Have you ever....

been blessed by a Monk? We have! 

When my mom was visiting us, our neighbors invited us to their home to watch the Monks bless their house. It was very interesting to see and listen to their prayers in Cambodian. Our neighbors are from Thailand and make the most delicious Thai food ever. We learned that Monks only eat once a day and it has to be before noon. After that they can only drink liquids. Females cannot touch the male monks. He said it's to help keep their minds pure and clean. In addition, female monks cannot be touched by males. I didn't even know there were any female monks. After the prayers, the monks invited us to come forward to be blessed and they threw water on us. Deko came running to me in the next room (I was feeding Baine in the front room) his face and hair were drenched, and he told me he didn't like this water gun house. The blessed water was thrown all over the house and yard. When they were finished, we got to eat a ton of delicious Thai food. My new favorite dessert is sticky black rice -it was amazing! Our other neighbor is from Ukraine and she brought some delicious Russian bread. My mom commented that we should have brought a bag of McDonald's burgers to represent American food. Before the monks left, they gave all of us good luck bracelets. It was neat and interesting to be a part of this experience.