Charles Dittmeier – Page 152 – Welcome to Cambodia, and…..

DDP Staff Meeting #4

Post #3 was about the morning and afternoon activities at the second day of the staff meeting. This post is about our gathering in the evening for a final meal and giving of awards. Click here for photos from the restaurant.

DDP Staff Meeting #3

Today was a sightseeing and fun day. In the morning we went to a waterfall and in the afternoon to a mangrove swamp. In the evening we had a final dinner together but that will be the next part. Click here to see photos from today.

DDP Staff Meeting #2

Today was partly work and partly play. All of it was spent along the coastline, most on a beach on the Gulf of Thailand. Click here to see photos from the day’s activities.

DDP Staff Meeting #1

Every year the Maryknoll Deaf Development Programme has a general staff meeting to bring all the staff together for two or three days. We work in different provinces and some of the staff do not get to know each other and see each other except at this annual meeting. This year we are meeting in Koh Kong in southern Cambodia, and because it is so far away, we allowed a day to travel, then two days of gatherings, and then a day to return. Click here to see pictures from this day, the travel day.

Inclusion

This is the toilet at St. Joseph Church in Phnom Penh. Women on the left, men on the right, and urinals in full view. Such an arrangement might seem lacking in privacy in a country like the United States but is perfectly acceptable here in this culture.

Sacrament of Confirmation

This weekend Bishop Olivier came to our English liturgy to give the Sacrament of Confirmation to nine of our youth. It turned out to be a pleasant ceremony, but different from other confirmations because we had to practice social distancing and wear masks. Click here to see photos from the ceremony.

Motorcycle Loads #273

“Maybe I should leave a place for me to sit….”

Have a good day!

Here’s a happy wave from a seller of sugar cane juice!

Bread Ladies

These three ladies are all within shouting distance on the same block of a Phnom Penh street. Their baguettes, one of the last traces of Cambodia’ French history, are much in demand.

Enough already!

COVID-19 has affected people all over the world and in many different ways. Last week I had a funeral in Phnom Penh and afterwards met a young couple, the man from the United States and the woman from Malaysia. They were married in March and came to Cambodia for a honeymoon–and are still here. Because of travel restrictions due to the pandemic, he cannot go to Malaysia and she cannot go to the United States. Seven months now….how long is too long?