By Steve and Noit Hyde After completing the Freedom Walk honoring Noit together we have had many meaningful conversations together since then. Last night as Noit and I talked of how Jesus has transformed our hearts and grew His love in us, then, Noit commented on the condition of her heart immediately after the Khmer…
As Paul and I were walking that last hour of our Freedom Walk through the city, we knew it was an easy walk of only a few miles. After walking 150km on dirt and gravel, walking on paved roads was easy. The only difficulty would be the amount of traffic in Phnom Penh. As we…
When we hear the word “traitor” we think of someone stealing state secrets on military weapons design, or some classified aircraft part. In Cambodia, under the Khmer Rouge a traitor was anyone who stole from “Ongka”. Ongka was what the Khmer Rouge called themselves. It is a word which just means “organization”. Everything, literally, was…
Automatically, when we hear the words “A savior is born” we think about Jesus Christ being born into the world. His miraculous birth led the way for his eternal salvation from sins. However, this story is about a little nameless baby that was born in a roadside hut in Bakan district, Pursat province in Cambodia…
By Paul Hyde Here’s what I learned: Walking 140km+ in the heat with 20kg on your back isn’t easy; but possible. When my dad and I walked we heard some pretty amazing and disturbing stories; usually both amazing and disturbing hand in hand. Even though those stories would scar most people just listening about…
Life previous to the Khmer Rouge take over in 1975 was not good. Cambodia was entwined in the Vietnam War because of its proximity to the war zone. Cambodia shares a several hundred mile long border with Vietnam. Do you may remember Kent State riots and killings of university students in the US that was…
Today was hot. The heat index was well over 110 degrees. I was struggling to carry my forty pound pack. My son and I had now walked almost fifty miles on our Freedom Walk honoring the sacrifices of Noit, my wife and Paul’s mother. We are retracing her steps that she walked when she…
Today we walked at a good pace, though a festering blister on my foot got the best of me. Today, we were in a newly paved section of road with no shoulder. The entire walk today was in sand and gravel. It was like walking on a beach or in a sand box. My feet…
As we walk down the road I seem to be constantly talking with people, if not my son. I wave at every kid who walks to school. I talk to teachers coming out of schools. I greet everyone on a bicycle. I say hello to people who watch little stalls and sellers in markets. Pretty…
Today as I walked, prayed and listened to scriptures I was struck by my wife’s walk, under a completely different situation than my son and I walking. The hardest part about walking has been carrying the backpack of all our goods. I packed very light. I have a few light snacks. I have a solar…