18 February, 2012
14 February, 2012
benjamin & lindsay in cambodia
after our mini-family reunion in thailand, ben & lindsay came back with us for a week of fun in cambodia. they had just finished a trip to wild india & crazy phuket, so we did lots of relaxing on the porch, but also some fun cambodian sight-seeing too.
[ben & lindsay exploring angkor wat]
[they fit right in]
[touristing in siem reap complete with fish feet massage, coconuts & cambodian mojitos]
[apsara dancers]
[learning how silk is made]
[besides all the touring baby cedar spent a lot of time enjoying his aunt & uncle & smiling ]
it was a quick & full visit & we're already looking forward to our next visit!
7 February, 2012
4 February, 2012
[twelve months = one year]
hard to believe, but our little boy is one this month.
in the early months of being pregnant with cedar, i spent a month studying in uganda. while i was there i was feeling pretty sick, strangely exhausted, and overwhelmed as i looked ahead to see life in cambodia + grad school + full time work + a new baby in my future. during our chapel one morning, the spirit of God reassured me, saying that this baby i was carrying was a gift to us & not a burden. & those simple words were a huge encouragement to me at that time.
& as we look back on one year with this little guy, they still encourage us. true, he's not perfect, he doesn't sleep well & we end most days exhausted since he arrived, but still, this year has not been a burden, our little son has already lived up to his name, & has been a gift.
& we could not be more grateful for our sweet cedar james.
[oh yes, & now he walks!]
1 February, 2012
cozy christmas memories [2011]
two weeks of winter wonder in ny + all hastings siblings + significant others + cedar's first christmas = a cozy christmas for the memory books!
24 January, 2012
9 January, 2012
this is what injustice looks like [borei keila]
[mok phaith, 65, cries as she searches through the remains of her home which was demolished by authorities in borei keila. photo by:heng chivoan, phnom penh post]
on january 3rd, policemen, guards, and employees of the development
company phan imex destroyed the homes of over 300 people in the heart of phnom
penh.
[bricks & debris are all that remain. photo by: mai vireak-phnom penh post]
the company plans to use the area for commercial deveoplement.
[former residents. photo by: Samrang Pring/Reuters]
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