This is just a quick one, Meade will post more later. I have had a rough couple of days, I got very ill from food poisoning, and had to call a missionary doc, but I am now okay. God was very gracious, and I was well enough to still go to Angkor Wat yesterday, which was the highlight for me so far. It is the 4th wonder of the world, and rightly deserves the title!! It was incredible!!
Before we went into the temple complex, our guide took us into an active Hindu/buddhist temple. We were allowed and encouraged to take video and pictures inside, so we will post that later on. It was an experience to say the least, and crushed me spiritually to kneel next to women praying and bowing to an idol of gold. I was so sobered and had difficulty with it. We met a lot of interesting people yesterday, and several who had lost a lot of family to the Khmer Rouge.
Angkor Wat is outrageously amazing, and we had a fantastic tour guide. It was cool to visit at this time, b/c in all likelihood with the 2 million visitors a year, each year that passes, will greater restrict your freedom in the temple complex. We also got to visit the temple where Tomb Raider (Angelina Jolie) was filmed, it was outrageously cool. A shout out to my friend Kelly…. I got you a rock from that site for your collection (it’s not a piece of history or anything don’t worry.