Over the last year we have been teaching and counseling people on the sanctity of human life. In Cambodia, which is well-known for its “Killing Fields”, the value of human life is seldom promoted. Satan has had a strangle hold of death on this country for multiple millennia. John 10:10 tells us of Satan’s plans…
Last week there was terrible flooding in Cambodia and with Typhoon Magi heading toward Cambodia we were fearing the worst. After much prayer (and a high pressure system) the typhoon pounced on China and Taiwan (sorry about that). I breathed a sigh of relief assuming we would be ok. I went on with my comfortable…
Poipet is a city on the border of Thailand and Cambodia. Because of its proximity to Bangkok, tens of thousands of people have moved to this town for the hope of jobs in Thailand. This area has significant issues of human trafficking, abandonment of children, and other social problems; yet, this is one of Cambodia’s…
Three years ago I met Kurt Dillinger who ran a ministry called “Life International“. There are more than two thousand centers in America to help council women who have an unplanned pregnancy choose life; however, there are few overseas. Most of the 42 million abortions performed annually in the world are done in Asia, yet…
A few days ago I went to prison! I went on a specific mission and was given full access to the prison from the government and the warden. I was going to bust out some captives, and everyone knew it!
Over the years Pastor Andrew and his friends have helped us train hundreds of local pastors, teach in schools, evangelize using karate and they have always been thoughtful and generous. A year and a half ago God opened a great door to help orphans and abandoned kids in dire poverty. First to jump in to help the kids was Freedom Church.
Unfortunately over the last few months I have been too busy to post blogs. In effect I have been “missing in action”.
When I arrived in Cambodia in 1994, I was sure surprised when I found out one of their many holidays was “The Day of Hate”. April 17th is the Day of Hate, if you are interested. It marks the day on April 17, 1975 when the Khmer Rouge completed their conquest of Cambodia. As a result 3.1 million people died.
Protestant missionaries went centuries ago to Ethiopia, but it was not until the 1920’s that they tried to establish a larger and permanent presence there. The missionaries bought large tracts of land (100-1000 acres) to use as mission stations. On these stations they would produce crops to fund their activities, build Bible schools, primary schools and medical clinics to meet the needs of the local people and provide a base to share the gospel from and raise their own families.
Eighty years after Om was born he got his first chance to hear about Jesus laying mute and crippled in his bed. He was only waiting to die. Jesus came down, though faithful believers like Ang, and brought the Good News of Jesus though the power of healing into Om’s life. Now, Om and his family have changed their eternal destiny!