Battambang is now only a memory. A very good memory filled with many great experiences and great relationships. It’s a time that I won’t soon forget. There's a whole lot more pictures and stories for me to share, and maybe when I'm back home I'll have a few days to reflect and share with all of you all that happened.
Now I’m in Poipet. A city that makes all the evil in the world that I have seen before seem like a drop in the bucket. Prostitutes and their pimps walk the streets, moto drivers constantly asking if other men want a “massage boom boom”, there are about nine casinos in the stretch of a mile, brothels are not difficult to find, children, men and women are trafficked across the border each day to work, people cart over illegal goods each day that the government simply taxes, people travel to Thailand to work illegally and are brought back by the police a few times a day, and children are left near the border as their parents cross to work each day. We’ve even seen prostitution and many extremely disturbing things here in our hotel.
Since being here I’ve witnessed all of the above, but have also seen and been involved with a few things that are helping this city. We arrived on Saturday and on Sunday I was able to preach here in two services. I’ve been to a slum area where the Pastor of the church and a few others are teaching the children about the Bible and English. They often have them driven over in an old Camry where they pack about 15 kids in. It’s quite a site, but not that strange here in Cambodia. We’ve had a chance to meet with an organization called CHO that is doing a variety of things that are helping this city. I’ve been to a few slums where a few of us played with the kids and took lots of pictures with them.
Here are a few pictures of all the things I mentioned above.
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