Will you walk with me?

down streets that are dusty, as motorbikes zoom by, past fruit markets and rice stands..
Will you walk with me? 
into a country where just 30 years ago, civil war broke out and 1/4 of the population was killed.. 20,000 people. Mostly the educated and well-off.  A whole generation erased.
Will you walk with me?
through villages where families are selling children into sex-trafficking because they are that desperate. It is becoming normal.
Will you walk with me?
as I explore a dream God has so clearly planted in my heart- to open homes for children at-risk in Cambodia, to raise them up in a family where they are being taught the gospel and will one day be leaders in their communities, villages, in their country..all for the glory of Christ.

 

On June 27, my friend Caitlyn Chesney and I will be boarding a plane headed for Cambodia to begin exploring the possibility of opening Homes of Love Cambodia. We hope to spend some time shadowing an organization that is already established in-country, as well as meet with as many people working there as we can! There is so much to learn, decisions to make, and relationships to build. Caitlyn and I feel so unworthy of the task before us, yet so excited to be a small part of God's heart for His children.. and what beautiful children they are!

Caitlyn & I, Cambodia 2011

The last 2 weeks of our trip will be spend in a neighboring country that I have visited many times. :) We will join our church for the camp they put on every year for the HOL children there, and then we will travel around and do some interviews with the children & parents in their homes. It is always so special to set foot into the homes and be treated like family- I can't wait!

dinner in a home

There is nothing I would love more than for you to walk with me as I go to Cambodia and Vietnam this summer. If you want to get emails every time I update my blog, you can click "join this site" to the right.


You can also walk with me through prayer.  Pray..

-for favor with the people we are meeting with- both Cambodians and internationals working on the ground there
-for me as I walk into dark places again. My last trip there was very emotionally challenging for me and I want to be able to push through the emotions of what is around me so that I can effectively accomplish what I'm there to do.
-for clear minds and wisdom as we seek the Lord's heart for Homes of Love Cambodia
-for safe travel and good health

"but forget all that- it is nothing compared to what i am going to do. for i am about to do something new. see, i have already begun! do you not see it? i will make a pathway through the wilderness. i will create rivers in the dry wasteland." 

isaiah 42:18-19