One of God’s Little Ones: Vuon, a Poor Crippled Cambodian

AsiaNews: Father Luca Bolelli: Let me tell about Vuon. The first time I met Vuon, I was travelling with some Christians from our community of Kdol Leu. As we went by the mission of Kratié, we stopped to say hello to that champion of tenderness and goodness that is Sister Savier, an elderly Thai missionary.

After I got off the bus, I saw a young man coming towards me, walking with difficulty due to an obviously crippled leg, but sporting an engaging smile . . . of 34 teeth (minus two front teeth). He called me lopok, father, which is a term used with clergymen in Cambodia. I looked closer at him, but he was not someone familiar. Read more here.