The Hourngs in Cambodia!

I know that life can get busy and overwhelming at times. As a pastor’s wife here in Cambodia, between ministry, family, and personal responsibilities, it can be easy to overlook the small, daily habits that build a healthy spiritual and physical life. However, it’s often the little things we do every day that lead to lasting transformation. By God’s grace, I’m continuing to commit myself to growth. Yes it’s challenging and overwhelming, but I realized the more things get busier having a routine is helpful to set priorities and get things done – not my way but God’s. Early on in my walk with God, I have committed myself to creating goals to practice spiritual discipline. My life is not mine, it’s not my own to live. I need to know my Savior. It’s always a daily surrender to Him. I am not trying to be perfect because nobody is. What I am trying to share is I can’t depend on myself, since I am always bound to fail. These specific and simple daily goals are helping me to grow spiritually...

I praised God for many holidays in Cambodia. Today is the Queen's birthday! It's only by God's grace that I was able to accomplish many tasks today. I’m glad I was able to take David to VBS, had a coffee date with Vandy, met with friends in the mission field and took my overdue blood tests.  I have been planning to do that tests but too busy and I must confess I’m a bit scared as well.  I finally had the courage yesterday.  I thank God for the negative results from diabetes and other health distress 😉🙏 The verse today is definitely God’s reminder and promise that He is always present in our battles.  Psalm 107:13-14  Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,  and he saved them from their distress. He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness,  and broke away their chains. What a productive day indeed.  ✅ brought David to VBS (Vacation Bible School) ✅ had my much awaited blood 🩸 tests ✅ coffee date with hubby while waiting for Da...

We love walking at the park inside our community 😍😊😅 At least every after dinner (before Bible study sessions) would be the best time to stroll for the three of us since it's not crowded with people & pets.  Evening walk  enhances digestion, reduces heart disease risk, improves blood sugar management, helps in weight management and promotes better sleep patterns are some of the good benefits. Honestly, I enjoy this time better because I get to spend time it with my boys.  Sometimes, we would just goof around or race, and even stepping at our shadows .  It's just so fun doing walks with them! Our shadows were so clear on this part. The bright light from the moon (or streetlights) illuminates it perhaps?! God's Shadows The Bible frequently uses the shadow as a symbol of divine protection and refuge.  In Psalm 17:8, King David prays for protection from God, comparing it to a bird sheltering its young under its wings. ** “Keep me as the apple of Your eye; Hid...

we were teasing him if he just gave birth! 😁😆😂 We just want to THANK YOU for covering Vandy with your prayers.  Truly we could count on you - the body of Christ 💓💕😍 your generous hearts to think of us and pray for us is more than enough to move us. We are praising God for the wonderful results of these procedures on Vandy (no cancerous cells found!).  The doctor wrapped up that my husband has a healthy body and there's nothing serious to be concerned about. He only added that Vandy just need to have an "all meat diet" for a month (still would want to observe him because the abdominal pain isn't completely ruled out yet).  Also, the lab results also revealed Vandy's lower part stomach is inflamed, and his kidney has lightly shrunk (due to UTI-urinary track infection). All of these would be taken cared of through right medications.

Hospital visit Vandy's tolerable to any pain. In fact, he won't never take any medicine or visit a doctor unless it's unbearable. At home, it has always been a practice to resort on home remedies and cure our sicknesses on natural way and it has been effective to us. However, my husband has started to have reoccurring abdominal pain since last year.  The last time he had brought himself to doctor was when he was still church planting in Kratie province (19 years ago!). He had malaria and almost didn't make it - his family even thought he has died in the mission field.  So over the weekend, we brought him to see a specialist and was advised to have an annual physical exam (it's his 1st ever check up!) - it's like an almost full day stint of checkups. They run some blood tests, glucose, vitals, even ultrasound on him.  Praise God they all came in good results. However, doctor would want to run a thorough check on his colon since it seems like this might be the cul...

Hey you all! how are you doing? 😅 I decided to take a sick leave from work today. I think my body is needing a pause and rest at least for a day. My cough is making me weak 😢😷.  I actually volunteered to bring David to school, so dad could sleep in longer (he's also experiencing abdominal pain again 😌😰). It is always a joy to bring this boy to school! He has shared numerous stories within that 15minute tuktuk ride.. it's fascinating to listen to him haha!  So, when he came home this afternoon, I told him we could bake some cookies (we normally make batches of dough ahead, freeze them so we could bake anytime).  He said "It's a delightful afternoon indeed!" hahaha.. While baking these cookies this afternoon, I was thinking of my devotion on that verse in  1 John 4:11 that says "Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another."   We should love others as we have been loved by God, who has shown us such incredible love and kindness. God...

that's my queuing number in the hospital, I was hoping to meet a respiratory specialist but soon gave up because I needed to get back to work 😔😢  Sleep deprives - "coughing" I have been unwell for two weeks straight now. I felt physically weak due to coughing too much 😓 I would want to take a break but couldn't since I have a lot of things to finish: deadlines after deadlines. I have written two papers and prepared one presentation for my mba classes and on top of that, I needed to wrap up this semester for my teaching classes in the Foundation/Bachelor (yep! overlapping due dates)  It's all by God's grace that I am being sustained every day. I pray to get better in the next days to come. I will take some few days off just to recuperate.    On waiting.. So this afternoon after my class, I went to the hospital and was hoping to meet a respiratory specialist. I waited for more than an hour. I was seated side by side with different people who might even be sic...

Our Fabulous Lola Tessie Happy birthday grandma Teresita Galam You might be out celebrating your sweet day! May God bless the yearning of your heart We love you from Cambodia