Stronger than death

Cambodia | One man's ministry is working against the wounds of a nation | Russell Board

Russell Board

PHNOM PENH—In a rented building on a dusty street in Phnom Penh, Samuel Lamanilao and his wife Merlen personally welcome the church members as they arrive for 8:30 a.m. Sunday worship. Soon the room is filled with over 100 people in closely packed plastic chairs. There are a few families, and a number of youth, but the congregation is mostly women and children.

Many come by tuk-tuk, a rickshaw pulled by a motorbike, or they climb into the back of flatbed trucks, the standard forms of public transportation in the city. Others have walked from nearby blocks of rented single-room dwellings, one per family. Many such homes have a sewing machine on a wooden platform outside, where husband or wife stitches together clothes or gloves for a couple of dollars a day.

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