Here I Am

So, it's August 8, Sunday night, and I'm finally starting this thing.  After a summer tour around the western hemisphere, I took 3 bags and a backpack to Southeast Asia.  Cambodia wasn't ever a country I dreamed of travelling to, and trust me there were a lot of countries i did dream of, but now that I've been here for 2 weeks I can't imagine a better place for me.  I mean God sent me here, so there is no other place for me to be. 

The first week I was able to relax a little bit and get used to my surroundings, the second week was a whole new experience though.   I try not to guess why God has done things the way He has, I just keep the faith that everything He does leads me down the best possible path for success, however that might be defined.  So it just so happens that my very first time teaching was this past Monday in front of 20 or so 10th graders more or less eager to learn Biology.  See I last took  or even just thought about a Biology class in 2002 when I took it in high school freshman year.  So far I feel like I'm learning just as much, if not more (according to the kids' test grades) than my students. 

I've met some great people here in Phnom Penh, I'm sure if anyone will continue to read this blog youwill get  to know all of them in time.  But for my first post I have to mention Tim and Fay Scott.  Tim is the man I kept in contact with before leaving the states for good.  Upon arrival here they let me stay at their place with my new roomate Travis.  They fed us and showed us around town, don't know what I would've done without them.  They're like the den parents to all of us and there's nothing they don't have a good answer for. 

Well, how much do people usually write in one post? I feel like I could go on and on and on and on about my experience so far and what I hope to do in my time here and the amazing people that work so hard doing everything I've been doing multiplied by a few billion for a dozen years.  Then there's my amazing family and church family that have made this whole thing possible.  But, it's late Sunday night, a new week is starting with another Biology class in the morning...