped to see Niagara Falls. 

The kids didn't like the walking in the cold very much. I guess we lived in the south long enough our blood is to thin. We had to bring out the winter clothes this last week. 

Enjoying Niagara Falls. 

Our life for the next 2-3 weeks will be traveling back to Alberta. Then getting ready to fly out to Cambodia on June 12,2014.  Thank you everyone who has been praying for us. God has been guiding us along this Journey, and we want to give him praise and honor for everything.

Our Life at  EBI is coming to an end. The final week is about to begin. And Life will change again for our little family. The children will miss all there new friends, they see everyday.

These 6 kids hang out everyday, between 1:50 and 2:45. The favorite thing is to push each other around in strollers, and play house in the front hallway. Play doh, puzzles, kicking balls around the gym, and reading books, are a fun pass time as well.

This little girl had a "valentines" date with her favorite guy. She choose burger king and then went to Walmart  to buy a "purple" tiara. They had a great time made lots of fun memories.

These 2 princesses were happy to see each other again. even tho it was just for a weekend.  

  

One evening we had a Tornado Warning in the County of the school. So we had some close fellowship that evening, including hot stuffy humid air.

We are really enjoying getting to know our future team mates for Cambodia. The Girls were able to spend some "bonding" time one afternoon.  We had many good laughs and just a great time together. We are really looking forward to working together to further Gods Kingdom in Asia, where we feel God's calling us.

This is a small look into our life the last month and half. We are so thankful to God for providing our every need in the months since we have been homeless. 

the Interview.

We interviewed the kids about there life.

JCW

Do you like living at EBI? Yes

What do you like about living here? the friends and sleeping.

If you could live somewhere else where would it be? I don't know.

Whats you favorite part of the day? Eating and when B pulled the fire alarm.

Who is your favorite friend?  Cherish 

Why is she your favorite friend? Cause she likes to play with me and I love her hair.

Tell me something about you. I love horses and watching movies.

Is life dull or exciting?  exciting

Do you like to brush your teeth? Yes

How many new friends do you have? sixty pounds of friends! 

Are you exited to be five next month?  No I decided I'm turning seven

Whats your favorite piece of mail? the princess doll. 




BMW

Do you like living at EBI? No

Why do you not like living here? Cause I want to live somewhere else.

Where would you want to live? in Cambodia.

Whats your favorite part of the day? reading books, playing puzzles and living.

Tell me something about you. I love smiley faces and little giraffe. 

Is life dull or exciting? exciting

Do you like brushing your teeth? no Why not? Cause I don't! 

How many new friends do you have? LOTS!!!

Do you like being three?  Yes  Why? Cause I love it.

Did you like having a birthday?  Yes, with presents.

What was your favorite piece of mail? getting a new toy truck and my singing snail card.









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Birthday.

It's crazy how fast time is going. Our baby turned 3 the end of January. I had ever intention of blogging about his special  day when the memories were fresh in my mind.

The night before his birthday he was laying in bed practicing holding up 3 fingers. 

the next morning he came bouncing out of his bed saying  I'm three, I'm three!

John took him to wal-mart to pick out his birthday cake. and he chose carrot cake because of the carrots on the top. They also brought candles back that relight (three year old's can't read yet. lol.) after you blew them out. Needless to say the top of the cake was moist by the time the candles were removed from the cake.

B has been begging for legos since Christmas. I am looking forward to many quite hours of him playing legos in the coming years.

Some thing about turning three makes him feel like a big boy.  We have been using it to our advantage too. :)

Life in our world...

Not sure where to start with this post so much has happened since last posting.
November was spent getting lots of things organized and finishing up a lot of different things before the packing and moving began.

Tim Horton treat. 

We ate Subway more times
 then I care to remember. 

December started off with  packing up the house. we started in the basement and and worked our way up stairs. Not sure how many Labels and rolls of packing tape we went through.

December 20,2013 was Johns last day of employment with the job he had for the last (almost) 6 years.

   

Last pictures in their empty rooms

                 




















 The next few days was very busy with the final move and cleaning the house.

Traveling.... they spent many hours in their car-seats.

  We left Alberta December 27, spent 6 days in Manitoba. Which 3 of them days one of us had the flu bug.
Two o'clock on Friday afternoon of January 3, 2014 we left for Elnora Indiana to attend EBI for 2 terms. We had awful weather pretty much the whole way. But Praise The Lord we  made it safe. Not to sure if all our nerves arrived along with us.

The Children are still trying to adjust to life. B told me the other night, "mom lets just go home". 

The work load for John seems quite heavy with all the class assignments that need to  be done. Pray for peace and understanding on how to manage time. And for comprehension on studies. 

          We are excited to be here in Elnora taking some time out, to study God's word. To see how we can use this time, to be better prepared for what He is calling us to. 

           

              Blessing to all, The Whitman Family