Our day started early. Craig and Holly, from Australia on sabbatical from Stairway Church, are helping us with the new church plant. Their day started the earliest. Their cute baby girl started vomiting in the night. It was a long night for them. Added to that, it rained all night. When we got up in…
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…
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…
Currently I am ascertaining flood damage on schools in Poipet, Cambodia. Upon visiting one school I noticed a rare feature: a playground. In fact, after visiting every school in Poipet (a city of 120,000 people) I found there is only ONE playground in the entire city. As I looked at the school property and the…
One of the rarest phrases I have heard in Cambodia is “Thank you”. I have literally provided millions of dollars of assistance to Cambodians over the last fifteen years. I can count the number of times that I have been told thank you. On December 25, 2009 the Governor of Banteay Meanchey publically expressed his gratitude to Noit and I for our efforts to help the children.
What makes a superhero? Of course, in our fantasy world, the most important thing is the fancy costume, huge muscles and tights. But all superheroes have characteristics which make them amazingly above the rest, almost super-human. Here at Words of Life Ministries we have two superheroes who have worked tirelessly for 80 kids in Kracheh Province. Dan Groves and Heidi Petersen. Dan and Heidi have spent the last three years living with 80 kids.