2010 Mission Trip to Cambodia
from Susan Taplin
Today we leave Nashville for our 6th trip to Cambodia! We are so grateful to each of you who sacrifice time with loved ones so we can go make a difference in the lives of poor and needy in Cambodia. This year there are 5 nursing students going along with Sharon, Keary and I.
Our first stop is Hanoi Vietnam where we will visit Halong Bay and other cultural sites. We will use this time to bond as a group and recover from the long flights and 12 hour time difference. We get there on Saturday around 11AM. We should be able to email/post a blog entry while there. Not sure about phone calls.
We head into Phnom Penh on Tuesday the 18th around 8AM and will be there until the weekend. For the two weekends we are there, we will be visiting a village on one and going to Siem Reap for the other. The plans are not yet finalized for which weekend we will be doing which.

We will be visiting the hospital (Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE), going on HIV homes visits, worshiping with the Cambodian Chrisitians at church, visiting the village to meets some needs of the poor, volunteering at an orphanage, learning about the killing fields and S21 prison from the Khmer Rouge days and much much more. This year’s village trip will be to a place that they moved the people living in the slums out of the city. It is a very poor area and I think we will be able to do lots of good works. Thanks to the students and staff that raised money for us to be able to give generously!
We will be posting blogs and calling home as often as we can. Please pray for us and our safety (especially on that long flight over the ocean!) We love you all!
Susan