We left Kampong Cham early for Kampong Thom, about a 3 hour trip on pretty good roads.
We have two rice distributions today. The first is in the city of Boray and the second is on the other side of Kampong Thom.
When we arrived the rice, which was suppose to be setup Red Cross style was still in the back of the truck. The men quickly unloaded it while we set up the drama team and played with the kids.
I walked over to the school, which was out for a break, and took some pictures of them and their class room. I also got the bubbles out and had fun blowing bubbles for them.
Lee and Rachel told me that the pastor of this village. Pastor See Noon, was the Director of Propaganda for Khmer Rouge. Years later he became a Christian and now his church is growing well.
It was very hot...the drama kids were wilting. The did a wonderful job again...even in the heat they are troopers. We had to practically order them to stay in the shade and cool down after their performance. I gave them stickers and asked them to hand them out to the kids...from the shade.
We formed a couple of lines...2 people to lift and place the rice, a line of people to carry the rice bags if needed, a couple of people handing out the bags of salt, a couple people handing out the Gospel book and people to replenish the supplies as they got low.
I helped with the salt and the Gospels and carried a bag of rice to a waiting area. Mostly I ran around getting supplies for people and taking pictures.
While we were handing things out, Betsy asked Lee how to say God Bless you (prayah pro tee em poh)in Khmer. Betsy started saying that to people and was pleased at the response by the people. Many times they said it right back to you!
Cheryl from Hawaii played with the kids with her squirt bottle. They love that. Grant jumped in and started bubbles too.
Soon the rice was all delivered and we headed out to our next distribution. The cool of the vans was very welcome!
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