For those of you who have been expecting and patiently waiting to see photos, while our team is on this trip in Asia, I sincerely apologize as we have been super busy traveling to these countries and trying to organize our thoughts.
I want to start this photo blog entry for this past Sunday when our team arrived in Siem Reap and visited the floating village of Chong Kneas. This is the day that hit a lot of us kind of hard and opened the eyes of some of the women in our group to what some people truly go through in other parts of the world.  This village is home to thousands of families who have no citizenship in Cambodia and the sad part is that this place has become a tourist attraction. Most of the people we saw while visiting this village were so unaware of where they were at and how the people in this village live, it was sad.
To me, this place was inspiration. It was exactly what I came to photograph so we can show all of you what it’s really like. Don’t get me wrong, it was definitely hard for me to photograph these people and their homes and be “ok” with it.
There is so much to say about this village but I finish this entry on this note: Underneath all of the hardships, dirt, and grime, if you stop to actually take a look, you will see those beaming smiles and know that there is hope for these children. You can see it in their eyes and you can see it in their mothers’ eyes.
Here are a few of my favorite photos from that afternoon. We were only there a short time and I tried to photograph as much as possible as I saw appropriate.
Keep these families and communities in your thoughts and prayers. And may you all be grateful for what you have and who you have in your life.

-Shanna Mae