Recently, I made a short video highlighting the location of our Antioch International School. Please enjoy the following video: Consider the following educational statistics of Cambodia and you can see what the terrible loss of an entire generation has done to this nation: The average Cambodian citizen has a 2nd grade education. 99% of the…
Not so long ago when Kuylay was a young boy he grew up just like other kids in his village. His village is located about halfway up the Mekong River in Cambodia, and about seven kilometers inland away from the river. Most people live along the river banks because that affords them with an easier…
Sometime in the early 1960’s a young boy was born to a poor family in Kracheh province; his name was Pin. He was born into a time of war and political unrest. By the time Pin reached nine years old the Khmer Rouge had already taken over the rural eastern region and were threatening villagers…
Yesterday, the first senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge were charged guilty of “crimes against humanity” or genocide. The two old leaders were given life sentences. In the last hundred years alone some of the most evil people in history have walked the earth. They include: Adolf Hitler who killed more than 12 million people,…
Today, I simply wanted to show you a picture. Last week, while working in Poipet suddenly I realized that we had a whole bunch of nations represented. The nations of the world are converging on this dirty border town to bless them in the name of Jesus! Have a look: We have workers from…
If Jesus wasn’t an American, we wouldn’t have to sing the same songs translated into every language in the world from our centuries old leaders. We could sing songs in minor key, or chant, or simply stare into the sky. If Jesus wasn’t an American, we wouldn’t have to weekly visit a dingy building lined…
In my previous blog, “Tough Decisions (part 1)“, I tried to explain how the decisions we make on helping kids are very difficult. I used a recent child’s case to show how we were able to help, at least for now, a child and her mother. Less than 24 hours after this encounter I had…
The phone rings. It is a pastor I do not know who received my number through friends. He needs our help. He said: “There is a lady who showed up in our village who was raped in Thailand. She recently had a baby and does not want it and is trying to give it away. …
Today I went to wash my car. A fairly mundane act. When I arrived there was one car with military license plates being washed and I was second in line, but another car quickly cut in front of me to go into the washing bay first. My first response was to get upset and maybe…
Last week one of our girls named Mary heard about a little baby who’s mother had died. In Poipet, most of the population actually work in Thailand, so there was no one to care for this little baby. She was only three months old and was covered with little bed sores, insect bites and dirt…