Audrey Jackson

5 days ago | julieroys.com | Audrey Jackson |Julie Roys

Half a bag of rice sat in the corner of the one-room shack in Kraing Thom Village, Cambodia, the sole food source for six orphaned children. Over a decade later, that detail sticks out in Mike Meierhofer’s mind. “They were eating scraps off the table where we had lunch doing the medical mission trip,” Meierhofer recalled. Much has changed since the Cambodia Christian Ministries president first met Sokny Toek, then 9, in her rickety home built out of bamboo.

2 months ago | julieroys.com | Audrey Jackson |Julie Roys

On the grounds of a Buddhist temple in Moung Ruessel, Cambodia, a crowd gathered in the shade of a mango tree. Adolescent monks, adorned in bright orange robes, peeked out of their dormitories, leaning past the doorways to listen closer. Mike Meierhofer, gesturing with one hand and holding a Bible in the other, welcomed the audience. “We thank God very much for you being here with us,” the Dallas preacher told the group, a mix of Christians, Buddhists and Muslims.