Learning Khmer is a very challenging thing to me as I am just like a kid starting from scratch. However, I think it is a present from God that I could experience new things and ways of thinking. Frustrations and pleasures go in pair in the learning process. I will feel headache in memorizing the pronunciations and spelling of numerous 'artistic' vocabularies but at the same time I feel great when I could communicate with people even in a few words. "Chum Reap Sue" usually is the first word to greet people everyday; "Chum Reap Lia" is the last word to say goodbye.

I get up at 6am everyday and take a motorbike (taxi) to school. It's the peak hour and therefore the traffic is dreadful cause whatever cars, motorbikes, people will strike their ways in all directions. I will pray every time I get on the bike. My class starts at 8am and the teacher (see photo) is an old man but he is very experienced in teaching foreigners. He teaches us very slowly and it is totally not in Hong Kong style (He may be fired because of the slow progress). Moreover, he needs us to read in turns, have dictations and homework that we are like kindergarten students. Anyway, it is a must to grow just like a toddler learning to walk. On the other hand, I could also meet my classmates who came from Japan, Korea, America, Germany, Swiss, Denmark, Philippines, Malaysia, Italy and Pupa New Guinea (see photo). Some of them are church planters and some work for the non-profit charitable organizations. Nevertheless, we have the same goal for the sake of communicating local people. We want to be in midst of them rather than a stranger or visitor. The facility of the University (see photos) is not appealing but we are serious in learning and precious the opportunity. On the whole, it is a brand new feeling to learn a different language in an old age and first of all I need to ignore my perception in English or Chinese. God is the master of wisdom and knowledge.

Your prayers are always my strength to learn and the following are my prayer request:

• Safety in transportation
• A good memory in remembering consonants. vowels and vocabularies
• A daily habit to do the revision without distractions
• More opportunities to practice with local people especially my housemaster

Proverb 3:5-6, "Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths."