Mekong Floating Ministries: celebrating and foot washing...

Happy Khmer New Year!

The third New Year.

First was International New Year.

Then Chinese New Year which lasted one week.

And now Cambodia New Year lasting ten days.

These are like our Christmas holidays. Long!

With 14,000,000 birthdays, everybody has their birthday. Phnom Penh is now like a ghost town. Everybody comes/goes home for these ten days. There are 98 holidays in Cambodia. There were 96, but the king died this year so they added two more.

These pics are from the village where Channa lives. The games are simple but they have so much fun. They do this all day off and on as different people come. They hang three pots. Two are filled with candy and the other with water. If you hit the water one you get wet!

Channa

smoking bacon

Channa's family and me

like hitting a pinata...

or not!

The one to take the biggest bite wins!

kids dancing.
they are following the little boy.
every time you see him he is dancing.
Gotta love those glasses!

Foot Washing

These were taken at the kids village that live with me. They have been home now for two weeks. School is out for a month. They are coming back next week. They have been helping at home. It is best for them to be home as much as possible.

We went there to do church service the first day of the New Year. It was another all day deal. So good.

First they were told the story of the last supper and that Jesus was telling us to serve each other. That no one is better than anyone else. So after the story and preaching by three different pastors they washed the elders feet.

Their children washed the parents feet.

Pretty amazing thing to be a part of. God so blesses me.

Then there were skits, dancing and tug of war. What a day to be one of the Lord's children.

Others who have not been here have no idea what you are missing. Oh, of course lots of food. Lunch and dinner. There it is right along the river so we had fish.

Want others to know how you are supporting this is having a huge impact on lives here. The children's father took seven weeks to finish the kitchen. No big deal. But it was for him. He sat in on Bible studies and is a liitle more interested in knowing Jesus. He is the main reason so many elders came to these studies.

So waiting for this week was well worth it all!