All articles in category Cambodia
By David Koo
Article
May 2008
Cambodia
Missionary Spotlight – Serving in Cambodia
Serving in Cambodia When I became a born-again Christian my goals were completely turned around. From that time, I began to share the truths of my new-found faith in Christ with whoever I met. I shared them with my family members, relatives, friends, fellow office staff and church. When I was appointed…
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By Daren Beck
Article
May 2008
Cambodia
Missionary Spotlight – One Sunday morning
One Sunday morning I want to tell you what I saw one Sunday in Cambodia – not so much ‘what’ but ‘who’. Every week we attend two services on Sunday morning, the first in Khmer at Shalom Phnom Penh and the second in English at Shalom Tuol Kork. The first person to…
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By Jack and Angelina Sin
Article
May 2008
Cambodia
Missionary Spotlight – Encouraging God’s servants in Cambodia
Encouraging God’s servants in Cambodia Cambodia is a member of ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and a growing nation in Indochina. Khmer is its main language and Buddhism its religion. Its population is 14.8 million, comprised largely of the Khmer, as well as Vietnamese and Chinese minorities. Its capital city is…
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Article
December 2005
Cambodia
Missionary Spotlight-Spectacular growth in Cambodia
Dr Stephen Griffiths of OMF International writes: I went to buy a school van. ‘By the way,’ said Mr Lak, the salesman, ‘are you a Christian?’ Waiting for the paperwork, we sat on plastic chairs, traffic thundering past just feet away. Waves of dust, heat and diesel fumes gently choked me while Mr…
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By Daren Beck
Article
August 2004
Cambodia
Missionary Spotlight-Compassion in Cambodia
The ministry of Christ was characterised by compassion for the whole person. It was against the backdrop of ministering to physical needs (Matthew 9:36-38) that Jesus told his disciples to pray for workers for the spiritual harvest. It is difficult to maintain the balance between ministering to physical and spiritual needs while keeping the…
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By Moses Hahn
Article
May 2004
Cambodia
Missionary Spotlight – Open door in Cambodia
My wife and I are Korean missionaries who have served in Cambodia since September 1997. We are supported by the Life Bible Presbyterian Church, Singapore. We trained in a Singapore Bible college before taking up our present assignment, which is our first full-time ministry for the Lord. Six years In 1997 there…
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By Anna Griffiths
Article
May 2004
Cambodia
Missionary Spotlight
Mali, an OMF worker from Thailand, has been in Cambodia for eight years. She is a naturally warm and friendly person and gets into conversation with anyone, anywhere. Mali and I found Pu Song (with the help of his wife) in one of the poorest government hospitals in Phnom Penh. His emaciated body lay…
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By Steve Griffiths
Article
May 2004
Cambodia
Missionary Spotlight
‘You will rule in the midst of your enemies’ (Psalm 110:2) Saren, a burly, genial medical colleague and I were talking last week. Just 13 years old when the Khmer Rouge took power, he had been separated from his family and placed in a mobile brigade, building dams. He and I had been together…
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Article
May 2004
Cambodia
Missionary Spotlight – Cambodia Facts
Area:69,898 square miles. Neighbours : Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. Environment : A tropical monsoon climate, with heavy rain in the few mountainous areas (Phnum Aoral 1,801 metres). Most of Cambodia consists of a low, flat, alluvial plain, dominated by the Mekong River. The large Tonle Sap (Great Lake) communicates with the…
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By Steve Griffiths
Article
May 2004
Cambodia
Missionary Spotlight – Revenge and reconciliation
Three years ago I went with a colleague to the Preah Key Mialia military hospital in Phnom Penh, notorious for its appalling conditions. The huge colonial building was filthy. Avoiding dead rats on the stairs, we walked through noisy corridors filled with mutilated men and women, on crutches and in old broken-down wheelchairs, who…
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