Month: February 2013

  • Cambodia Trip Winter 2013                                                                                         

    Just a couple weeks ago Sky and I were in Cambodia with a team of 12 from our church in Korea, New Philadelphia (www.newphilly.cc). Sky was the team leader and I was the team’s preaching pastor. We traveled south near the Indian Ocean to the Kampot Province and ministered for a few days with small churches there. Cambodia is around 98% Buddhist and less than 1% Christian, so the churches were small but they were vibrant. The youth are on fire for the Lord! We also visited a couple other churches in other provinces and two children homes in the capital, Phnom Penh. There were a number of salvations and many more 100% physical healings as we ministered. Also at the children’s homes we had the privilege of leading different kids in praying forgiveness over their parents who had abandoned them. It was powerful! Please enjoy the pictures…

    When we first arrived in Cambodia we visited one of the genocide museums (millions of Cambodians were killed during the 1970′s because of the killing fields). Here I am explaining to our group what happened in this torture room. The genocide in the 70′s affected Cambodia dramatically and people from that generation still suffer from bad nightmares when they sleep.

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    A common sight during the time of the killing fields

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    From there we went to the Kampot Province to minister to churches that consisted mostly of children and youth. God is raising up a new generation of worshippers in Cambodia!

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    The kids loved dancing to the songs we taught them

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    Every church was filled with beautiful kids who truly love the Lord

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    Because of the young ones, I chose to actively preach the Gospel and have team members act out what I was preaching. Here I am sharing how Jesus is our shepherd and protects the sheep from the enemy. I was acting as Jesus here and just struck Jin (acting as a wolf, the enemy) as he tried to grab a wandering sheep. The kids, even the youngest, paid close attention! If you look closely to the bottom left, you can see one of the kids enthralled by the message. =)

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    After preaching we would pray and lay hands on the kids, youth, and adults

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    We saw many healings!

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    Here a woman is testifying how she felt electricity/power fill her body as we prayed for her and then her pain up and leave her. She accepted Christ after we prayed for her, praise God!

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    My wife Sky also preached powerfully at this revival. I’m so blessed by my wife!

    After the morning revival services, we woul split into two teams and do door to door evangelism along with the kids from the churches. The villages were small and poor, so the people were welcoming to us regardless of their faith.

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    Here a store owner is accepting Christ after hearing the Gospel for the first time

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    This man was paralyzed on part of his body and couldn’t move his arm or his fingers. He told the team that if he would be healed that he and his wife would accept Christ. The team prayed for him a couple times but didn’t see anything. Sky then had the children join in laying hands and praying, and his fingers and arm suddenly moved! He accepted Christ and is 100% healed of all paralysis. God is good!!!

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    An added benefit to the evangelism, coconuts cut down from the trees and given to the team by appreciative villagers =D

    Sky and I with Pastor Kimeng and his wife, both powerful ministers for the Lord in the Kampot Province!

    Here our team is with one of the children homes in the capital. These kids are precious!

    This girl is being led in praying forgiveness over her parents whom she had held unforgiveness against all her life. God was working powerfully!

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    Here I am holding one of the boys who had just prayed forgiveness

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    We also played with them a bit. Here I am using my 7 years of orphanage ministry experience to effectively connect with the boys… wrestling never fails. =)

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    Last, we ministered at a church in the capital. Here I am praying with our translator, Pastor Lim, over the congregation.

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  • Graduations 2013                                                                                                   

    I have now attended seven years worth of graduations from my children’s home. The kids who were in fifth grade when I first arrived (late 2005) graduated from high school this year. I’m getting old…

    To keep things in perspective, here is a picture of our four high school graduates back in 2006 when they were in sixth grade (and when my camera was acting funny). Sun Ran, Hyun Hee, Yoo Jin, and Young Eun…

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    Our first high school graduate… Hyun Hee

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    Hyun Hee with Dong Min dorm dad, who has been working at the home just a little longer than me

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    Our next graduation was Yoo Jin

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    Yoo Jin with Mrs. Chae on the left, our new director, and three of the dorm moms

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    The next day we attended the middle school graduation in the morning. Il Ho was one of my first English students back when he was 9 years old. Now he is going into 10th grade.

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    Seung Hwan

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    Hae Ji, another original English student

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    With Young Oong and his younger sister Soo Ah

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    With the formerly super shy Jin So

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    Later that afternoon we attended the third and last high school graduation for Young Eun and Sun Ran. The kids tend to do wild things with their hair just before their high school graduation. The kids now call Young Eun: “Yellow head” in Korean.

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    With Sun Ran

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    The two girls with Pastor Chae

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    We are always blessed by him!

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    God bless!