The Cambodia team continues to reflect on their experiences, here are some of Bev’s thoughts about the trip… Want to hear more? Come to the team debrief next Monday, 7.30pm at the Weimer’s home I came to Cambodia to serve, but also to see the country where members of my family lived and worked as missionaries for […]
Over the next couple of weeks, different team members are going to tell you stories from Cambodia. David kicked off the series last week with his blog about the retreat.. Here are a few more details which will give you the overview for all our stories! We would also love to invite you to come and hear more in person […]
Last week, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in a unique learning opportunity in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Restoration was invited to partner with Christ Church of Austin in facilitating a retreat for leadership of the Anglican Church of Cambodia. We are all there in the picture above: 7 people who currently live in […]
28 days today, the first Cambodia team leaves for Phnom Penh. Four of us (David Hanke, Liz Gray, Matthew and Kelley Spainhour) will be leading a retreat for Khmer Anglican pastors in Sihanoukville, Cambodia … and our dear friends Jesse Blaine and Gregory Whitaker will be there too! The theme of the retreat is ‘Listening […]
The Wardens’ Report: a brief summary of highlights from monthly Vestry meetings, designed to demystify our work and provide some information about our growth, finances, priorities and progress towards our strategic plan. As is our new custom, the Vestry began its monthly meeting in prayer, kneeling in the sanctuary. We prayed especially for the people of […]
Church of Christ our Peace (CCOP) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia is the Anglican church where Restoration missionaries Jesse and Sarah Blaine and their girls worship. Every year during Easter week at Restoration we follow a regular discipline of giving away the offerings to an overseas partner, and this year we are delighted to be able […]
Hunter shares about his experience in Cambodia as we continue our series of reflections. Make sure you don’t miss the invitation at the bottom of his post. As 2014 ended and I reflect on God’s work in my life across the year, I’m overwhelmed with gratitude. I embraced some unique opportunities, and I am awed by […]
Continuing our series of reflections from the Cambodia team, Scott speaks out .. plus an invitation for January 12th! At Restoration, we spend a lot of time talking about the importance of having a mentor. Mentors are great. They help you listen to your life, ask good questions that make you think about the thing […]
Kathy continues our series of Cambodia reflections… Called to Cambodia for reasons unknown, I embarked on the 19 hours of flight time with trepidation. What to expect? How to manage? Very quickly I realized the Korean Air Flight attendants were in charge and I was not in control of this situation. They managed the passengers […]
Laurel Hanke continues our series of reflections on our Cambodia trip…. read on ….. We had been driving a while on the dusty, pot-holed road when our van stopped near a cinder-block building, painted pale yellow. Slightly larger than a kids’ classroom at Restoration, it was the meeting place for an Anglican church plant in Rokakos Province, […]