My name is Thany.  I was born in the Battambang Province.  My family was all farmers.  Every year, we wouldn’t have enough to eat because the rice was destroyed by flood or it was fruitless, so my family would go work in other people’s fields in exchange for food.  My mother drank, smoked, and gambled every day.  One day she got sick.  At that time we had no money so my father decided to sell our buffalo to get her to the hospital.  Unfortunately, she was diagnosed with uterus cancer and pneumonia.  We couldn’t afford the treatments she needed.  My …  

Nazareth’s full name is Nazareth Kong. He was named Nazareth for Jesus’ hometown and Kong after our staff pediatrician that nursed him back to health, Dr. Kong Rolina. Even today we don’t know exactly how old Nazareth is, we had to give him a name and a birthday. That’s all you can do with a child like Nazareth, when they are abandoned and dropped off at the church by a random, goodhearted citizen. Nazareth was found in the middle of a large roundabout, in a basket by a food cart saleswoman. A motorcycle taxi driver knew that there was a …  

Pa Thom (Ted) traveled to the US to speak at the Great Northern District Conference in the State of Montana, he also spoke at churches in Montana and North Dakota. Though he didn’t get pictures of his speaking engagements, he did get a glimpse of heaven. Pa Thom thinks heaven is going to be “One Big Tractor Junkyard”. Mak Sou totally disagrees, but regardless he acquired three more candidates for the “Tractor Factory”. The kids learn heavy equipment mechanics and the rebuilt tractors produce needed income for FCOP.  

Dear Friends and Family,Thus goes the Christmas Spirit in Cambodia, “Thanks for speeding Pa Thom! Please remember to speed again next time you come through town,” encouraged my friend, “Mop the Battambang Cop”. (I know of no other country in the world where you get treated with such respect for breaking the law!) It seems that last year Uncle Sam gave him the greatest Christmas present he’d ever received, a used radar gun. It’s a money machine! There is about a 10 kilometer stretch of 50km/hr speed zones (in addition to the 30km/ph zone in the center of town) that …