Cambodian team

This is the wonderful Cambodian team, comprising ELLCO ladies from Singapore and the Christian Broadcasting Network team in Cambodia. We spent a week together from July 14-19, visiting cleft lip/palate patients, taking kids from provinces to the zoo, visiting women and children at Laveasor, Stang Man Chay as well as Phnom Penh and Kandal prisons. It's the true kind of worship described in Isaiah 58 - to feed the hungry, clothed the naked and help the poor. And it brings the best job satisfaction ever! I'm so glad I was part of it.

A Prayer That Convicts

These words from a Franciscan benediction are convicting ...

May God bless you with discomfort
At easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships
So that you may live deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger
At injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people,
So that you may work for justice, freedom and peace

May God bless you with tears
To shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger and war
So that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and
To turn their pain into joy

And may God bless you with enough foolishness
To believe that you can make a difference in the world
So that you can do what others claim cannot be done
To bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor
Amen.