as we end the sabbatical, i thought it'd be important to log some of the key events in these last nine months.

march 2011 - after a few months of prayer and discernment, min and i would decide to move on from inter-varsity after completing the second of two three-year commitments. my time with inter-varsity was a true blessing and much of who i am and how i think about and practice ministry is the result of that community and being a part of that mission.

we didn't know exactly what we would be going into and where we would be doing it, but we knew that we were ready to jump into that next adventure together. no matter how difficult or uncertain the path.

also in march, we would discover that min was pregnant for the first time! we were elated and though it raised all kinds of questions about where we wanted to the raise the baby and how we were going to time things, we received the news as a blessing and were thrilled to start this next stage of life as a family.

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mike and i have not been as diligent as we had originally hoped with updating our blog. sorry about that! keeping up a blog takes some major discipline.

so..what have we been up to these days?

a couple weekends ago a few of my girlfriends and i flew to austin, texas to enjoy a weekend full of estrogen and good food. with the four of us living in different states/countries, it has not been easy to get together. it was a true blessing to spend some much needed quality time with my lovely gal pals.

fried pickles anyone?

a couple weeks ago we had the privilege of going out to dinner with two of our favorite people, brian and shannon. mike and i have been wanting to try the food at phnom penh for awhile so we thought this would be a great opportunity.

the restaurant is in chinatown surrounded by small markets and chinese stores. it doesn't look like much from the outside but there is often a wait during peak lunch and dinner hours.

we ordered the fried chicken wings and the butter beef which are the most popular items on the menu. we also ordered a few other items but they were not as memorable.
the fried chicken wings were amazing. i could eat them all day. they are topped with garlic and onions, and comes with a black pepper lime sauce. oh so yummy and definitely worth the trip.
the butter beef. i know i know it doesn't look very appetizing, but it is very good. butter beef is a plate of thinly sliced rib eye covered in a soy vinaigrette, with cilantro, garlic and other spices. it is barely cooked. i was a bit taken back when the waitress brought it to the table but i'm glad i gave it try. definitely will try it again.

mike and min give phnom penh 4 stars out of 5. check it out and try the chicken wings and the butter beef, you definitely won't regret it.

apologies to our two blog followers for not updating. :)

this summer has been very busy but first thing's first - mike and i celebrated our 2nd anniversary in august. the second year was full of ups and downs but, i couldn't be happier married to my hubs.

we celebrated this year by going to cirque du soleil's kooza show.unfortunately i got my hair cut a few hours before the event. the cut was great but my stylist thought i would look cute if i curled my hair. you be the judge.