Category: General
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Crazy Ends Times… Gone Global
Below is a picture of a billboard in California. And now its counterpart can be found in Phnom Penh. We live in a global age, but it would be best if some things stayed local. In a country where only a small percentage of the people are Christians, it would be nice if their first…
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I’m Engaged!!!
I am happy to announce that I am now engaged to Sokha Seng! Last Saturday we became engaged the “American way,” and this Saturday we became engaged the “Cambodian way” with a Christian ceremony and celebration with friends and family afterward. Here is a link to the photos: engagement gallery I met Sokha shortly after…
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Only a Few Hours Left
Only a few hours remain in my three month village stay. I’ll be moving back to the city for the next three months, and preparing to move back to this same village for another year. I have continued teaching a couple English classes for village students for the past few months. I have also been…
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How to Pray for Missionaries
The past issue of InVision Newsletter had an article entitled “How to Pray for Missionaries.” I thought that I would share it, since many of the prayer points really hit home with me as ways that I need to be prayed for too. 1) Pray for the health, safety, and physical well-being of missionaries and…
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New Year… New Location
It is hard to believe, but a couple weeks ago was already the second Christmas that I have celebrated in Cambodia. I took the final exam for my language right before Christmas, so I have now completed the year long Khmer for foreigners program at the Institute of Foreign Languages. I am thankful that God…
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Vision…
Our team has been working on revising our core values, mission statement, and vision statement. Below is the new edition: CORE VALUES 1. We value Christ Centered Churches • We believe in planting reformed covenantal churches 2. We value Discipleship • We believe in training national elders and deacons to lead church planting movements. •…
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Why Language Learning?
If I can get by in English, then why shouldn’t I? Is it worth the investment? Doesn’t it take too long? A recent article in MTW’s InVision Newsletter really summarized well some of these points of tension that missionaries today face in language learning, and the urgency for missionaries to still invest in leaning language…
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Operation World Prayercast: Cambodia
Operation World now has a website with a prayer guide for each nation and a short prayercast video. Here is the one for Cambodia:
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Another Small Step
It is hard to believe that I have already been in Cambodia for 13 months now. I guess I can start counting in years now. Life is fairly hectic with taking the fourth language class at the Institute of Foreign Languages and going down to the village every other weekend. Plans are coming together well…
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And the Rain Came…
… and it kept on coming. It is the rainy season here, so it is not shocking that it was raining. However, it rained almost all day for several days last week, and the flooding was as bad as I have seen in the year that I have been here. The Cambodia Daily reported that…