Hello, friends!
As you may well know, I am a planner. I like to have
plans. I like to know what is going to happen, how it is going to happen, and
when it is going to happen. Needless to say, I was ecstatic when it turned out
that Steph, our on the ground director, had everything planned out. Then, of
course, I was less than ecstatic when we got to Cambodia and I realized that
plans are more like “general guidelines” and that many of the things we had
planned were probably going to happen differently than we anticipated.
Living Situation? Well, there are a few more rules and
such we didn’t tell you about before you came.
English Camp? So, here’s the thing about that and we may
have to change a few things. (More on that here) (POST LINK).
Schedule and Team Times? Yeah, those were up in the air
from the jump though, weren’t they?
I won’t say that nothing went according to plan. In fact,
one of the things that took me by surprise was how quickly I found a rhythm in
Cambodia. It was nice being able to go to sleep around the same time every
night and wake up around the same time. There were plenty of things that didn’t
go according to plan but we came up with something quickly enough that it
didn’t feel like a total loss.
Much of that is probably the culture. I’m sure much of it
was the fact that this was our very first Global Project. It was also the first
time InterVaristy had sent a team of students to Cambodia, so that probably
played a factor too. The important thing is that we made it and I was able to
preserve part of my sanity.
Have an excellent day!
~Adam
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