Roger's Here!

Roger arrived this afternoon at the hotel. We met in the lobby. He looked good but a little tired. He brought a co-worker from Hope Now in Fresno named David. David is a great example of what God does in the life of a gang banger who turns his life over to Christ.

We talked in the lobby for a while while Roger and David checked in and then we went to their rooms. Roger made all the reservations and his room is the only one with a plunge. As you walk out of his room on to a small patio there is a tank full of water to take a plunge when you want to be refreshed. Amazing! Roger could baptize right outside his room.

Both David and Roger were tired and we decided to meet at 5:30 to go to dinner. Roger wanted to use his American Express. Last trip he showed it around because the ad for American Express says that it is "accepted all over Cambodia". Well, we only found two places in all our travels that accepted it. So, we decided to eat at the one place that would accept it. The resturant is a little up scale and very nice. We met up with Kimho Ma and Sokhat, both deportees we met last year. Rob Cady from ABWE joined us too.

The trip from our hotel by tuktuk took more time than ususal. Cambodia is celebrating it's Water Festival and the street are crowded and roads blocked off to control all the motos, tukuk, cars, and everything else. It took some to get ther but we finally made it. Kimho Ma and Sokhat were there waiting for us.

We had a good meal with Roger picking up the tab. Free food is always best! I think that is the theme of the conference on Saturday. After dinner we had to try and get back to the hotel in the crush of people. As we were walking out of the resturant I notice a man sitting my himself and went over to say hi. It was our friend Matthew Robinson, whom we met last year.

I am praying for our opportunities to share Christ. Looks like they are starting to happen.