27/10/2026
Lessons from 16 Years in Cambodia 🇰🇭
**Lesson #6 – Different doesn't mean wrong.**
When preparing young people to travel to Cambodia, I teach them something I call my **Chair Theory.**
Imagine sitting in a chair with your back to a door.
Someone standing in front of you insists the door is in front of them. You insist it's behind you.
You could argue about it all day.
**But you're both right.**
You're simply seeing the same thing from different perspectives.
Now move the chair, and suddenly you're both looking at the door from the same perspective.
Sixteen years in Cambodia has taught me that so much of what we consider 'normal' is simply what we're used to.
We travel with our own habits, expectations and ideas about how things should be done. But different doesn't mean wrong.
My Cambodian friends have challenged my thinking, broadened my understanding and taught me to see the world through a different lens.
And I'm still learning!
I believe God places people in our lives who gently remind us that we don't have all the answers.
**Sometimes, instead of trying to convince someone we're right, we simply need to move our chair.**