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Well, we will soon welcome my little sister Sophie to Cambodia. We are all very excited, especially Regan, she is dying to meet her aunt.  The weather is as humid as ever and we are battling the constant power outages which have been significantly worse this  month, but there is also a nice breeze in the air most days so it is okay.  The rains come in torrents daily now, but there is still a strange lack of water coming through our tap most days, and still our kitchen manages to flood on occasion too.  That is Cambodia, we are finally getting used to it. 

Ben has a soccer tournament next weekend which Sophie, Regan and I will eagerly cheer at despite the heat. There are always Khmer ladies who want to hold Regan and little kids who gather round to ogle at her light skin and blue eyes. They are sweet and they kiss on her, an allowance which I am hoping I won't regret.

We picked up some clothes we had made in the Russian Market today. They are beautiful.  I went to pick them up at 8am when they opened to avoid the heat, but it was already 34 degrees celsius, a balmy 93 degrees.  What really makes it feel suffocating though is that the air doesn't circulate.  The market is made up of corrugated tin and big tarps, so the sun just bakes everything.  They told me at the heat of the day it gets to about 47 degrees (about 117 degrees), they just sit at their sewing machines and work away, smiling all the way.  We got two pairs of pants for Ben, two for me, and two dresses for me made all for $31.00.  I went to one of the more pricey places too.  We also went to have some leather shoes made and each pair costs about $15.00.  The work they do is absolutely amazing.  

We had Ben's Internet Technology class over this week to play Pictionary.  They devoured our snacks and really got into it.  Each student took their turn kissing Regan and wiping her drool.  The child really will have incredible immunity.  All the students were so nice, it was great to be able to have them over and share a fun afternoon with them.