We are now two days into our trip! Our adventures began on our way to JFK airport. About ninety minutes into our drive, we discovered that the church minibus was leaking orange fluid. A few minutes later, smoke began pouring out of the bus. We could barely see out the back window! We pulled over to the side of the road and everyone tried to figure out what was going on. Less than five minutes after we pulled over, a tow truck came over to help us. He told us that the orange liquid we noticed was transmission fluid, and the bus was, sadly, not drivable. We all pulled out our phones and started contacting car rental companies to pick us up. After about thirty minutes, we finally found a taxi service to take us to the airport. The tow truck pulled us off the nearest exit, and we waited for our transportation to JFK. At 12:30pm, we loaded eighteen bins, eighteen carry-on/personal items, and nine people into two mini-vans. It was a tight fit, but we were only half an hour from the airport. The second van pulled up at 1:00pm, and we rushed everything inside as fast as we could. After all of the bins were ready to fly, we had to wait in an enormous line to be checked by security. Thankfully, we had no troubles, and we walked up to our gate at 1:30pm--just in time to board our 2:00pm flight!!! Both of our flights went well, and we had no issues whatsoever. We arrived in Cambodia on July 31st, at 10:45pm. God allowed all of our bins under the plane to make it undamaged, and we made it back to the Drebes' apartment around 12:30am.
On Saturday, we jumped right into our training. It was awesome to see all of our old friends and to meet many new friends as well. Everything went really well, and we could definitely see progress from last year. After dinner, we returned to the dorm to see a special presentation by one of the teams we trained last year. They did an AMAZING job. We were all so impressed by what they have accomplished over the last few months. It was great to see the new ideas they've put into practice and incorporated into their unique style. Today, Sunday, we have our first performance, and we look forward to what God will do over the next couple of weeks. Thank you for your prayers!
By Bethany Matsick
Being pulled by the tow truck!
One of our mini-vans. Some of us had to sit on bins on top of seats!
Leaving South Korea from our layover.
Lunch with the Khmer students.
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