Time flies! I can't believe i have been here for 2 months already . I’m so bless being here and really enjoy making new friends, learning new stuffs and exposing myself to a different environment and lifestyle even sometimes I don’t understand much of what is going on. I still have to figure out when to laugh with people when they joke! More interestingly, Gerry & Grethel have a about-two- years old grandson, Quin. He doesn't understand my English and I don't understand his either. The only way we communicate is using this word " Erk Er or Uk Oh" and that's it! But its been great fun! We've moved into a new house several weeks ago and it's good house.

I have been now involved with several activities such as leadership meetings, different Bible studies & discussions, youth group, small group, prayer meeting, and mission of hope ( a reaching out ministry) and other activities. I’m very blessed to spend time on one-to-one with several leaders over here where I can ask questions, discuss, and learn from their experience. A model of apprentice is such a great thing!  Furthermore, it was so great to join Newsfrontier USA conference last week where I met new different leaders across the States . Building connection and friendship is always fun! Who knows in the future what could turn out from a mere discussion about football/soccer today?

I also like my 4F model (Food, Fun, Friendship, Future). It simply means be interested in the person, finding a way to get to know each other by having food or fun together and then learn from them through listening & sharing about life. It's actually become my good school!

Recently, i get to know an American-Cambodian friend who has been here since 1975. He could speak Khmer and he took me to visit his mom who speaks Khmer fluently.It's so good to spend time with them and to speak our own language (Khmer) without having to think or worrying about any mistakes. My brain feels relieves straight away. Speaking another language all the time can be tiring for your brain.

It's been so good to experience 3 different weather in a single visit. I arrived at the end of Summer where it was sunny and then the Fall comes in where it rains and wet and gradually tree change color and look so pretty. And winter is coming soon where the Sun is on holiday. I hope to see snow too! I might become a snow man myself by then and will have to be shipped back home in a box...!

Greeting from Silverton, Oregon. I’ve been here now for almost a week and I thought it would be good to write something back home.

I enjoyed a smooth journey here last week, even though I had to wait 12 hours in Seoul, Korea. But a big thanks to Viber App ( greater thanks to Libby for telling me about this App. She has always been so great to me) that enabled me to call and text to some friends back home as well as in the States so that I didn’t feel bored.

 I felt a bit nervous as I came through the US customs especially when I saw people in front me got asked hard questions by unhappy officers. Those officers are the ones who make final decision on my length of stay in the States so I had to get everything right with them. Praise God everything was good and at the end they gave me six month visa, which was really awesome. But I will not be staying in US for six month, I will go back home somewhere in January.

I am doing very well up here and I don’t have problems with jet leg ( just a bit confused with time as it is 14 hours behind our time in Cambodia) I am now living with a family: Gerry & Grethel. They are really really great people and they look after me really well. Grethel is such a good cook. I spend most of my time with Gerry at the moment and he is so good to help me understand things here. And I help him a bit with some stuffs in the house like cutting grass, cleaning the window…etc. Actually, I am not really useful to him as everything is done by machine and I have no idea how to use them.

It's good to learn new skills. 

Just feel more excited to explore more things on Weebly. 

At first, i was just playing around with this website in response to my friend's request. He wants me to look after church website once he is not around.  I enjoy learning new skills. Its great though..!