It's now one week since we got back to Perth. Settling back in has been.... well, unsettling at times! It is truly a different world - amazingly clean, cool dry weather that induces no sweat (it was 9 degrees this AM), our modern apartment, having cars to drive, etc, etc. There is essentially nothing in our environment to remind us of Cambodia, and it is scary to think how quickly one can potentially forget six months of work!

We met family first, of course, initially during our overnight in Singapore, and now here in Perth. Since then we've also been able to catch up with the Timms, which was really good as we were able to reflect on the recent times, and draw from their understanding & empathy. Catching up with some of our prayer partners has also been encouraging, both in finding out what has been going on back here, and in being able to share some our experiences.

Yesterday was the onset of daylight savings, and in our halfway state, we naturally forgot the whole thing and so turned up to church a whole hour late  We missed the songs, but it was good to be able to listen to one of Graham's sermons again after such a long absence.

Today, we're both back to work. It still feels strange, but I have enjoyed seeing some of my work friends again, along with other colleagues whom I have become so familiar with. Slipping back into the Western paradigm of medicine has been easy, perhaps surprisingly so... and I find myself enjoying being able to talk to patients directly in English, something which I hadn't even noticed I'd missed!