Author: Caleb Robey
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Caitlin Washburn’s Summer!
My adventure in Cambodia began on June 8th, when I landed at the Phnom Penh airport. After a whirlwind weekend in the capital, I made the journey to Angk’jeay village, where I would stay for the next seven weeks with the Smiths. Angk’jeay is small, but picturesque,…
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John Lee’s Spring
This past year I had the wonderful opportunity to serve with the MTW team in Cambodia! It was my third time coming back to serve with this beautiful team. I came here for 2 weeks in the summer of 2014, then another 2 weeks in the summer…
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Report from Rachel Sugg – Summer Intern
This summer I served as an intern in Angk’jeay Village, Cambodia alongside Luke and Sokha Smith for nine weeks. I taught intermediate and advanced English classes to kids of all ages and seventh grade English at the local public school. I also taught guitar lessons and a writing class, studied some Khmer, and spent time…
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Summer Update 2016
Hello friends and family, As summer comes to an end, we wanted to send you an update. Family update Our son Asa Eldad Smith was born on May, 29th! It was a difficult delivery that ended in a c-section. Thankfully, Sokha and Asa both made it through in good health. I have attached a new…
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A Better Country
Hello everyone, Things have been a bit crazy here for the last couple of weeks (hence no blog posts), but here’s a little bit about what’s been going on: I mentioned the discipleship/vocation program in my last post. Two students in Angk’jeay, who will hopefully be going to Phnom Penh to study in a few…
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Get me to the church on time. I may need a few alarms.
Hey, this is Caleb again, the Summer intern. Here’s my latest blog post! Can you imagine a world in which church starts at 6:30am? Certainly not! Who would speak of such things? Cambodians would. Why, you ask? Cambodia is hot; and after 10am, the list of things that you want to do in a buttoned-down…
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Village Sustainability Project
Here is some information written by a former teammate a while back about Eternal Life in Christ Church’s pastoral intern, Samuth, and his wife, Kunthea. They are part of what we call the Village Sustainability Project: I’d like to share just one more story about a young man named Samuth. Here he is pictured with his…
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English… anyone, anyone?
Hey, this is Caleb, the Smith’s MTW intern for this Summer. English classes; where open-ended questions make eye contact with the teacher just about as avoidable as the bubonic plague. Some of you may be wondering, what exactly is the point of missionaries teaching English? There are an immense number of answers, but let me…