July 6th

Today started well with a final devotion with the staff at the safe house. Saying goodbyes to a few of the girls that we out of their rooms was rough. Some of them were crying and it made me cry as well and be sad to leave. One of the girls I was able to talk with when she started crying. I think there was a deeper reason for her tears, but she would not share. Once we left we went to breakfast at Sunrise Cafe. There I enjoyed my food way too much! I ate so much. Then we went on the bus a Siem Reap. The bus ride was not to bad, I fell asleep for a 3rd of it. When we got to our hotel it was interesting because we had to take our shoes off at the lobby and walk to our rooms barefoot. They put our shoes on a rack for us when we left. We got settled in and had an hour of free time. I hit the bed and passed out. After we woke up we went to grab some food. I was not hungry and my stomach began to be sick. I ate a piece of garlic bread. When we were eating we were warned that the tourism trafficking is very in your face here. It was hard to see it happening and not be able to do anything about it.

After eating, we went to the safe house. There we met the girls, they sang praise and worship songs and we lead a devotional on Daniel in the Lions Den. After that we taught them the chicken dance, played the human knot game, played musical chairs and had a dance party. Musical chairs was the best part! The girls were so into it and it was cool to hear some of their favorite music as we played.

Prayers Request:

1. The team's health... a few of us are not feeling 100%.

2. Safety for our team.

3. The strength to not speak out when we see trafficking happen.

4. The girls at the safe house and our devotions that we do with them.

5. For God to start telling the team how to bring what we learned from our trip home.

Thank you for the thoughts and prayers. I hope all is well!