MISSION

Dateline:
Siem Reap Town, Thursday, July 14 2011, 10:52 p.m.
Pat E Lyon

The beginning of rainy season has drastically affected our schedule, so I have not told you all the stories that are occurring every moment.  When Deanna came, I started being able to sleep again.  I seriously considered changing my plane ticket because there are so many more things I wanted to accomlish and so many things I needed to show the village women.

I took a great risk in coming to Cambodia because my mother is in very fragile health.  I obtained the frequent flyer tickets last early December - a miracle in itself!  Also my daughter is great with child.  So I decided to start for home next Tuesday.

Last night my aunt got a message to me through a friend's email.  Two of my mother's sisters and Uncle Bob went to see my mother.  She always brightens when Uncle Bob visits.  My aunt told Mom that Patty would come to see her as soon as she got home.  My mother has been cognitively disabled by mini strokes.  But my aunt heard her respond, "mission".

We are leaving for Phnom Penh to meet more NGO's so I write this in haste.