Well, we have left our village.

And now we are in Siem Reap, a pretty big city here.

And culture shock is real. The city is more overwhelming than what we are used to. Going from a small village to the second-biggest city in Cambodia is a jump. But we saw two other teams, and catching up with them was super good.

It's different, though; it is like Thanksgiving. When you see the cousins, you don't know, but you know you are all related. It has that awkward tension between us and the other teams. We have been in a very different environment than everyone else, and we have gotten pretty close. And this kind of makes me sad because we were all super close at the end of training camp. I am sure this is just awkward teenagers still not grasping social situations, but it makes it difficult to interact.

In a week, we are leaving all 50 something of us are driving to Thailand. My team and one girl's team will live with each other and do kids ministry again. We will be outside of Chaing Mai, which is in north Thailand. We don't have much information, but to my knowledge, it will focus more on evangelism than teaching English. So that will be good. I am very excited. It also won't be so freaking hot, so that is a huge blessing.

It feels like we got put on hold because we left, and now we have a week here to chill, which is good and bad. It is nice to have a break, but we are restless.

This one was pretty short, but again, thanks for everything.

-Drew McKinney