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Second Thought Thieves

Nov 22, 2009

by Steve Hyde

Cambodia, children's center, clothes, Kracheh, Miracles, poor, Poverty, thief

A few days ago our children's center in Kracheh, Cambodia got broken into. They stole all the clothes from more than 40 girls which were on the clothes line.

Cambodia’s Golden Calf

Nov 14, 2009

by Steve Hyde

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calf, calf worship, Cambodia, deception, golden calf, Healing, Miracles, poor, Poverty, preah ko, spiritual blindness

Westerners thought the idea of the golden calf as a deity died out with the Egyptians of old. Boy was I surprised that the golden calf (Preah Ko) is a worshipped today in Cambodia and has been worship for thousands of years already. In Cambodia any animal which is born with a defect

Enough Soy Sauce!

Nov 12, 2009

by Steve Hyde

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Cambodia, Disaster Response, flooding, Giving, help, hungry, love, Matthew 6:1-4, poor, Poverty, rice, slum, squatters

Do you know how they treat poor people in Cambodia? They give them a bottle of soy sauce and take their picture. I am not sure who is supposed to be the one feeling blessed, the photographer or the impoverished villager.

You Need the Poor

Oct 27, 2009

by Steve Hyde

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777, Cambodia, drought, financial security, food security, food shortages, Genesis 47:20-24, global warming, hungry, Joseph, jubilee, land, poor, Poverty, rice, rural, urban, urbanites, wealthy

If you are an urbanite just remember you can’t eat concrete. You need the poor. Love them, treat them with respect and give them the full value of the fruit of their labor.

Real Poverty

Oct 07, 2009

by Steve Hyde

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Cambodia, homeless, hungry, poor, Poverty, slum, squatters

True poverty. “Om” is a widow. She came to Poipet, Cambodia many years ago and barely survives, but has nowhere else to go that offer any better prospects. She has no family to help her, so each morning she cooks rice and tries to sell it to people. When I met Om, she was just was

Girls at $1.25

Oct 05, 2009

by Steve Hyde

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Cambodia, life is cheap, massage parlors

In Cambodia, life is cheap. Girls can be bought for $1.25. Unfortunately many tourist frequent these massage parlors as do Cambodians themselves. As Christians, the best things we can do is to just stay away from the temptations of sin that are around us.

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