Two days have come and gone by in Siem Reap. Yesterday was spent visiting three of the hundreds of temples here. These places are eight hundred to a thousand years old, built during the Angkor empire, which lasted from the ninth century to the fifteenth century. Absolutely incredible. Today was spent going to the landmine museum. The man who started it, Aki Ra, was a child soldier in the Khmer Rouge before fighting with the Vietnamese and then finally joining the Cambodian National Army. He could lay out a thousand landmines a day. After the war, he realized he could save lives by demining the landmines. To this day, he has demined over 50,000 landmines and has also started an orphanage for children who were victims of landmine explosions. The organization he started works on demining fields in forgotten villages. The stories, the pictures were all heartbreaking. In the afternoon, we went to visit Krousar Thmey, a non-profit organization for blind and deaf children. A lot of children are born blind or deaf because of the issue of inbreeding in Cambodia. It is socially acceptable to marry your cousin here, but the issue of shared genetics isn’t taken into account and a lot of children are born with defects. After visiting the school, we went to see the orphanage, where we played with the kids. It amazes me to see how God has transformed these children’s lives. Please pray that God would protect these people from the landmines that litter the country…there are still over five million landmines in Cambodia, and for the children here who struggle with disabilities. Such suffering, so much suffering. God, I long for Your children here to know your peace.