Returning to Cambodia

The Last time I visited Cambodia, Ambassador Roland Eng talked about the high return rate of those who visit the Kingdom. There is something about it, he said, that draws people again and again. A gentle stillness of the spirit, which is wonderfully at odds with the pell mell whirl of activity in the city of Phnom Penh. Perhaps it is the smiles. Or maybe it is the aching need of these people.

I thought it would take a rare incident indeed for me to ever return. Little did I know. And here I am, back in the Kingdom, reacting to the call of a child. Davik Teng has never laid eyes on me. I am as foreign as all the wondrous sights she will soon see. Davik's story is what has lured me back. It is a rare chance and a hopefully rare and wonderful tale that we will tell in the coming weeks. But for now, suffice it to say that Cambodia calls us. Its song as gentle and bell clear as ever.

---- Greg