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About Me

For many years I have worked with a large spectrum of special needs children including such cases as autism, aspergers, down syndrome as well as the deaf. I feel I could be of great service to other children in the world and give a hand where it is desperately needed. I sold most of what I owned and gave away the rest, (boxed a few precious memories), and have put this money toward my travel expences. Last year I spent 10 months traveling through Central America doing volunteer work. after returning home and working for the summer, I packed my bag and headed to S.E. Asia. I spent six months living and volunteering at the Wat Opot orphanage in Cambodia, with children who have lost there families to aids and who are HIV positve. The Orphanage was on the grounds of a Buhdist Temple. I taught English to the Monks and piano and guitar to the children. I spent four months traveling through Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and returned to the orphanage in Cambodia for the last month of stay in S.E. Asia. I will update my blog and pictures as I travel. Hope you enjoy :) I have been putting funds aside for the orphanage and buying necesities for the children there. At the moment I am working to raise funds along with a couple of other volunteers, to put in rainwater towers that will supply the orphanage with purified drinking water. If you would like to know more about this project or help in some way, please go to www.sorya.org or www.partnersincompassioncambodia.com thanks for your support

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Wat Opot Orphanage, Cambodiamy stuff .. .. .. .. .. .. ..above is a slide show of the children at the Mission albergue orphanage in Tapachula Mexico, where my daughter, Spencer and I, volunteered. Below is a video of the children at Wat Opot Orphanage where I was living and volunteering in southern Cambodia. Amazing Grace is sung by my daughter SpencerArt projects by the children at Wat Opot

My Blog

la muerte de un perrito....death of a puppy

I've been back in the states for 4 days now and already I am leaving on a road trip to mainland Mexico with Eric. We've been doing this trip for almost 17 years now. Erics family has a house on the be...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:33:00 GMT

tiger temple

I know you are all dying to know about the...TIGER TEMPLE!!! :):):):)...I made it out alive...barely...one of the babies chased me around and nipped at my pant leg...but I'm O.K. ...a little shook u...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:45:00 GMT

west of Bangkok

i traveled up to the west of thailand. took a train to kanchanaburi to see the tiger temple....left the next day as it wasnt a good time of the month for me to be petting the king of the jungle. didnt...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:42:00 GMT

2 a.m. at a dark bus stop

The Philipines I took the 6pm bus from Banuae, heading for Balar beach....it didnt leave until after 7pm, we hit traffic all the way down the hill. I got off in the city of Cabanatuan at 1:30am..told ...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:10:00 GMT

baby mai died today

I woke this morning in a northern village of Cambodia, to the sound of Katarinas voice alarm saying, " the time is 6am, its time to get up".  We are here to see the fresh water dolphins in the Mekong ...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:18:00 GMT

Riding on elepahants

We settled into the Nature Lodge and enjoyed every moment there. We took a treehouse that was the farthest away from the rest of the buildings, down an interesting path of wood sculptures and what app...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:53:00 GMT

riding on trucks

RIDING ON TRUCKS Leaving Kratie and the Erawadi dolphins, Kata, Anna and I headed northeast to the Mondulkiri province and the town of Sen Monorom. We were told that the only way to get there was by ...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:57:00 GMT

stories from cambodia

SKIN INFECTIONSthere are about ten or so little ones that I bath each day. I was constantly frustrated that I couldnt find clean clothes for them to wear. this was partly because of the lack of cle...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:11:00 GMT

journey in camodia

driving on the back of a moto is quit an experience. there are hundreds of other motos on the road and only a few cars. motos weave in and out of each other with ease. There are no stop signs or light...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:57:00 GMT

Driving to El Salvador my journal

October 23, 2006   How do you begin? The journey started for me a long time ago. I have thought and dreamed and planned for this forever, or it seems. My plans have changed tremendously since a y...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:40:00 GMT