Flooding

Cambodia, like our surrounding countries has had a lot of flooding lately.  We woke up here in Battambang on Sunday morning to this:

 Driving in flooded areas is scary.  The water is eighteen inches or more in some places.  Most people here drive moto's and they couldn't get anywhere unless they walked or waded.  Finding where the edge of the road is a bit tricky.  We just try to stay as close to the center of the road as we can.

The picture on the right is outside our Kid's Club.  It is flooded inside, also.  We had at least a foot of water on the lower floor, and in one room even deeper. 

 Several people were fishing in the flooded streets, and catching dinner, too!  The kid's have really enjoyed having all this water to play in. 

But, it isn't very healthy to be playing in the flood water.  Besides the risk of drowning, there are who-knows-what kind of nasty organisms in the flood water.  I'm worried about the kid's getting something that could hurt them.


 The water is going down now.  Our Kid's Club is drying out, and clean up is already going strong.  It's going to take a lot of work for this city to get back to normal.  But there are so many people outside the city where the flooding is much worse and where the water will take longer to go down.  These people will have a much harder time recovering from this flood.  Please keep praying for Cambodia and especially for those who are suffering because of the flood.  Pray for the families who have lost homes and family members.  Pray for the farmers who have lost their crops.  Pray for Cambodia to be able to find God - only He can do what is really needed here.