MC USA calls for a day of praying and fasting during elections

Mennonite Church USA has called for a day of praying and fasting around the U.S. Elections on Monday, November 4th. We are currently participating from Cambodia – where it is Monday already – as Crystal and I set aside the moments opened to us by fasting for prayer. Personally, I am praying that God’s transformative…

The Lord is Near the Broken Hearted

I shared in an earlier post that my father was unexpectedly diagnosed with aggressive stage 4 lung cancer in December. Our family went back to see him in January and I had plans to go to see him again in March. On Sunday he was admitted into the hospital with pneumonia and on Wednesday he…

My Father has Cancer

One of my formative childhood memories is my of Father mourning his Mother, my Nana, as she was dying of cancer. I was 4 years old when she was diagnosed with lung cancer that had spread to her brain. I remember that my Father often wept for his Mother. It’s the only time I remember…

Anabaptist World: Following Jesus in Confronting the Climate Crisis

On September 19th at 7PM (EST), Anabaptist World is hosting a discussion on Following Jesus in Confronting the Climate Crisis. The discussion will be held on Facebook Live and Youtube Live. We highlight columnist Sarah Augustine, a Pueblo (Tewa) woman, lives with her family in White Swan, Washington. She is the Executive Director of the…

Please welcome Esther, Harleysville area friends

A few months ago I shared that Esther, a young Cambodian woman, would be volunteering at the Mennonite Heritage Center in Harleysville, Pennsylvania through MCC’s IVEP program. I’m happy to share that she received her visa, attended orientation at the MCC office in Akron, and is now in the Souderton area. For our friends in…

Reblog: Finding My Seat at the Table

I wanted to share a blog post by Kiron Mateti that was posted by Mennonite Church USA. Kiron is a member of Plains Mennonite Church and his wife, Rachel, actually went to the same Christian school as my youngest brother Tim for awhile. I love how he writes about going from multicultural to intercultural. It’s…

A Cambodian connection at the Mennonite Heritage Center

We have a number of connections with the Mennonite Heritage Center in Harleysville, Pennsylvania. The Heritage Center is a museum and library dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories of Mennonite faith and life in eastern Pennsylvania. The connection continued even after we came to Cambodia in 2019. The fraktur prints that we present to…

Some of our Home Leave Experiences

What a memorable home leave!  It was definitely worth the 3 year wait.  So many good memories, experiences and connections to carry with us into the next phase of Cambodian life.  As we were preparing for home leave, I was challenged to consider the purpose of home leave.  It was/is so many things!  I discussed…

Medical Emergency on the Team

This has been shared on the Mennonite Central Committee and Mennonite World Conference Facebook pages, but by the time we were given permission to share publicly we were too in the thick of it to post an update here on the blog. Just days from completing her term of service and turning home to India…

‘Make our own Khmer meal’ at the Welcoming Place

Yesterday we traveled to Akron, Pennsylvania for meetings at the MCC US office and spent the night at the Welcoming Place. We invited MCC Cambodia alumni in the area to meet us in the evening for a ‘make our own Khmer meal’. Many alumni are actually in Cambodia right now for a MCC International Programs…