In Transit - Hong Kong and Typhoon 8

Pochentong Airport - Phnom Penh

Flying over Cambodia - Tonle Sap River

It's hard to believe that 3 weeks have flown by so quickly and our time in Cambodia has ended. We left Cambodia this morning in two vans loaded up with 3 new guitars and several suitcases. For some reason I ended up in one of the vans by myself for the trip to the airport ---I almost see this as symbolic for while we come and go as a group, each of us is on our own individual spiritual pilgrimmage with the Lord. Our experiences while shared reflects a myriad of individual encounters no different from the early disciples who walked with the Lord. Each sharing their view of what it was like to be with Jesus and seeing Him in action in different situations. No doubt in the months ahead, I expect He will birth new things in each of us, based on what He has impregnated from our journey to Cambodia. This is the time of waiting that I often find interesting for it is another step of adventure wondering how He will shape and form that which He has deposited in us. Some times the fruit from these trips are not seen for months and even years but I am thankful that each experience represents an opportunity to go deeper with the Lord as He strengthens our spiritual muscles.

After leaving Cambodia in the morning we arrived in Hong Kong at 3pm local time. With a 12 hour layover, we are still in transit as our flight doesn't leave till 2:45am. Six of us decided to hit the town so we headed out into the city to visit Mong Kok where there was a ladies night market. But alas, it was not to be for the arrival of a typhoon 8 resulted in the outdoor market stalls not being set up. People were heading home and the city was not its usual hustle and bustle despite the bright lights. We ate dinner, walked around a bit and headed back to the airport. Some of us were hoping to take advantage of the extended time to have a relaxing massage but even that was not open so we settled for a nice hot shower at the airport club and ended up crashing on the lounge chairs in the airport.