Life in Cambodia

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

Tag: Summer2016

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Toto, we’re not in Phnom Penh anymore

    Hello, my name is Caleb Robey, and I am serving as Luke and Sokha’s intern for this Summer. I will be posting my blog updates here! After about four days of getting oriented to Khmer culture and language in Phnom Penh, I finally arrived with Luke Smith in Angk’jeay Village last Friday! Being in the…

  • Hello from the other side… of the world.

    Hey, this is Caleb, the Smith’s MTW intern for this Summer. For half of every year, the Country of Cambodia is exactly twelve hours ahead of eastern time (eleven hours ahead during EDT), which means that I am about as close to being on the other side of the globe from home as possible. Weird…

  • What and Why?

    Hello, my name is Caleb Robey, and I am serving as Luke and Sokha’s intern for this Summer. I will be posting my blog updates here! “Something went seriously wrong during your upbringing.” – my grandmother to me in regards to the tendency that my sister and I have to travel to “obscure” (her words)…