Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Mexico and Cambodia Team Report
Thank You to those that attended the Mexico Team and Cambodia Team report on Sunday. It was a great turnout! Also thank you to those that helped to support future trips to Cambodia by buying some of the great items that were brought back from the trip. There are a few items still left. If you are interested in more information regarding either of the trips contact any of the leaders, we'd be happy to share with you.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Home at last
We drove into Sutherlin around 6PM after nearly 35 hours of traveling taking us from Cambodia through Seoul, Tokyo, Los Angeles and Portland. The Mexico team pulled out less than two hours before our arrival, be sure to follow their blog. Continue to check out SFCGlobal as we will continue to post missions information as well as more about Cambodia and the Krung people.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
No Photos Please
A few experiences from today:
I found out that it is not OK to take a picture of the US Embassy.
KFC is now in Cambodia and it's still finger lickin' good. You can get your chicken with french fries or rice.
Kids with cages full of little birds want you to pay to set one free. However I read beforehand that the birds are trained to return to the cage.
The National Museum is still interesting, full of ancient statues and artifacts.
I was asked if I wanted Tuk Tuk (moto taxi) too many times to count. Maybe we just wanted to walk!
I found out that it is not OK to take a picture of the US Embassy.
KFC is now in Cambodia and it's still finger lickin' good. You can get your chicken with french fries or rice.
Kids with cages full of little birds want you to pay to set one free. However I read beforehand that the birds are trained to return to the cage.
The National Museum is still interesting, full of ancient statues and artifacts.
I was asked if I wanted Tuk Tuk (moto taxi) too many times to count. Maybe we just wanted to walk!
Traveling 30 hours
We will soon be leaving for the airport with about 30 hours of travel until we reach Portland then another three hours home. It has been a great trip. Please pray that we finish strong.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Mexico Team
As I sit here in Cambodia on the tail end of our trip, I am thinking of the Mexico Team as they prepare to leave the day we return. The last few days before a trip are very vital to the team's success, I hope that each person whether going or sending would take a few minutes to pray for spiritual prepardness for each member of the team.
"As it is written, 'How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!'" Romans 10:15
"As it is written, 'How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!'" Romans 10:15
Psar Tuol Tom Pong and Tuol Sleng Museum
Ed and I had a chance to do some shopping at Psar Tuol Tom Pong, known as the "Russian Market" to foreigners because many Russians shopped there in the 1980s. After a bite to eat at a shaded little restaurant, we visited the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum.
Here's a bit of Cambodian history: After the capture of Phnom Penh by the Khmer Rouge in 1975, Tuol Svay Prey High School was taken over by Pol Pot's security forces and turned into a prison known as Security Prison 21 (S-21). S-21 was designed for detention, interrogation, torture, and killing after recieving and documenting detainees' "confessions". Many who were detained were later shipped off to the "killing fields" to be killed and dumped into large pits. Between 1975 and 1978 records indicated over 10,500 people (not including the many children) were prisoners here. There were only seven survivors of this prison. An interesting note, in 1993 the former leader of S-21, Kang Keck lev (also known as Duch) left the Khmer Rouge, later became a Christian and was baptized in 1996. He had been quietly ministering with a Christian humanitarian organization among the rural poor. Duch has since been imprisoned with his Bible at his bedside. He is the only former Khmer Rouge leader to admit to the terrible atrocities he has committed. God's grace can change anyone. Don Cormack in his book "Killing Fields, Living Fields" says it this way "Two names in particular come to mind when we think of the horrors of that time: Pol Pot, the mastermind of the revolution, and Duch, its chief executioner; two notorious, condemed men... In 1998, in a jungle hideout, the former died, alone, bitter and unrepentant; the other chose life, turned in faith to the cucified Savior and said 'remember me'. As they dumped his remains on a bonfire, Pol Pot's erstwhile comrades in arms cursed his memory, 'Just burn, burn.' Duch, imprisoned in Phnom Penh...has heard the promise of Jesus,'You shall be with me in paradise.'"
Here's a bit of Cambodian history: After the capture of Phnom Penh by the Khmer Rouge in 1975, Tuol Svay Prey High School was taken over by Pol Pot's security forces and turned into a prison known as Security Prison 21 (S-21). S-21 was designed for detention, interrogation, torture, and killing after recieving and documenting detainees' "confessions". Many who were detained were later shipped off to the "killing fields" to be killed and dumped into large pits. Between 1975 and 1978 records indicated over 10,500 people (not including the many children) were prisoners here. There were only seven survivors of this prison. An interesting note, in 1993 the former leader of S-21, Kang Keck lev (also known as Duch) left the Khmer Rouge, later became a Christian and was baptized in 1996. He had been quietly ministering with a Christian humanitarian organization among the rural poor. Duch has since been imprisoned with his Bible at his bedside. He is the only former Khmer Rouge leader to admit to the terrible atrocities he has committed. God's grace can change anyone. Don Cormack in his book "Killing Fields, Living Fields" says it this way "Two names in particular come to mind when we think of the horrors of that time: Pol Pot, the mastermind of the revolution, and Duch, its chief executioner; two notorious, condemed men... In 1998, in a jungle hideout, the former died, alone, bitter and unrepentant; the other chose life, turned in faith to the cucified Savior and said 'remember me'. As they dumped his remains on a bonfire, Pol Pot's erstwhile comrades in arms cursed his memory, 'Just burn, burn.' Duch, imprisoned in Phnom Penh...has heard the promise of Jesus,'You shall be with me in paradise.'"
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