“God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
"Our team has been blessed by serving with Cambodia Hope Organization. We came with three hard targets; Ministry to the people living in the Soldier Camp, Children's Camp for the School on a Mat program, 2 day Pastors Seminar. As Pastor Wayne was teaching during the Pastors Seminar I was taking notes. He said that we need a Divine Rescue, that man is hopelessly lost and Jesus came to save us from the Kingdom of Darkness and from Sin and Death to the Kingdom of Light and Eternal Life in Jesus. I may have taken a few liberties but that was one of the central themes on Day 2.
How wonderful it is to help lost, the broken hearted and afflicted, the children who have been caught up in human trafficking and this is the story of so many in Cambodia. Helping to meet human needs is good and we are called to do these things but if we do not bring them Jesus we have are leaving them to die in the Kingdom of Darkness with out hope and with out life. This is a far worse condition as the are condemned to suffer eternally. Making our selves comfortable in the Kingdom of Darkness is so prevalent. So we must bring them life, life in Jesus Christ, the author of life. Cambodia Hope Organization brings the light of Jesus into everything that they do.
We noticed a real difference as the team ministered to Children in 3 different settings. At the Soldier camp the kids have no school on a mat, no school of any kind right now. The Gospel is beginning to take hold and people are thirsty for Jesus. The kids where really hard to work with and could not be organized to play simple games. They hit each other, stole, and were unruly in many ways.
The School on a mat children were very well behaved and even though the numbers were much greater they could easily be organized to play games, do the crafts, sing a song and the were thankful for anything they received. There behavior towards each other and the adults was marked different.
The Safe Haven school kids were one level higher and could introduce themselves, were more confident, did a skit for us with very little direction acting out the parable of the Good Samaritan.
The point is that we can see the results that rescue, education and Jesus is making in the live of these children. The only real difference between the groups is the amount of education, care and exposure to the Bible by adults whose lives have been transformed by Jesus. Being with people that know Jesus and care deeply for them. In other words they are helping them to understand their need for God, that only He can truly rescue and give us life.
Cambodia Hope provides more that basic human needs, they provide a Divine Rescue.
