Operation Christmas Child

Christmas comes a little late in Cambodia – loading up several million Christmas shoe boxes for the famous Samaritan’s Purse “Operation Christmas Child” and shipping them out for eager children world wide is no easy undertaking. So Tara and I were very happy to make it back to Cambodia in time to get in on [...]

“Soup with wide noodle, cow meat, and hold the guts…”

“Aht kruin knong tee” is a key phrase for any foreigner trying to save a few dollars by eating at the local hole-in-the-wall. Roughly translated it means “hold the guts” which, as in any poverty stricken country, is a standard ‘waste-not-want-not’ filler for any meal. However, not being entirely poverty stricken, I prefer to hold [...]

Stain Glass Masquerade

Relatively new Casting Crown’s CD. A few sweet songs. The lyrics of this one I like in particular. I typed out the lyrics along with some commentary by the composer. I don’t think it bothers the world that we sin. I think it bothers the world that we act like we don’t. There are times [...]