These last few days I have laughed harder than a hyena, shared pieces of my heart, and taught lessons I didn’t know I had to give. Sometimes you just have to look at your surroundings out of context and laugh. I laughed when we got in a car with complete strangers from YWAM. I laughed when we crammed 17 people in a van. I laughed when our chacos got covered in mud multiple times. I laughed when we walked into a daycare and they asked what we were going to teach that day. I laughed when we ate at a casino…repeatedly (we eat there almost everyday). Sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying and choose joy when it doesn’t make sense.
Poipet is unexpected in many ways, but well watered in Jesus’s love. It was always in the plan, we stay 6 days then go on to Bangkok, but no one knew what we would actually be doing here. That didn’t change upon arrival. We still have no idea what’s going on half the time. But God is showing us some crazy things through children’s ministry and door-to-door evangelism. Mostly we teach the kids English and songs, but that’s nothing compared to what God is teaching us.
God continually teaches us how to live together and love each other well. We’re learning to work side by side, as equals, not opponents. We’re learning to listen to God and each other. We are opening up and becoming vulnerable. I think I speak for the majority when I say, we are different human beings than we were at the beginning. And to think, it’s only been one month. We have eight more months to chase God and bring kingdom.
My team had the honor to be apart of two gospel conversations where people trusted in Jesus for the first time. They were so willing to listen to us and to accept Jesus in just a 30 minute conversation. There was no skepticism or doubt in their eyes, only tears when you told them the God of the universe loves them. Sometimes we forget that faith is easy, the gospel is simple. It was an indescribable experience. God used us, he chose to let us be apart of those conversations.
In Siem Reap, we planted seeds day after day, we lay a foundation for future racers and missionaries. And it was hard work, but if no one puts in the time and effort then how will the seeds grow? In Poipet, the foundation is already in place, the seeds have been sown and watered well. The difference is striking, but there is no difference in importance. God is letting us reap what has already been sown.
The first full day in Poipet we went to a church in a nearby village. The church’s name is Harvest Time. God is saying Cambodia is ready for a harvest. I fully believe Cambodia is going to fall on its knees at the foot of His throne.
The harvest is plenty, but the workers are few
