IWU Team

We were very blessed to be able to lead the team from Indiana Wesleyan University. They were a great enjoyment to us, and being able to spend time with them was a great privilege. Here you are seeing us along with Pastor Vandy and Pastor Titus posing at one of the temples in Siem Reap.


The team focused on teaching English and Children’s ministries. Here you are seeing the team praying together before their first time of ministry in Kampong Speu.


The team also ministered through song whenever they were asked. Here you are seeing Jewel, Beth and Melanie singing at the church service in Kratie, performing their rendition of the classic song “One Plus One Equals Two.” (Just kidding, I do not remember which song they sang, but rest assured that it was a Praise and Worship song.)


The team also had a chance to have fun and do some touring. Here you are seeing Beth and Kristen riding the elephants in Siem Reap.


We were very blessed to have one of our close friends from Brookhaven Wesleyan, our home church, be a member on this team. We were able to catch up on what is happening at our church and with all of our church family in Indiana. Here you are seeing Tiffany and Jewel riding one of the elephants together.


The team also worked together with our pastors and Bible school staff. Here you are seeing Karen and Whitney, the team leaders, working to “clean and green” the property in Kratie, a term that here evidently means to carry heavy rocks from one location to another that was more desirable.


Being missionary leaders of the team has its privileges as well. As the team taught or worked with the youth, we were able to sit in the back and talk to other children or adults who came to see what the “white people” were up to. Here you are seeing Tim becoming friends with a young girl who was at first very unsure about this tall, peculiar looking stranger.


Invariably, spending time with the children at the different churches is always a highlight for the team. Playing games, teaching English, and just spending time together are priceless times of interaction with these children. Here you are seeing two small girls talking together during one of these times of fun with the IWU team.


One of the favorite times for the children was playing with the parachute. It always starts with the game of working together to fling inflatable balls high into the air using the parachute, but it always ends with some children playing under the parachute while others continue to wave it in the air. Here you are seeing one boy, caught in this picture just as the parachute was lifted, enjoying the colors, the gust of air, and the feeling of being surrounded by the cloth of the parachute.


Tiffany said that we must include this picture that was taken at the Cultural Village in Siem Reap. In the picture you are seeing Tiffany posing with the Phnoo people’s village chief, played here by Tim. Tim was chosen out of the audience, much to his embarrassment, and forced into a grass skirt to play the part of the chief.