TalekVillage of Talek

The village of Talek (pronounced tah like) is in Kampong Thom province close to the border with Preah Vihear province. It is just a few kilometers off the main road between the provincial capitals and there is a newly built good laterite road to it. Many of the inhabitants of Talek moved close to the main road during Khmer Rouge years. Now there are a number of young Kuy families moving back and starting fresh where there is land. It is a rugged way to start, basically homesteading. A Buddhist temple is in the process of being built at one end of the village. The old part of the village has a few Khmer families, but the majority of people are Kuy.

This village is close to the villages of O'Krouch, Sre and Andas, all of which have a church. The believers are just beginning to think of reaching out here. A team of young Khmer people have been here a couple of times from Crossroads church in Phnom Penh, to tell Bible Stories.