Hello,

Leaving Siem Reap was hard. In the morning I said goodbye to the children at the Green Gecko. That is an amazing project and the children at the centre are the same children that I would visit on the streets of Siem Reap.
We finished building the new desks the same day that I had to say goodbye. It was a great way to complete my time at this school. I taught my last class with all students sitting in the classroom and none were left to watch from outside.

This night, I had to say goodbye to the children from the School for Children of Poverty. this was even harder for me. I love my two classes that exploded with students. I know many of the children by name and many of them make special efforts to talk to me and hug me. I received many noted form the children, many questions and many hugs. I still can’t believe the number of children that came to my classes. I still can’t believe how much these kids actually wanted to learn and be in class.

I wrote in another blog about the many questions I got from the children. The hardest question to answer was “If you care about us so much, why do you have to leave us?”. I will miss this place and it will be a continuing part of my life going forward. I will be back to help them very soon.

I have added some pictures to flickr.
Love Gerry