Do
not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition,
with
thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:6
This is how our month started. A month of
the unknown. Arriving in Cambodia not knowing what our ministry was going to
be. Praying into the unknown. Praying with expectation, but unsure of what to
expect. Now, I am immersed into a ministry I have fallen in love with.
the unknown. Arriving in Cambodia not knowing what our ministry was going to
be. Praying into the unknown. Praying with expectation, but unsure of what to
expect. Now, I am immersed into a ministry I have fallen in love with.
This is the good fruit. The right tree. The
perfect fit. This is our ministry this month. An amazing combination of the
rich and the poor. The beauty and the pain. The dump and the city. The
nourished and malnourished. The sick and the healthy. Something from nothing.
It’s heartbreaking, yet refreshing. This is the Tree of Life. This is my month
perfect fit. This is our ministry this month. An amazing combination of the
rich and the poor. The beauty and the pain. The dump and the city. The
nourished and malnourished. The sick and the healthy. Something from nothing.
It’s heartbreaking, yet refreshing. This is the Tree of Life. This is my month
.
We take a tuk-tuk crammed with 7 of us 20
minutes down the road to the dump. At the bottom of the stench, trash and haze
is our ministry site every morning and afternoon. Playing with the kids.
Praying for people who are sick and needy. Visiting church members. Assisting
with Bible Studies and Health and Wellness clinics. This is just the beginning.
minutes down the road to the dump. At the bottom of the stench, trash and haze
is our ministry site every morning and afternoon. Playing with the kids.
Praying for people who are sick and needy. Visiting church members. Assisting
with Bible Studies and Health and Wellness clinics. This is just the beginning.
It took only a few days to change my
outlook on Asia and what I will be facing this month. I have already met three
women who have touched my heart – one is an 11 year old girl
with the biggest
smile and joy in life. Her name is SreyPoa and she is 11 years old. She lives
in the village at the bottom of Rubbish Mountain and knows a bit of
English…enough for us to at least say hello and good-bye etc. She doesn’t
have much of anything, but she does have Jesus – and His love shines through
her! Another woman is SreyTouch.
She is 18 and a volunteer at the Tree of Life.
outlook on Asia and what I will be facing this month. I have already met three
women who have touched my heart – one is an 11 year old girl
with the biggestsmile and joy in life. Her name is SreyPoa and she is 11 years old. She lives
in the village at the bottom of Rubbish Mountain and knows a bit of
English…enough for us to at least say hello and good-bye etc. She doesn’t
have much of anything, but she does have Jesus – and His love shines through
her! Another woman is SreyTouch.
She is 18 and a volunteer at the Tree of Life.Everyday we arrive, she is waiting there for us with a hug, a smile and her
love. We just sit together and be. God is in the middle. It’s beautiful. A
simple friendship!
love. We just sit together and be. God is in the middle. It’s beautiful. A
simple friendship!
The other women is unique. She is not from
Cambodia. She’s from Malaysia but has been living in Cambodia the last 3 years
and has been called by God to do ministry, and is waiting for Him to show her
the when and where. Her name is BeeHong.
She immediately captured my heart from
the moment I met her. It might just be a one time meeting, but it was an
encounter from God and one that I will never forget. Her faith is unreal and
challenged me to a new level of faith, belief, prayer and authority. I was
still battling with my sickness, and this woman prayed for me and touched me.
God showed up and healed me. She spoke words into me that I never would have
imagined. Not on a day where I am called to do ministry. Where I’m a few hours
away from visiting a clinic so that I can be healthy and myself again. She was
an angel. She was a breath of fresh air that God knew I needed. She was used by
God to restore my energy and encourage me when I needed it the most.
Cambodia. She’s from Malaysia but has been living in Cambodia the last 3 years
and has been called by God to do ministry, and is waiting for Him to show her
the when and where. Her name is BeeHong.
She immediately captured my heart fromthe moment I met her. It might just be a one time meeting, but it was an
encounter from God and one that I will never forget. Her faith is unreal and
challenged me to a new level of faith, belief, prayer and authority. I was
still battling with my sickness, and this woman prayed for me and touched me.
God showed up and healed me. She spoke words into me that I never would have
imagined. Not on a day where I am called to do ministry. Where I’m a few hours
away from visiting a clinic so that I can be healthy and myself again. She was
an angel. She was a breath of fresh air that God knew I needed. She was used by
God to restore my energy and encourage me when I needed it the most.
It was through BeeHong that made me realize
how lost I have been the last few weeks. I have not been myself and I have been
struggling to know why. Apart from being sick, I have been frustrated and
unable to sleep. I’ve had a lack of motivation and haven’t felt like myself.
It’s been a crazy mess – not the way I wanted to start a new Continent, Country
or ministry. I’m still unsure of what went on, but I know God was and is in the
middle of it. She opened my eyes to what I was looking past.
how lost I have been the last few weeks. I have not been myself and I have been
struggling to know why. Apart from being sick, I have been frustrated and
unable to sleep. I’ve had a lack of motivation and haven’t felt like myself.
It’s been a crazy mess – not the way I wanted to start a new Continent, Country
or ministry. I’m still unsure of what went on, but I know God was and is in the
middle of it. She opened my eyes to what I was looking past.
God compelled me to talk to her when I was
about ready to collapse of exhaustion. I was sitting and waiting, when I got a
burst of energy, sprung up and went to her. It wasn’t random. It wasn’t luck. It
wasn’t coincidence. It was God. He put her where I would be. The only day she
has ever been to the Tree of Life. She spoke English. She was used by God. She
was a blessing. Unexpected to me. Known by God.
about ready to collapse of exhaustion. I was sitting and waiting, when I got a
burst of energy, sprung up and went to her. It wasn’t random. It wasn’t luck. It
wasn’t coincidence. It was God. He put her where I would be. The only day she
has ever been to the Tree of Life. She spoke English. She was used by God. She
was a blessing. Unexpected to me. Known by God.
As I was getting ready to leave, she looked
at me and asked about the scar on my lip – a scar I’ve lived with the last 14
years. With full confidence and faith, she looked at me and asked if I had ever
prayed for my scar to go away. I replied that it hadn’t even crossed my
mind…but with one simple phrase, she changed my way of thinking, praying and
looking. It’s the above and beyond.
at me and asked about the scar on my lip – a scar I’ve lived with the last 14
years. With full confidence and faith, she looked at me and asked if I had ever
prayed for my scar to go away. I replied that it hadn’t even crossed my
mind…but with one simple phrase, she changed my way of thinking, praying and
looking. It’s the above and beyond.
Over the last few weeks, God has revealedanother Spiritual gift to me. Intercession. I can’t say I accepted or believed
this right away. I was trying to fight it, but my Squad mates and God kept
confirming it and I stopped running and trying to hide it. I’ve been waiting
for Him to show me Himself and new gifts, but was willing to accept what was
staring me in the face. I’ve always known prayer was important and powerful,
but I’ve been realizing it and experiencing it on a whole new level. All I can
say is that God is amazing and that I have once again experiencing God and
meeting Him in a whole new way. I have never prayed like this before. I have
never wanted to pray like this before. praying with meaning. With passion. With
love and compassion. It’s a blessing and I am blown away about what God has
been doing in and through my life by meeting Him in my prayer times. Praying
for the “little” things. The things I would never think about stopping to pray
for before. Praying for people as I walk by them. Praying for healing and
miracles and divine intervention. Praying because God has called me to pray –
no matter when, no matter what, no matter how. It’s been a journey…and just
the beginning of another chapter of my life.
Mark 11:24 says “I tell you the truth, if
anyone says to the mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not
doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done
for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you
have received it, and it will be yours.”
anyone says to the mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not
doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done
for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you
have received it, and it will be yours.”
God healed me. Not only physically, but
spiritually. He brought me back to life. He gave me abundant energy and filled
my heart once again with joy. Praise the Lord. God is good!
spiritually. He brought me back to life. He gave me abundant energy and filled
my heart once again with joy. Praise the Lord. God is good!
Do you believe that what you pray can
really happen? Do you only pray for what’s real and what you know, or do you
pray for what you believe…that God can do what you ask for in Jesus Name? God
wants your heart and your full attention. He has given us authority and power
and strength. It’s through Him and because of Him. Ask for bigger things. Ask
for more than you can imagine. God already knows.
really happen? Do you only pray for what’s real and what you know, or do you
pray for what you believe…that God can do what you ask for in Jesus Name? God
wants your heart and your full attention. He has given us authority and power
and strength. It’s through Him and because of Him. Ask for bigger things. Ask
for more than you can imagine. God already knows.
Now
to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we can ask or imagine,
according
to his power that is at work within us,
to
him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations,
for
ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21
to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we can ask or imagine,
according
to his power that is at work within us,
to
him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations,
for
ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21
