It is my lovely sister Heidi who has coined the phrase for how to truly show appreciation - 'say it with money'. She modified this a little when Joshua made known his intentions with our daughter Kara to 'Josh, say it with diamonds' (he has). In Cambodia the expression has morphed again.
We have a very friendly lady who sells food in the lane leading to the Healing Home. She always waves and her gold tooth flashes with her smile. Yesterday she could hold her love in no longer and she came to visit.
For a year following a moto accident she was unable to walk. She dragged herself on the ground and needed her teenage son to get her onto the toilet. Then she got in to Hope Hospital where an op restored her to health. The nice Aussie doctor Tim had given her a new life - and all this time she was convinced that I was this same doctor!
After 20 minutes we finally figured out the mixup; that Kiwi Kim was not Aussie doctor Tim. No worries - she was still happy as and seamlessly moved her appreciation to all the foreigners who come to Cambodia to care for the poor. She insisted that we keep the bananas and asked for a ride to church in future. What's that saying about God working in mysterious ways??
The thanksgiving bananas. There are numerous banana varieties to be had out here. The little yellow guys are sweet finger bananas - the green ones are another variety that also are high quality and already ripe.
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