Pictures from Cambodia Pt 1. As I sat down to write this blog post, I opened in prayer and really felt a nudge to not worry about typing out the right words or a good story today. Instead I felt like I needed to simply put out some of the pictures from my time here in Cambodia so far. I hope you enjoy this post with the short stories and backgrounds about the pictures. (Also I will definitely be a part 2 to this b...

The night that I’m putting this post out is the night before I, as well as the rest of my team and the other team of guys leave our house in the city and drive out to one of the villages we have been working in some and help a family harvest rice. We will be staying in our tents and will be living with a family that recently made the decision to follow Jesus. We’ll be able to stay with them and pour into them while w...

If you’re confused by the title of this blog, don’t worry, I made it for you to be confused and then to click and actually read the blog. However, the title isn’t clickbait. It’s very true. I was completely clueless coming into Cambodia about the situation regarding toilet paper, and after coming here I quickly found out that toilet paper is not really used here. Instead, there is a little water sprayer beside the to...

I love meeting people with very different backgrounds from myself. I value hearing other peoples’ stories so much. I believe there is so much to learn from them and that we should always want to listen to what people have to say and always be open and ready to learn from them. There were so many stories I heard from people while serving with Samaritan’s Purse in Kentucky. Some of them disturbed me. Some of them encou...

My time in Kentucky was a blur. However, it was an experience that was very valuable and I believe I will benefit from it greatly. I believe experiencing other cultures is extremely valuable. We will obviously be doing this as we go to different countries all around the world, but I didn’t think we would during our time in Kentucky. We worked in Eastern Kentucky in Appalachia, and the people there are much different ...

Training camp is now coming to a close. My time here in Georgia has had many ups and downs. But overall it has been a really good experience that has prepared me to go out into the field. I have experienced growth in my faith as well as growth in my knowledge of the Word and what that means for my life. We have had many sermons and lectures to teach us and prepare us for going out, and it has been extremely beneficia...

The past week or so has been a great week for growth here at training camp. We have had disagreements within our squad and it has been very encouraging to me. Coming into this, I didn’t know what the repercussions of any sort of drama or disagreement with leadership might result in. And after this week, I have been extremely encouraged with how our squad has dealt with conflict. I believe this is going to be huge in ...

My first week of training camp has had many ups and downs. We’ve had spiritual highs and physical lows. The Holy Spirit has moved in some incredible ways, and I’m so excited to see what he does in the rest of the race. We’ve also had to deal with quite a bit of rain that has gotten into our tents. It is not very fun waking up to a puddle next to all of your stuff. However, we’ve been able to push through this and thi...