Moving is fun & Change is good

Sometimes, hopefully more regularly, I write blog posts on Chab Dai’s Along the Paths of Justice blog. This week I blogged about the office-move-around, the value of change for me & a coalition, and about redemption – our office used to be a recruitment center for women going to Malaysia, and now we are an office committed to stopping trafficking & helping these women. It’s exciting to think about!

I just shared the punch line, but hope you will read the full story anyway!

http://chabdai.blogspot.com/2012/01/maybe-change-isnt-so-bad-after-all.html?m=1

saying goodbye to my rabbit {& adventurously expectant for 2012!}

Tomorrow is Chinese New Year. In Southeast Asian culture it’s basically akin to our Thanksgiving or Christmas celebrations in the States. Last year, 2011, was ‘my year’ – the year of the rabbit- based on my birth year. On a non-zodiac level, it meant rabbit statues around Phnom Penh, and photos of rabbits backdropped in red on houses, in stores, and hung on calendars. And for me especially it meant I got this cute pink blow-up rabbit as a gift a my party!

Tomorrow will also be the second of three new year celebrations in Cambodia. Each celebrations around town means the markets will close, the streets will be creepily quiet {except for families burning offerings to their ancestors today} and people will begin to travel to the provinces for holiday.

For me it’s full of hope, I’m looking forward to 2012- whatever animal it is- because God is working and showing me He has plans for my life… And He’s asking me to trust Him. If I could sum up my time at home and my hopes for this year it would be in this photo & this verse:

I want to live ‘ADVENTUROUSLY EXPECTANT’!!

A Day of Firsts

Today was a day of firsts, here’s my list:

The first day back at work.
The first meeting of the community-based care forum w/ 21 staff members.
The first-best cappuccino from my fav little khmer cafe.
The first visit to our new office.
{My first response when I saw the office was a big ‘it’s orange – I love it!’}.
The first yay-let’s-design feeling at work in awhile {layout room design, fun fun!}.
The first time I made dinner after work today {green curry}.
And the first time I’ve blogged post-a-day of work.

That’s all, and with that, I hope my day of seconds is worth blogging about too!

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