Life in Cambodia

Luke and Sokha share stories of church planting and student outreach in Cambodia.

Author: Luke Smith

  • Letter from One Intern to the Next – Chris Tak

    If you are like me three months ago, you’ve recently become interested in being an intern with Luke and Sokha Smith in the village of Angk’jeay. Perhaps you’ve already sent in your application and now you’re reading through this blog in an effort to understand what Angk’jeay is like. Well, I wrote this letter in…

  • Realizing What It is All About

    The following blog post was written by Sharon Jung who was part of the January 2018 Sojourner Church short-term team. Sojourner Church is the sending church of our teammates Paul and Susan Lee. I didn’t have a lot of expectations for this trip. Isaac, my husband, encouraged me to go and his experience was almost…

  • 2017 Year in Review: January and February

    A few highlights from January and February 2017:

  • CCPC and CCSC Short-term team 2017

    From July 18th to 23rd, a joint team from http://christcentralsf.com/ and http://www.christcentralsc.com/ served with us. This was the fifth time that Christ Central Pres. Church sent a team to work with us in the village and the third time that Pastor In led the team. Update 1 and 2 below are two updates written by…

  • Bolong’s Testimony

    Bolong, Kunthea and Srey Pich are in their senior year of high school now. They have been studying with us since they were in 6th grade. They came to study when Daniel Pak and I first went to live in the village in Jan., 2011. This was before Sokha and I were married. All three…

  • ‘Teacher Becca, do you have a boyfriend yet?’

    Story from Brennan McCafferty and Becca Nyman’s Wedding Website (their wedding is on May 6th, 2017) Our Story (from Becca’s perspective) ‘Teacher Becca, do you have a boyfriend yet?’ In 2015, I (Becca) spent 6 months in Cambodia, January to June. I left for Cambodia excited to make an impact on the people in Cambodia,…

  • Teresa Smith’s Reflections from Her Trip

    Teresa Smith’s Reflections from Her Trip (Luke’s mom) On Jan 7, 2017 DeAnn Harris and I took off on our almost thirty hour flight to Cambodia. We went to visit missionaries, Luke and Sokha Smith, who reside in Ank’jeay village. Luke is my son and Sokha is my daughter-in-law. DeAnn is a good friend of…

  • Christ Central Pres Church and Christ Central Southern CA Team Video 2015

    This video is from the Christ Central Pres Church (http://christcentralsf.com/) and Christ Central Southern CA (http://christcentralsc.com/) short-term that served with us from August, 14th-19th. We appreciate their time and preparation in serving our family and the students in the ministry here.

  • Eternal Life Ministries Short-term Team Video 2015

    This video was made by the Eternal Life Ministries Short Term Team (http://www.yselm.org/). From the 2:14 minute mark to 4:14 is about our ministry. They served with us on August, 12th and 13th. We are grateful for their help and encouragement.

  • MTW Cambodia Church Planting Video

    Cambodia: Planting Churches That Transform Communities from MTW on Vimeo.