Monthly Archives: June 2011

It’s the morning of June 30, and the team has departed for the US. Earlier today they flew from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh to make their international connection. A few team members have continued their trip by touring in … Continue reading →

It was different working in the rural war-torn border town of Anlon Veng: the people seemed a little more shy, but very welcoming and eager to learn about the Lord Jesus who sent such a generous team to their forgotten … Continue reading →

Here is a special report until the team returns to Seim Reap: The chanting is getting on the team’s nerves. There’s a Pagoda within ear-shot of the clinic and the droning has gone hour for almost two hours. What is … Continue reading →

The mission team is now in Anlong Veng, two hours north of Siem Reap, and it will not have Internet access in this rural jungle region. Do not expect any further posting to the Blog until Wednesday, June 29.

After breakfast the team received a challenge to invest our talents, as the parable in Luke 19, when the nobleman gives his servants minas to invest for fruitful return.   By the end of the day, we all had invested in … Continue reading →

This morning the team was sent off by our faithful Pharmacist Lou Cappiello (a.k.a. Batam Lou, Pharmacy Lou) who is already an inspiring person to us all. He challenged us to view patients as Mother Theresa explained – to see … Continue reading →

The team is now in Siem Reap and all it took was seven vans, one mini-bus, and seven hours of driving to get here! Along the way the team stopped for a break where several of them tried fried tarantula, … Continue reading →

It has been a busy and hectic final two days for VWAM’s team! Yesterday 366 patients were seen as the team worked until 6:15 p.m., and today the team finished at 6:45 p.m. after seeing nearly 400 patients (386 to … Continue reading →

Here is what the first day looked like as nearly 300 patients were seen in the teams first day on-site! This was a terrific start to the week. Patients were examined at one of four medical patient examination stations, five … Continue reading →

The team is set to go to work tomorrow, Monday, June 20 the first day of three in Phnom Penh! Yesterday team coordinators visited the church and children’s shelter where this will all take place. It’s located in San Soke … Continue reading →