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Poverty
A Precious Pearl
Last week one of our girls named Mary heard about a little baby who’s mother had died. In Poipet, most of the population actually work in Thailand, so there was no one to care for this little baby. She was only three months old and was covered with little bed sores, insect bit
Read MoreDestruction from the Sky
May 06, 2013
During rainy season in Cambodia our showers are fast and violent. It will rarely rain for hours on end, but usually strong weather systems move across Cambodia rapidly. They are often preceded by violent wind storms; many which whip up micro-tornadoes. Our Kracheh children’s center
Read MoreTyphoon Victim: Pastor Binar
Dec 14, 2012
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Pastor Binar started in 2012 with a lot of hope. He was a rural pastor in Mindanao who never had a chance to receive a Bible School education, but he has done his best with the church he started. He had little formal education and lived in the mountains far from any urban Bible school
Read MoreDeath and Destruction: Typhoon Bopha
Dec 08, 2012
On Tuesday, December 4 at about 3 o’clock in the morning Typhoon Bopha, called “Pablo” in the Philippines, hit Eastern Mindanao island in the Philippines. When the eye slammed into the rugged east coast of Mindanao it was a Category 5 storm, simply called a “S
Read MoreStopping the Flooding
For nearly three years we have been working on solutions for flooding in Poipet. We have helped schools, communities and people all across Poipet get out of the annual floods which devastated the city. Long gone are massive floods which inundate the whole city, but there are still p
Read MoreGod vs. satan: Church Plant in Poipet
Our day started early. Craig and Holly, from Australia on sabbatical from Stairway Church, are helping us with the new church plant. Their day started the earliest. Their cute baby girl started vomiting in the night. It was a long night for them. Added to that, it rained all nigh
Read MoreSatan Has No Poker Face
Twelve hours from now, we are launching a new church in Poipet, Cambodia. The church is focused on children and demonstrating the love of Christ. This last week has been a challenge, but it is one I have clearly seen before. It is satan’s attempt to discourage me or cause me to quit
Read MoreLaunching a Children’s Church
Nearly three years ago God spoke to me about Poipet being a gateway in the spiritual as it is in the natural (the busiest border crossing in Cambodia). Since that time we started our Imparting Smiles children center to help children. We started two companies (construction company and
Read MoreA Thousand Kid Party!
Did you ever wonder what a thousand kid party looks like? Come to Poipet, Cambodia! This last week, Kingsland Baptist Church sent us a mission team to work do a VBS (Vacation Bible School) here in Poipet. About three times a year we hold a community wide children’s party! It l
Read MoreMussa’s Conversion to Christ
On our outreach in the African bush here in Mozambique our team pulled into a small rural village with a storm. We stayed up late in the night showing the Jesus Film and giving testimonies about what God has done in our lives. Honestly, as a seasoned missionary I thought our gospel
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