Good day to you all
I just came back from the jungle on Saturday night. Being off-grid for a while makes the world go around. When you drive into the jungle it seems that time stands still and you can finally breathe and relax. There are lots of mud, for you that know me, that means we can play, hahaha. Love raining season as it starts early this year.
Having good friends accompany me is always a plus for the trip. Manoj and Yong are always good riders to be with. They do all the visiting with people while I do medical work. With the number of people now in the jungle it is necessary to tell people about the love of the Lord and just showing up in their surroundings, makes already a big difference. Their smiles when they get a headache tablet or vitamin is precious as things like that are a far ride out on a bike and a day off work which they cannot afford. Some of them are old and life is taking its toll in a harsh environment.
Then there are the precious people or family we stay with. Pheakday and his family are truly a family to us over time. It is humbling to see people working so hard, mining gold, and barely making a living. Day in and day out his mum is sitting in the bottom of a 10meters hole, in the muddy water and sucking up precious soil in search of gold. You would think that they make a good living but by the time they sell it to the middleman and deduct all costs, it is barely a living. Other people are farming with Cashew nuts which are also very hard as they do not get anything for the product. This year they get like U$0.50/kg for cashews. Now how do you live with that? Now Cassava is a better crop at U$0.75/kg but till the market gets saturated and then the price drop again. All the work and wait for 9 months and then a small income, but people need cash to live and they do not mind working hard.
It is always an interest to me how hard these farmers work. When I was a boy, I watch my dad working so hard on the farm also to get nothing out of our products. I guess when the world change and stupid people think they know best, the farmer needs to suffer. It is the same story all over the world. People in the office make decisions that make no sense at all. Instead of caring for people they rather care for their pockets, that makes me sad. All I know is that one day there will be an equal outcome when Jesus will be here again.
Poor Noah had to fend for herself for 4 days and I was impressed with her ability to look after herself. The wound was not that bad this time and no maggots inside. Seems that she made an effort this time. I need to go to Phnom Pehn for 4 days again so please pray that she continues to clean her wound.
Anton will finish part of his exams this week and then just 2 more papers scattered over a few weeks. According to him, he is doing just fine, hmmm, how you know teenagers and their lack of communication. He tells me that he has had enough of being with his mum in a room for this long, hahaha. Please pray for him as he is still writing a few hard exams this week. I will go down on Wednesday as we want to commemorate Gideon’s 19th birthday. Please pray for that, just thinking about that makes me teary. Man, that boy is missed so much.
Thank you for listening to some ramblings but please tell us about your frustrations on your side of the globe.
Love
Rossouw-clan
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