Earlier this month, over the Khmer New Year holiday, we had regional meetings on the island of Jeju in South Korea. We decided to stay a few days after to have a short family vacation. I’ll write more about our explorations later but I’ll start with another entry in my flower series. We enjoyed visiting Longwood…
Month: April 2026
Khmer New Year 2026
Next week is Khmer New Year, celebrating the start of the 2,570th year of the Buddhist Era in Cambodia. In the Chinese Zodiac this also will mark the beginning of the Year of the Horse in Cambodia. On Monday MCC Cambodia held a joint Easter and Khmer New Year celebration. This included a time of…
Heroic Rats from Tanzania
We’ve heard from a few people this month who saw a story in the news about Cambodia unveiling a stone statue of Magawa – the world’s most successful landmine detection rat. So now seems like a good time to share about the the African Giant Pouched Rats who are considered heroes for contributions to landmine…
Article: A Letter from Myanmar
I wanted to share this Canadian Mennonite article by Amos Chin President of Bible Missionary Church Mennonite, the Mennonite World Conference affiliated church in Myanmar. The original article can be found on the Canadian Mennonite website. BMC Mennonite is a partner of MCC in Myanmar. “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do…
Farewell Tasiana, Mainza, and Nathan
Three years ago I introduced you to our newly arrived service workers Mainza and Tasiana. Time has certainly seemed to go quickly because we just saw them off at the airport at the end of their three year term of service. From Zambia, Mainza and Tasiana are Anabaptists belonging to the Brethren in Christ church….