Category: General
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Cambodia Field Team Members’ Biographies
Updated – February 18, 2010 ON THE FIELD Melkie and Flor Boniao Village Ministry Mentoring/ Training House Church Leaders Flor will be involved in Education Ministries Melkie and Flor are both natives of the Philippines. Melkie has served in various capacities in the local church in the Philippines, preaching, teaching, and counseling. He has degrees…
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Another New Year and Language Study
Greetings from Cambodia, The Cambodian New Year started yesterday. It is a three day celebration where most people return to their hometowns to celebrate with their families. The first day of the celebration is used to welcome new angels who will come for one year periods of time to take care of the earth. People…
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Cremation and Buddhism
The traditional practice of Theravada Buddhism, which is the majority religion in Cambodia, is to cremate the dead body. In an article on burial practices in Cambodia, Rosemary Shewry writes, “After death the body is kept in the home in a closed coffin for three days, on a block of ice and with copious tea…
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Supernatural sightings…
Greetings from Cambodia, The following story comes from a local newspaper: Supernatural sightings are being blamed by some for a rash of high school girls falling faint and writhing uncontrollably at two schools in Kratie province, local officials said. Dr. Cheam Sa Em, provincial director of the Kratie health department, said nine students from Prek…
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The Harvest Fields…
Greetings from Cambodia, Well, here in Cambodia we are in the midst of the cold season. That is if you can consider a low of 72 degrees at night to be cold. Nonetheless, I am really enjoying this weather compared to the weather when I first arrived. But I hear the hottest weather will come…
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First few weeks…
Greetings from Cambodia, Last night was the three week anniversary of my arrival in Cambodia. I arrived on a Wednesday evening. The next morning I left with the MTW team for our annual retreat which was along the coast. It was nice to spend a few days getting to know the team to start my…
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Leaving for Cambodia…
Friends, I don’t think that it has fully sunk in for me, but I am leaving for Cambodia on Tuesday morning. I remember just a few months ago having lunch with a friend after church and telling him that I was at a loss for what to do next in the support raising process. Yet,…
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Ordination/Commissioning Service
Friends, I want to invite those of you in the DFW area to my ordination/commissioning service. It will be on Sunday, September, 20th. It will be part of the regular service at my church, New St. Peter’s Presbyterian Church. It will start at 9:30 am. We meet in the main theater of the Dallas Children’s…