English Camp!

Hello, friends!

Teaching English at NUM

For two weeks of our trip, our plan was to hold an English Camp at the student center where we were staying. Students would pay $3 for the week and we would teach them English from 8-3 each day. Lunch would be provided and the hope is that the local staff would be able to build relationships with the students who came while the team taught English.

Guess what didn’t go according to plan? =0).

The Sunday before English Camp was going to start we had a powwow to assess the situation. At that point we had no students sign up (which was not out of the ordinary for the culture) for English Camp. We honestly had no idea what to do because the next morning we were either going to have zero students, 30 students, or somewhere in between. We decided that if there weren’t enough students at the student center Monday morning for it to make sense to have 10 staff there, half the team was going to “go mobile” and try and recruit folk on campus at one of the universities.

Teaching English Camp at the Student Center

Monday morning came and by 9am we had 2 students. It was time to go mobile. I took 2 students and one of the local staff (Chamroeun) to the National University of Management (Chamroeun’s alma mater). Megan took another student and another local staff (Nuth) to Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE) which was really close to the student center. The rest of the team stayed at the student center in case more students came in the afternoon. 

Honestly, our start wasn’t great but English Camp was definitely a success. The Student Center ended up with 8 students come the first week and although fewer students came the second week and there were some team tensions, by the end the students and team were both encouraged. RUL

Go Team NUM!

E ended up being a closed door (we were not allowed on campus) but NUM was a total blessing. We met nearly 100 students and got contact information for all of them. The administrators were super welcoming and even offered to give us a classroom next year if we come again. The local staff built great relationships with different students and some non-Christian students even came to a prayer meeting the local staff had.

I’m so thankful that God continued to bless us through English Camp. It didn’t go as planned but maybe those we just our plans. =0).

Have an excellent day!

~Adam

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