Jungle Adventures in the countries of the world.
The story of little Odom being rescued from a detention center in Malaysia was well viewed on my blog site. In fact, it was the most read blog ever on my site. (see Odom’s story here) I told you the heartwarming story, but not the “rest of the story”. Trafficking of any person is horrible…
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Each year for about a decade now we have received a team from Freedom Church in Owasso, Oklahoma (near Tulsa). This year we had typically amazing results. We had more than 800 kids in Vacation Bible School. That is more than 800 kids who learn about Jesus, hear the gospel and have great fun. We…
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Travel Tuesdays: “Sidecar Playground” Location: Poipet, Cambodia In Poipet, Cambodia is the only place you will regularly see home-made sidecars on motorcycles. The idea and design originally came from Thailand, as this is a border town, but Thailand drives on the opposite side of the road than Cambodia (Cambodia drives on the right side), making…
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Travel Tuesday: Vegetarian Motorcycle Each day Cambodians want to take as much goods as possible to and from the market so that they save money. It is funny to watch, but dangerous to be near one. It is common to put up to 300kg on one motorcycle, with the owner of the goods holding on…
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Travel Tuesdays: Wow! Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia Just in case you thought Cambodia was a impoverished country, you need to see this: I can’t state publicly who owns these two Lamborghini’s. There are two of them; the only difference between the two is one has silver rims and one has black rims. They each…
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Travel Tuesdays: Pop’n a Wheelie! I think this truck may have had a little too much in its load!
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Travel Tuesday: “Beep Beep Oink Oink” The pig taxi. All across Cambodia you can see motorcycles or pickup trucks taking pigs to the market. The Nissan pickup trucks usually hold 16 pigs. (PETA should note that the same vehicle is also used as a “people taxi” and holds a minimum of 24 people. The pigs…
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Over nearly two decades in ministry in Cambodia we have tried to keep our ministries, church planting and even children’s centers sustainable. I have found that in order to be sustainable, the ministry must be sustainable from the beginning. Many ministries cannot grow, because their strategies are not sustainable. The cost of staff salaries, buildings…
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There is a trait that I have observed in successful ministries and successful leader: learning. They are always learning new things and challenging themselves to learn new things. Periodically I meet people who are “unteachable”. They are usually highly educated in an engineering field or successful in a business or another field. When you are…
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Today is a day I can never forget. I remember this day over my own birthday or anniversary. To successfully multiply ministry requires sacrifice and potentially the greatest sacrifice. If a leader is not willing to sacrifice greatly, there is now way that they will be able to successfully multiply their ministry. On this day,…
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