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| From Staff singing at our 2nd staff retreat held in Koh Kong, Cambodia |
Although this particular "moment" may come across as superficial and unspiritual and may disappoint some of you because I just came back from a "spiritual retreat", nevertheless, this particular moment I felt lucky to have been there. What am I talking about?
Although, as a staff, we slept at a different lower end place as our regular accommodation (Apex Hotel) while in Koh Kong, one particular afternoon we ventured out and had a nice beach and swim time at this very nice pool area called Koh Kong Resort & Casino on the border. When you see the pool and beach you will understand. This is the kind of place that many people pay alot of money to go to for a holiday, and here we (Les and I) were lounging for a relaxing afternoon.
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| From The Koh Kong Resort & Casino on the Border with Thailand.A beautiful ocean and pool view. We didn't stay here, we just came for a relaxing afternoon |
Although a large hotel and casino, the pool area is completely empty and left for our staff to enjoy for the hot sunny afternoon. Why? Because everyone is busy gambling of course!! And of course like any good casino, they require all swimmers to traipse through the casino area hoping to entice and distract the swimmer to stop and perhaps drop some Baht or other monies into the machines. The casino itself is not very big inside and looks kind of cheesy, and mainly attracts Thais who are not permitted to gamble in their own country of Thailand. We were not deterred and headed to the beach area.
Now getting back to my "moment", I guess it was a bit more spiritual then I first noted. At numerous times on that afternoon, I just felt really in awe of God and his amazing design of the planet. I also felt really lucky to have seen this small beautiful corner of the world too. I just love looking at the different tropical plants, the amazing jelly fish, schools of barracuda swimming in the ocean water, and the whole ocean view. As a Canadian I am also amazed that God makes very warm ocean waters to swim in too. (Thats right Canadians, Ocean water can be HOT! No shock value entering the waters! Ha Ha!) I can't help but think that God is so creative and how we are blessed to be interact with His great design.
Well, on the staff spiritual retreat side, no matter if it is in Cambodia or not, it is always good to get together with staff to pray and worship the Lord.
Many Blessings to you all,
Dean
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| From Tim (new teacher to Logos this year) sipping a freshly cut Coconut. You just got to love the tropical plants here in this part of the world. |
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| Koh Kong Teacher Retreat- Click here for all pics |
1 comment:
Man I miss that place! Heard Piseth was sharing at eh retreat! Hope you are feeling refreshed and restored and the girls are all still alive! :)
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