Cambodia, Showers and God

This is an email I just to one of the missionaries that we met while in Cambodia:

Dear Carolyn,

I am praying for you and enjoy getting the updates on what is happening there in Cambodia. I have shared, often, the comment you made about your favorite time of the day. You said turning on the air, taking your shower, and climbing into your bed. After being there for 10 days (short I know) I think I got a small glimpse of the reality of that statement. I really think that statement embodies what it means in a day to day basis to go to Cambodia or somewhere like that. It puts it into perspective from a practical standpoint. Of course that said, we must, like the author of Ecclesiastes, look up above the sun to God. Under the sun it is all meaningless but when we get the eternal perspective everything changes, even the mundane.

The harshness of the living in Cambodia is seen clearly to me in that statement. Because of this I am amazed at a God who could move in the hearts of His children, giving them the desire to move there. Surely you must be looking up above the sun to the Father. Kevin Cain just invited us to R.A.C.E. We are not sure if we will attend. I am humbled though, and fear he is mistaken, that we have what it takes to go overseas.