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  • Living with War – Chapter 4

    Cry of the Gecko Chapter Four Living with War By 1968, the NVA, by far the strongest military element in Cambodia, had embedded itself in Rattanakiri, Stung Treng and Mondulkiri. These forces in Cambodia were turning Rattanakiri, Mondulkiri and portions of Stung Treng and Kratie P...

  • More to the Picture than Meets the Eye – Chapter 3

    Chapter Three More to the Picture than Meets the Eye Ten years into her ‘Golden Age’ or freedom from 92 years of French occupation (1863-1953), Cambodia enjoyed some level of peace and prosperity, and was seen as one of the more stable countries in the region. Underlying these frag...

  • The Cost of Freedom - Chapter 2 The Cost of Freedom – Chapter 2

    Cry of the Gecko By Brian Maher The Cost of Freedom Chapter Two 1947– After recuperating in the States for two years, the Taylors return to Cambodia with their third child, Judith Taylor. Miriam began a prison ministry for a while, and became friends with Princess Rasmey who was Norodom ...

  • Cry of the Gecko – Chapter 1

    Cry of the Gecko by Brian Maher From the Beginning  Chapter 1             Pastor Seang Ang was born on May 19, 1918.  He was raised in a Buddhist farmer’s family in Roeusey Village, Takeo province.  His parents were Mr. Seang Beth and Mrs. Am. Pastor Seang Ang has four sisters...

  • តម្លៃរបស់មនុស្សជាតិ តម្លៃរបស់មនុស្សជាតិ

    តម្លៃរបស់មនុស្សជាតិ                     October  2009 បុរស ស្រ្តី មានតម្លៃស្មើរគ្នា ខ កម្ពីរ លោកុប្បត្តិ ១: ២៦- ២៧;  ២: ១៨, ២...

  • Wearing A Helmet Wearing A Helmet

    By Uon Seila At dawn the broad boulevard toward the airport is the only road in Phnom Penh that seems fit for driving, since the other city streets are as bumpy and potholed as the country lanes.  Battered bicycles balance bamboo containers brimming with date sugar palm juice, and tired Ja...

  • ភាពកែលំអរទំនាក់នង ភាពកែលំអរទំនាក់នង

    ប្រការ ៨ យ៉ាងដែលត្រូវប្រកាន់យកដើម្បីកែលំអរទំនាក់នង រវាងប្តី ប្រពន្ធ ដែលបានប្រេះ ឆា ហើយ ឬ កំពុងប្រេះឆា យើង...

  • Open Gate Christian Fellowship Open Gate Christian Fellowship

    1986 - 1990 Open Gate Christian Fellowship (OGCF) was birthed as an outgrowth of a Youth Group led by Pastor Uong Rien, the focus of which was to worship and praise God.  This group started meeting in the home of Tiep Seyem, a widow who agreed to open her home to meetings of this group.  However, ...

  • The Proud Palm Tree The Proud Palm Tree

    By UON Seila On a peninsula in Southeast Asia lies a country once called “Kampuchea,” meaning “The Land of Gold.”  During the colonial period the French called it “Cambodge,” a name that later evolved into “Cambodia.”  There are a lot of palm trees in most farming fields in Camb...

  • Mr. Ey Vonn Mr. Ey Vonn

    The Lighter Side of World Vision-Cambodia! Mr. Ey Vonn  By Brian And then there was Mr. Vonn Ey.  Or was it Mr. Ey Vonn?  Either way, in English it sounds dangerously similar to Mr.“One  Eye” or  Mr. “Eye, One”.  Or even, Mr. “I WON”!  Any combination of such makes room for s...