Who would move to Cambodia on their own and live there for 3 years? Who would nurse a malnourished, HIV positive infant back to health for 7 months? Who would raise enough money to buy water filters for 450 families living in the slums?
Sandy has also started a brilliant ministry. She brings together a committee of people and trains them on common illnesses (ie dengue fever, colds, basic hygiene, etc). The committee is taught prevention and treatment, then the committee trains local volunteers, and the volunteers go out into the village and teach the people. Not only do they teach health information, but the Word of God is delivered with the lesson. Sandy is convinced that God wants these people to be healthy, but the only cure for their sadness is Jesus Christ.
5 Alive was honored today to be a part of Sandy’s ministry. We helped unload a truck, full of 30 large water filters. A crowd of local people arrived who work and live out of “Rubbish Mountain.” (Which, by the way, is quite literally a mountain of trash.) Sandy explained to them the large bucket will last 10 years and the filter inside made out of local rice husks will last for 2. The people were required to save up 2 dollars to purchase their very own filter. After Sandy’s small speech had been translated one of the volunteers taught a lesson and educated on how to maintain and operate. My team was then asked to give out each filter by saying “Preah ong pratien bou.” (God bless you in Kemer, the language spoken in Cambodia.) I am greatly inspired by this woman and the life (eternal and worldy) she has brought to the people. She has shown great love to the world and to us.
