After approximately 30 hours of travel and 48 hours without more than 1 hour of consecutive sleep, I landed in Vegas–an interesting transition. I thought the environmental contrast would be more stark, but actually all the blinky lights and constant noise was more like Phnom Penh than Minneapolis would be. And both places are colder–no escaping that.
The night before we left was probably the most intense night of all for me. I had the opportunity to interact with a young Khmer woman on a “date” (paid for, of course) with a 60ish-year-old foreigner, from Chicago as it turns out. (I had an interesting conversation with him too.) I spoke in Khmer with her, as this guy didn’t know the language, and she wants out of her situation. I gave her some phone numbers of World Hope staff which she saved in her phone under “my love.” It seems as if her phone use is not entirely private. As most of my interactions with women in these situations have occurred post-rescue, talking with this girl was very impactful. I’ll never forget the look she had on her face when I told her I knew people that could help.
Anyway, thank you all for your prayers, your thoughts, emails, and frisbees! 
I wasn’t even there for 10 days, but the outcomes of this trip, I feel, will be much more long term. I’m working on the pictures still, I’ll try to get something up before the beginning of next week. Or I’ll just send an email.
Thanks again, y’all!
