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Here is a really powerful article about the shooting in Florida and about the controversy with guns in the United States.  I recommend that you click on the picture and read it:

Today Cathy Hammond from the Caritas Australia office in Sydney took Charlie to a secondary school to address a group of student leaders.  Then it was back to the Caritas office to work.  Click here to see the leadership day at De La Salle College.

Today was a free day to recover from travel fatigue and finish up our presentations but it turned into a travel and sightseeing day.  Click here to see where we went.

Off to school:  Where’s YOUR helmet, Dad?

The last of the Maryknoll group departed from Hua Hin early this morning and by the end of the day just about everyone was back in her or his home mission country.  Click here to see some pictures from this last day.

I had planned to post a larger spread of pictures today but events didn’t work out even though today was technically a holiday.  There were too many people in the hospital I had to see and then I had to finish a report due tomorrow morning.  Maybe in the next couple days I can follow up on my plan.

Lay missioners in Cambodia from a variety of mission groups like Maryknoll and from a variety of countries meet regularly and today was the meeting for December.  Click here for pictures of the Mekong River site and the activities.

People working in the home-shop houses or working in different parts of the informal economy spend a lot of time waiting for customers.  Earlier we saw pictures of those just staring or sleeping to pass the time.  Here is another way some shopkeepers wait.

I’m currently in southern Cambodia with all of our Deaf Development Programme staff from three provinces, for a staff “retreat,” a chance to talk about some of our values and policies and at the same time allow the staff to meet and enjoy each other.  I have a good Internet connection in the building I am in at the Catholic center, but for some reason my efforts to log into and change my website have been stymied since I arrived–until just now when I found I was able to start creating this new post.  I’ll see now if it goes through, and if it does then I can post some new pages.