The Official First Cambodian Post....

Well....I am now posting from Cambodia! Which of course is exciting, but also means that I have a slow internet connection, and to my pictures would not upload :( So--those will have to wait until I'm back in the States. But--you are lucky enough to be able to to read about how things have been.

I've been here a week tomorrow, and after a day and two nights in Phnom Penh (the capital city), we headed by car to the northwest part of the country. This region is where FH Cambodia is currently working, in the villages around a town of 10,000 people called Anlong Veng. The purpose of the time here: to attend a training for the staff . Led by a group from the Navigators, this training is working to better equip the staff to facilitate programming in the villages. For me, it's been a chance to meet many of the staff, be in the loop about what they are learning in order to reinforce it with them later on, and start observing the dynamics of the group. And, of course, to jump into Cambodian culture and start figuring out my way around.

This weekend we'll head south to Siem Reap, Cambodia's second largest city, and lucky for me, a very touristy place (i.e. somewhere near where I'll be living to stock up occasionally on good old American food). For this week it will be the site of the staff retreat--more good opportunities to start connecting with people and getting a feel for the country and culture.

So--that's the brief overview! More details and stories will be coming later--this trip should provide plenty of blog fodder for a while to come.