My blog mentor, Omar Garcia, started doing a “Wordless Wednesday” blog where he just gives an interesting picture with little or no comment. It sounded interesting to me as I love to take pictures, but I don’t want to just copy my good friends’ ideas. As I contemplated a day where I would…
The lowest job you can have is that of a shepherd, today as well as 2,000 years ago. Even in Cambodia, the lowest job is a shepherd. Usually they get kids to be the shepherds. If a family has adopted kids, it would be the adopted kids who have to watch the animals in the…
In a period of 24 hours I saw two scenes played out in front of me in two very poor places in Cambodia. I believe the pictures speak for themselves. The first picture is of musicians who are all are former beggars and are all handicap land mine victims. The second picture is in the…
In November 2010 we were blessed in Poipet of a team coming from Memphis, Tennessee to build us a playground at the Poipet Imparting Smiles children’s center. This was all possible because Steve and Ellie Marcum at Bellevue Baptist Church were inspired to help the kids there. They rallied their church’s VBS program this summer…
Antioch Institute Philippines has been very successful and is meeting great needs of rural pastors on Mindanao. In late November we had a gathering of the students from 2010. The 350 leaders are all trainers who each run their own Antioch Institute training programs in their area. Some of the schools are small with only…
I think the whole world is in need of a lesson in basic Christianity, especially the Christians. Everyone else is in great need of an extra-strong dose of politeness. It seems to me if you want to meet the rudest and most impolite people in the world all you need to do is fly. Who…
On Thursday, November 25, 2010 we finished a gathering with about 350 tribal pastors from over 20 tribes on Mindanao Island in the Philippines. Pastor Ben Embaan coordinates an incredible training ministry which reaches hundreds of leaders and thousands of believers with quality leadership training each month. Ben has four wonderful children, a boy and…
As we approach American Thanksgiving and many people are able to get together with their families the circumstances around me makes it difficult to give thanks. Injustice abounds in the world. Today I am in Mindanao, Philippines with my family. Exactly one year ago, 58 people were killed here (read the article about the massacre…
Today we had a special delivery from a unusual source: FedEx. Over the last week, we have been building a playground in Poipet, Cambodia. A team of workers from Memphis, Tennessee came to build it with us. The funds for building the playground came from Bellevue Baptist Church and the workers are mainly businessmen who just…
In America I think nearly every kid had a blanket they loved and cherished. I still have one! On a recent trip my friend Omar Garcia gave a couple of kids their first security blanket, a hand made quilt from Texas! Every stitch was made with love; and the kids can feel it. Below is…