Today was a beautiful day. 

I laughed 

I cried

I rejoiced 

I wept 

and I danced! 

I laughed listening to Elise sing Khmer Christmas songs while Steph and I rode away on my bike.

I smiled as the cutest old women (who barely had teeth), walk up to me, stare at my hair, and tell me my hair was beautiful and good! 

I cried out to the Lord after I visited the center today. I have come to understand Khmer culture. The good and the sad. I cried out to Lord asking Him, why can it be cultural for women to stay with a man who beats her, talks down to her, sleeps with other women, and hits their child. People say its a mindset? 

Why! Why is that cultural? I don't want to fight a culture. I am not one to say another culture is wrong. But how do you change a mindset?

I want her to know her WORTH. I want her to know the way YOU see her, Lord! 

I rejoiced when the Lord softly said- I never asked you to change a culture. I ask you to tell them about me. I will change her heart, and when I change her heart, that's when a mindset changes. 

I rejoiced when I realized just because she doesn't see her worth doesn't mean she doesn't have it. And it doesn't mean that the Lord doesn't have a plan.

I wept when I listened to this song.

"Your love never quits

It never quits chasing her soul

You never give up on her

Papa you won't let go of her"

"you never stop chasing her soul"

I will never give up on this truth! I will never give up on the Lords plan! 

He never quits, even when I do, even when I feel defeated- He gives it ALL for us! 

And not just her but him as well. The man that hurts her- I have to remember the Lord is echasing after his heart too! Nothing is to far fetched for the Lord- His love is so big- so deep, it NEVER STOPS!!!!!!!!

I rejoiced in this truth!!

I went to school and I rejoiced in getting to ask my teacher when she became a christian (in khmer :) )

And as I was walking out of the building - I danced with the little girl who works there - she is probably 15 and she works part time there and I twirled her around - attempted to teach her a little two step!

A perfect day, a perfect end, to dance !!!!!

He never gives up on us!! 

REJOICE IN THIS, WEEP IN THIS, DANCE IN THIS, LAUGH IN THIS, CRY OUT TO TH