In Deep Water

From e-mail dated 21 October 2008
lotus man is doing alright; he's gone for a week to his home province working a bit in the fields for some money, and a lucky thing, too. there have been torrential rains recently and floods...big floods. i've been proselyting in knee-deep water for two days now. all of the streets in sen sok are covered in a couple feet of water, and when places like this have problems like that, there's nowhere for the water to flow...we're already at sea-level. it's a lot of water, and it's septic, too, which is fun...i never heard anything like that in the primary songs about missionary work: "i hope they call me on a mission, so i can walk in feet of water-poo." yeah, that's not in the songs. someone needs to do some editing. :)