Wat Opot Invaded by US Marines

 
21 August 2009
It was late in the afternoon when the troop carriers came unto campus and unloaded twenty-five members of a US Marine Corp Engineering team. Their mission was clear… to seek out and destroy the Wat Opot Children’s Community’s volley ball team in the Mother of all Games… but it wasn’t as easy as [...]

The Kangaroo Dinosaur

A few months ago the Art Class started this wall painting but got stuck on how they wanted to finish it. Time went by and then the funds ran out and the mural became an eye sore. I asked what they needed to finish it and they said a new design and some paint. I [...]

Rice Day

Every month Partners in Compassion Cambodia distributes rice to its members. We have been doing it now for over eight years and it is one of the key factors to the success of our program. In the beginning we would buy the rice ourselves in Phnom Penh and deliver it to the homes of our [...]

Goodbyes

There are a lot of visitors and volunteers who come through our gates and we are so very grateful for each one of them. They bring with them new ideas and perspectives on life and when it is time to say goodbye… most leave a good part of themselves with us. Goodbyes are always hard [...]

Markers of an Evil Empire

It has followed me most of my life and even though I have tried to get away from it, I find there is no escape… it always finds me wherever I go. Everyone else is excited about it and they try to convince me of it goodness, but that is only because they don’t [...]