The last day is always full of mixed feelings. The team from Heights Church in Prescott, Arizona is getting ready to go home, but they have made some great new friends. The final day the kids are much better with all the games and songs. The lessons were equally creative with clear presentation of the…
On the second day of the Children’s program the group grew a bunch. The team from Heights Church from Prescott, AZ was great. They even made scripture memory fun for the kids. They continued teaching about Jesus and helping to explain the gospel, while having a lot of fun as well. The kids all got…
Travel Tuesday’s: Cheap Seats A typical Toyota Camry taxi can hold 9 people; 4 in the front (two in each seat: including the driver’s seat), and four to five in the back. Adventurous passengers can rent the “cheap seats” (the rear trunk/boot of the car). This increases the capacity by two to four, thus…
Today was the first full day of a Children’s program by the Heights Church from Prescott, AZ. We never know how many to expect and kids are really hard to count, but look like well over 200 kids showed up this first day. And boy are they cute! The kids learned a memory verse…
On a hot dusty day a team of eager American’s walked around Poipet’s dusty roads. The were walking around with children from the Imparting Smiles Children center to invite kids to a Children’s program. In traveling, you get a different view depending on the speed you are traveling. In an airplane every country…
Travel Tuesday’s: Cambodian Traffic Jam Across rural Cambodia they have major traffic jams every evening as the cows come home. This is a rural Kracheh province road. The scene is repeated every day between 4pm and 6pm.
Travel Tuesdays: Basket Case To make a sale you have two choices: let the seller find you or you go find the seller. In Cambodia, basket salesmen often ride their bicycles for hundreds of miles before the sell their load and head home for more.
The sun drops out of the sky as a burning ball of red fire in the distance. The city of Poipet quickly becomes quite. Dinner finishes and the kids in at the children’s center start their even prayer and worship. What a wonderful time! The sounds of children worshiping Jesus is beautiful. After the worship everyone brushes…
January 7 is an anniversary that every Cambodian knows. Some will say it is a day etched in their hearts. A new birthday when life was given back to them. January 7, 1979 is the day the Vietnamese tanks and Khmer resistance forces entered and took control of Phnom Penh away from the Khmer Rouge.…
A few days ago my wife, Noit, was at the market and her eyes spotted a pair of shoes. These were no ordinary shoes, though they looked cheap. It brought back a flood of memories. In 1975 when the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia my wife was only 11 years old. The Khmer Rouge destroyed…