Cambodia! The Philippines! Lebanon!
CAMBODIA: Originally heading for Vietnam, Harry and Miriam were reassigned to Cambodia, where in their first term they find themselves enmeshed in World War II
The PHILIPPINES: The Taylors flee to the Philippines for the birth of their second child. Harry and four-year-old Donald are hauled off to internment camp. Miriam and Baby Janice, stay in the hospital during the invasion, but will follow a few weeks later. The next 1,137 days are spent behind barbed wire and thick walls under the constant surveillance of Japanese guards.
LEBANON: Having completed what most would consider a lifetime of missionary service, Harry and Miriam agree to go to Lebanon. Fifteen years later they finally retire - not put their feet up -- but to open their hearts to the needs of the mission field that has come to their door. Harry relates, "Since our forced departure from Cambodia over 20 years ago, nearly a half million Cambodian citizens have been scatter like leaves in the wind across the continents of the world. The are approximately 150,000 Cambodians in the U.S. alone. So as you see the mission field has come to us from Massachusetts to Minnesota; from the Carolinas to California. And we have had the privilege of helping Cambodian refugees in France, Switzerland, Thailand and Australia."
What a life - what a story...
CAMBODIA: Originally heading for Vietnam, Harry and Miriam were reassigned to Cambodia, where in their first term they find themselves enmeshed in World War II
The PHILIPPINES: The Taylors flee to the Philippines for the birth of their second child. Harry and four-year-old Donald are hauled off to internment camp. Miriam and Baby Janice, stay in the hospital during the invasion, but will follow a few weeks later. The next 1,137 days are spent behind barbed wire and thick walls under the constant surveillance of Japanese guards.
LEBANON: Having completed what most would consider a lifetime of missionary service, Harry and Miriam agree to go to Lebanon. Fifteen years later they finally retire - not put their feet up -- but to open their hearts to the needs of the mission field that has come to their door. Harry relates, "Since our forced departure from Cambodia over 20 years ago, nearly a half million Cambodian citizens have been scatter like leaves in the wind across the continents of the world. The are approximately 150,000 Cambodians in the U.S. alone. So as you see the mission field has come to us from Massachusetts to Minnesota; from the Carolinas to California. And we have had the privilege of helping Cambodian refugees in France, Switzerland, Thailand and Australia."
What a life - what a story...
