Author: Adventures

and some days you pick rice

Day 4 of living in Cambodia and we have had rice every day, twice a day. Today a group of 5 others from my team and I walked about a mile to a Buddhist temple to pray over it. Before we left our house, we prayed for our time and that God would move through us. During this time, I felt kinda defeated. I felt as though I had been successful in following Gods call overseas, but was inadequate to communicate to these people. God showed me in Romans that although we may not have words to pray or know what we are praying for, the spirit does and He goes with us everywhere. I went into this...

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and some days you pick rice

Day 4 of living in Cambodia and we have had rice every day, twice a day. Today a group of 5 others from my team and I walked about a mile to a Buddhist temple to pray over it. Before we left our house, we prayed for our time and that God would move through us. During this time, I felt kinda defeated. I felt as though I had been successful in following Gods call overseas, but was inadequate to communicate to these people. God showed me in Romans that although we may not have words to pray or know what we are praying for, the spirit does and He goes with us everywhere. I went into this...

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PSINE (Pea-Sant)

Has been living at Maramba Old People’s Home since 1997. Psine met and married his wife at the home. Both Psine and his wife are legally blind but they tend to their daily chores around the home. ?Psine is standing in his garden, even though his eyes are riddled with cataracts, he toils in his garden daily. He knows where he plants each crop and he tends them. Once they are ready for harvesting, he will sell his crops and begin reworking the soil. 

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Cambodia: No. 1

Well we made it to Cambodia. It was a long journey to get here, but we did it. Through many delays and having to sleep in airports and long car rides, we made it to our ministry, New Hope for Orphans (NHO). This ministry is so beautiful. Full of beautiful children, beautiful hosts, and a beautiful vision. The children here are so full of energy. It seems as though they do not have an off switch. I often wonder how we even keep up with the kids because they are so high energy but we somehow find a way. They are all so loving and want to be with you all the time. They’ll try to sneak...

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cambodian life pt 1

After over 70 hours of travel and spending the night in the Malaysian airport, my team and I arrived at our ministry site. We are working at an orphanage in Cambodia. We don’t have wifi where we are staying, but we go to a cafe about once a week. I will be updating the blog as often as I can! I’ve only been here two days but so much has already happened! Vandy runs the orphanage where I am working. He grew up an orphan because his dad left when he was two. He grew up wondering why he wasn’t enough, or why his dad didn’t want him. Vandy wanted to make sure no other...

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cambodian life pt 2

Since part one of this blog, my team and I have accomplished so much here in Cambodia. We finished the construction projects we set out to conquer when we arrived, we successfully taught English classes, and showed so many in this community the love and hope of Jesus. From praying over Buddhist temples to passing cold water out to construction workers, we followed wherever the Lord led. We were able to meet not only spiritual needs, but also physical ones. Sometimes that looked like buying a pair of shoes for someone, or praying for pain to be cast out in Jesus’ name. Other times it...

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