Do you remember the first day of school when the new teachers messed up the pronunciation of your name? I sure do. A chuckle broke out when these new students’ names were announced in school. The names were read out: Mote Pote Taiow Nik Naw Nak Drut Yie-ut San Ankul None of the names were…
A few years ago, I sent out to find a remote jungle tribe known only by the legend of a “people with a hole in their chest”. After years of searching the final six day journey into the jungles of Cambodia brought us to a people called “T’moan”. They were the legendary “people with…
The T’moan are a small tribe of approximately seven hundred people who are one of the most remote ethnic groups in Cambodia’s vast jungle. After centuries of isolation, the story of this nomadic tribe is now revealed in the 21st century.
We were broken down in the middle of the jungle with no hope of getting out. It was nothing short of a miracle to get to the next village. It took a miracle and all of us working together.
The T’moan people literally live in the middle of nowhere. They are 50 km (35 miles) to the closest village in any direction. Our journey there was uneventful, but our journey back brought us to utter dependence on God.
When I was in the T’moan village two of the boys were telling me about their experience a few months ago of being hit by lightning.
It is seven in the evening at the T’moan village. There are children playing outside running around little campfires. I am sitting in on a little log enjoying the nighttime noises with a little breeze keeping everyone cool.