Calendar Shortage
Today marks Colin and my 3 years of living in Cambodia. We arrived around noon on January 7, 2017. A couple weeks after arriving, we were walking through a street fair and I found a day planner for 2017 and bought it. When 2018 rolled around, I was hoping to find the same one but couldn't. Thankfully, we've had some family bring us wall calendars from Canada and I resorted to printing my own monthly calendar for my office. In December, I found many calendars and agenda/planners at the stationary stores. But come January - they vanish.
It's taken us 3 years to learn this, but if you want to buy any calendar or agenda type notebook, you need to get your act together in December! It's still a bit of a mystery but hopefully we'll remember this mystery come December.
As we drank KOI and reflected on our 3 years in Cambodia, we were reminiscing about our first day here. We had two tuktuks with our belongings and a pin on a map showing the location of our Airbnb in an unorganized neighbourhood. We kept showing the drivers the map hoping they would be able to find the way. Later, we found out that map reading wasn't a widespread skill. Now that we have tuktuk apps like Uber, the drivers are much more map-savvy. Completely jet-lagged, we managed to get ourselves to a mall to meet our team for dinner. Not having a clue what would be glutenous, I ate french fries. The next morning, we followed a girl who was staying at the Airbnb to church. She took us to Liberty Family Church, who is still the church family we worship with. That Sunday afternoon, we looked at apartments to rent with people we met at church. Then on Monday morning, we started language school and spent that first week of language school looking for a place to live. Within 7 days, we found our apartment, where we lived for that first year. It was tiny and convenient. I could get something out of the fridge without having to get up off the kitchen chair.
After a year, we moved into a house. We recently signed our third one-year lease for this same house. It's amazing to reflect on those first days, months, and even that first year of living in Cambodia. Three years in and we're still learning about the culture, language, and other social life etiquette. My prayer is that we'll continue learning about this country, these beautiful people, God, and His plan to restore this nation.
It's taken us 3 years to learn this, but if you want to buy any calendar or agenda type notebook, you need to get your act together in December! It's still a bit of a mystery but hopefully we'll remember this mystery come December.
As we drank KOI and reflected on our 3 years in Cambodia, we were reminiscing about our first day here. We had two tuktuks with our belongings and a pin on a map showing the location of our Airbnb in an unorganized neighbourhood. We kept showing the drivers the map hoping they would be able to find the way. Later, we found out that map reading wasn't a widespread skill. Now that we have tuktuk apps like Uber, the drivers are much more map-savvy. Completely jet-lagged, we managed to get ourselves to a mall to meet our team for dinner. Not having a clue what would be glutenous, I ate french fries. The next morning, we followed a girl who was staying at the Airbnb to church. She took us to Liberty Family Church, who is still the church family we worship with. That Sunday afternoon, we looked at apartments to rent with people we met at church. Then on Monday morning, we started language school and spent that first week of language school looking for a place to live. Within 7 days, we found our apartment, where we lived for that first year. It was tiny and convenient. I could get something out of the fridge without having to get up off the kitchen chair.
After a year, we moved into a house. We recently signed our third one-year lease for this same house. It's amazing to reflect on those first days, months, and even that first year of living in Cambodia. Three years in and we're still learning about the culture, language, and other social life etiquette. My prayer is that we'll continue learning about this country, these beautiful people, God, and His plan to restore this nation.
 |
| Signing our lease with our neighbour (landlady) with our thumbprints. |
Comments