It took us 11 hours of driving mountain roads and jeep trails to get to Khua Hrang, a village in the middle of nowhere where 1,600 people live, most of whom were waiting in a long line in the dark to shake my hand when we arrived. Last year, during my first visit, they had done the same. They are grateful, in light of this year's poor rice harvest, for Heaven's Family's rice bank in their village that makes it possible for them to purchase rice at a significant discount (for more info about rice banks, see my last blog).