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It’s about 3 in the afternoon, and I head upstairs to find one of the clients who informed me that she had to leave Daughters of Cambodia at the end of the week. I want to talk with her and give her a hug. I walk into the large sewing room, full of girls and a few of our boys sewing, cutting fabric, lacing jewelry, and crocheting lace. Clients are hard at work. As is typical when I set myself on a mission to find a certain client, I am easily distracted and drawn into conversation with many others along the way.
 
I see Bong Pro [name changed] in his usual spot, cutting fabric, concentrated- wearing his new glasses- which he thinks are “ought saát” (not attractive) but I am continuously telling him how cool I think they look! (That’s because you’re a “barang”- foreigner, he tells me smiley ) I go over to him and he starts asking me questions about my trip to Chiang Mai, Thailand last week. I show him a picture of me petting a tiger. We talk about the tiger a while then he asks me if I saw any other animals. I want to tell him about feeding the giraffe but I can’t remember the word for giraffe in Khmer. Instead, I try acting the giraffe out- awkwardly straining my neck up to make it as tall as possible. Bong Pro guesses an animal in khmer, but again, I don’t know the word so I don’t know if he’s guessed correctly or not. Bong Pro finds himself mimicking the animal himself, and he loudly makes a screeching- bird sounding noise. Suddenly, we both look around and become aware of the fact that we are standing in the sewing room, with people working all around us- we had been lost in our own, animal and zoo world. Bong Pro is typically quite shy and quiet- making his animal impersonation all the more surprising. We both burst into laughter. smiley
 
It’s the little moments; seemingly insignificant moments, that can often feel the most packed with life.
I wonder if these are the moments which actually carry a lot more importance for eternity than most of the work and duties we prescribe such high value and importance to in our lives….  

7 responses to “Little Moments”

  1. Love the “little moments”… I can “see” this conversation happening. It’s beautiful…and I laugh with you both. I too think his glasses are so very cool! 🙂

  2. Jenny, I too was caught up in the moment of the “zoo”- I can so see what a wonderful time you were having and how you can easily forget everyone else in the room. This was a wonderful way to display God’s love. You are doing a great job. I love the tiger!!

  3. It is so nice to see you and hear from you although I must admit I was a little taken back by the picture of you with this very large and beautiful kitty. I enjoyed this blog about the Little Moments, I think you are right, it’s the little moments that can be packed with preciousness and remembered for a lifetime. I pray you have many more of them!

  4. The funny thing is, those little moments are often the things we remember the most in our journey. Beautiful, dear.

  5. I’m glad for the special moments that God brings you and you bring to others, Jenny! I loved reading your stories.