In Sickness and in Health

Hope I didn't have you worried with that title!!
The search for my love of writing is on. I used to love creative writing, and could go on for reams and reams about imagined places and made up creatures. The time has definitely come to resurrect that old passion, and you my friends shall be the guinea-pigs... starting with that title, it's more creative than saying 'some of us have been a bit poorly you know'

But yes, some of us have been poorly. The joy of cheap eating out at some of the food stalls is that you tend to share your dining table with others... I had two frogs sat under my plastic chair the other day - waiting for the bugs above my head to knock themselves out on the light hanging from the roof and fall helplessly to the ground. I won't give you all the details, but it's fair enough to say that you guys should be really grateful now for food hygiene laws in Britain. They might be annoying at times, but boy, do I miss them! We've seen while we were looking round some flats and houses that a common thing in Cambodia is to have a WC coming straight off the kitchen. Again I won't elaborate further, but it's clear why a few of us have had tummy bugs at various points. Hanc especially had a really vicious bout of illness, and had to get serious treatment, so for all I joke, and 'save you from the details' we could really do with continued prayer covering the team's health. Where we currently live we don't really have many choices for what to do for food - eating out is a must because we don't have our own kitchen, and so we get in the habit of looking for some of the cheaper places to keep costs down, understandably.

The other thing is the heat - it's very easy to get dehydrated, or a bit burned, just because the climate requires so much more energy for doing normal things. Add that to the fact that we all now cycle several miles a day at least, having previously not had to, it means tiredness can set in quickly.

That said, we've seen answered prayer in return to health over each of us, but this is not an area we are happy to accept continuing attack in. We know that to be fully effective here, we need to be fit and well. We're thinking creatively about food choices, improving our fitness and getting so much better at keeping hydrated. We're upping our game on the practical side of things, and have seen God move in the Spiritual. So this is a very little blog, but a definite request to stand with us in prayers of protection and health. We know we walk in favour as children of God, and we are so excited and honoured to be a part of the change in lives we see around us. God is good and on the move. We know this nation will be changed, because what God has done in our lives, bringing freedom, purpose and new hope, He can do in all of us, regardless of nation or nationality. Stand with us team as we step out.
Thank you!

With love!