January in Ohio

So.......my heart is drawn to the children, the food, the look, the feel of Asia. I heard that John is indeed going back in March....with our pastor Jeff, and I am soooooo envious. But, after speaking with Jeff it is more of an administrative visit....there are 5, yes 5 Vineyard churches in Cambodia/Thailand........I think Thailand. Jeff told me they may be going to Battambang, Cambodia.....which takes me back to the 1st girl we sponsored.....Sreyly. I still have the pictures she drew for us on our fridge. I would love to meet her someday. (for the record, we didn't stop sponsoring her.....the organization became independent and she has a new sponsor now) I cried when I found out.............she was "my girl" too.

So it is miserable here....rainy and cold and soggy and I hope our sump pump doesn't give out. We already had 1 flood in the basement last year....then Gary taught himself how to replace a sump pump.

It is the DRY season in Cambodia....if you can imagine that in the midst of the soggy-ness. I had a dream early this month.....I woke up....in Cambodia. It was a different guest house.....very white and reminded me of a diner, but I was sooooo extremely happy. I could not believe I was going to get to see those children and adults I had met. I TRULY HOPE GOD'S PLAN IS FOR GARY AND I TO GO BACK TOGETHER.

I am craving Asian cuisine again. I did not expect that to happen.. I was all "riced" out. I got out the tiny little recipe book we all got from the Cambodia cooking class we took........I think curry is in our near future........sorry Gary......that is in addition to the banana/coconut/tapioca dessert. I am going to venture out soon to an Asian market. I can see how John got hooked on this stuff. I even had to buy some Singha Beer, Asia's Lion of Beers, when I got back.....and I don't even really like beer.

I have kept in touch with one of the college students who can communicate with me via e-mail. Srey Houen. I miss her. She does not respond nearly as often as I would like.....but she is a busy student!!!!!

OK........there was a plan to supply our children with a 1 year supply (to start with) of children's vitamins........Dr. Bob (a pediatritian who went on the trip) strongly reccomended one with an iron supplement. SO.........he has done some research and the best suggestion he has is to collect private donations here; then purchase the vitamins in Asia. Getting US companies to work w/ us must be harder than we thought. I have some research to do.....some connections I need to follow thru on........but I still want this project. I love those darlings!