Dith Pran

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Killing Fields redux

On Thursday we watched "The killing fields" movie at church, about Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge times. I was happy to see that people other than the STM folks showed up :). It's good to see the kind of support we have, even though they had already seen the movie they watched it again anyway! So before the movie started I thought to myself, I've seen this twice and I'm tired so I'm just gonna sleep through it. But when it started I was completely engrossed and watched it all the way through. Seeing it for the third time made me appreciate some of its finer points, things I did not catch the first two times. Such as the length of time that Pran was a prisoner of the Khmer Rouge, the total communication black out the Khmer Rouge put on Cambodia and how easy it is to think "God had left that place" when we see all that happened. But we know the He did not leave, He was still there and all that happened was part of His sovereign plan. We do not know how or why He allowed the atrocities to unfold but we do know that all things He does for His glory and for the good of His people. I just pray that He would continue to glorify Himself in the world through His people, and that His people would be humble and willing to be His hands and His feet, because His people are those that He has chosen to be His instruments in spreading His name.

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"See you next time... at the Siem Reap English Camp!"

On March 1, Saturday, Alain, Jonathan, and I headed out to Bethany Cambodian Church in Ontario for our last and final 2007 Cambodia STM trip sharing with 12 young adults. (Rocio was still recovering from a very bad flu, so she had to stay home after a two day shift at work. We missed her... but at least our ears got some rest. JUST KIDDING!) Most of them were born in the states and have never been back to their homeland, Cambodia. They asked a lot of questions during and after our presentation and invited us to stay for lunch afterwards! It was great eating authentic Khmer food and hearing the language again.

We even stayed for their meeting as they decided on the dates for their STM trip to Kampuchea. It looks like they'll be going to the English Camp in Siem Reap too! They were an amusing and warmhearted group; I look forward to serving with them this summer! See y'all in Siem Reap! :-)

Chum reap leah!