“You cannot be a Christian truth-bearer while simultaneously spewing political propaganda that contradicts the love of Jesus.” – Stephen Mattson
Moving Stuff
Here are three examples of people moving people or stuff on a Sunday morning as I was motorduping across town to the 10:00 AM mass.
Notable Quotes
“The [political position] was a clever man, who had made his own way, heedless of those things which present obstacles, and which are called conscience, sworn faith, justice, duty: he had marched straight to his goal, without once flinching in the line of his advancement and his interest.”
The above was written by Victor Hugo in Les Misérables in 1862. It could easily have been written about a contemporary U.S. politician.
Disappearing Forests
This is original growth forest in Preah Vihear Province, part of 1500 hectares kept as a nature preserve. It is beautiful mountainous woodlands with magnificent trees.
This is the devastation less than 20 miles away where the original forests have been cut, the wood sold off (probably illegally and probably with a government connection), and small farmers have taken over.
I don’t know if it’s better or worse, but another area has been cut and replanted in rubber trees–usually in concessions owned by Cambodian tycoons/ministers or Chinese or Vietnamese companies. You can notice the small cups attached to the right side of each tree to catch the rubber as it flows out.
Youth Camp–Part 2
Click here for more pictures of the forest, cabins, and activities of the deaf youth camp in Preah Vihear Province.
Youth Camp–Part 1
We have a youth camp each year as part of our program with the Finnish Association of the Deaf to train deaf leaders. Click here to see our trip to this year’s camp site and our arrival.
Welcome Rain
Topics: Traffic Lanes
One of many anomalies in the Kingdom of Wonder is why drivers do not drive in the center of a traffic lane but instead straddle the lines marking the lanes. Click here for more.
Learning New Signs
Our teachers in all our classroom were in Phnom Penh this past week for a week of teacher training, part of the long break the Education Project has every year at the time of the Khmer New Year. On this day the power was off so the teachers are outside but the lack of electricity didn’t matter too much because they were learning new Cambodian signs from one of our deaf sign language teachers.