to be honest i never went to church my whole life. my dad used to be christian.. and i read the bible. that's it. my level of faith isn't that high like a baptize person.
my christmas and new year was great. i got to spend time with my cousins and family. i went bowling with my cousins and chatted with some long distance family.
in nashville there is about maybe 200 cambodian family. half of them go to temple and half go to church. then there are some cambodian who don't associate with other cambodians. it's not a lot here. there's a big lao community here in nashville. maybe the size of cambodians in jacksonville.
i just realized you're from jacksonville florida. is there a lot of christian cambodian there? i have an uncle that lives in jacksonville but he's buddhist. the cambodian temple in jacksonville has great architecture.
no, i'm not offended. when i go to the temple with my parents I don't bow no more. I just go stand and listen to music downstairs or outside. i took your words into consideration. I know now that jesus is guiding me everyday.
i think god is testing me. I grew up buddhist. I wonder am I supposed to convert to christian? maybe its god's plan. it's my destiny i guess. maybe i'm supposed to preach about god and jesus to my family? i don't know.
i guess it started off with a silly prayer, i grew up in a buddhist family and i didn't believe in jesus before, then when i was sad or had problems i would just pray to heaven like whoever, god or my an guardian angel. long story short i started listening to cambodian gospel on youtube. my mom thought it was interesting but she doesn't believe it. but i do! so that's when i accepted jesus as my savior. but it's hard because my family is buddhist and can't say it to their face that i'm a christian because it might cause drama.
i was just googling and found this website. i really like it. and i understand khmer but i can't speak it fluently. i grew up cambodian, like my grandma and parents speak khmer to me. and i grew up listening to khmer music. like pich chenda and touch sunnich.
