Cambodia 04

We reached PKH at about 3pm. Many of the youths had reached PKH. We settled our lodgings and were waiting at the shed. Some of the youths started playing soccer and I joined in. They played quite impressively. Haha! During my stay at PKH, I got to talk with some of the youths. Those names that I could remember were Tan, Bun Rong, Sou Vuth. Tan and Bun Rong are students at PKH. Sou Vuth is a staff at PKH.

On the 2nd day, Rev Edwin shared his message in the morning. He shared about Joshua and his background and how despite of his circumstances, he was still able to find favour in the Lord. And during the night service, an altar call was called and many of the youths responded.

On the 3rd day, it was my turn to share. I had done all my preparations. I wasn't feeling unprepared but I was still unsettled. I was worried if I could be able to share for such a long time. The whole session was about 3 1/2 hours (with translation). I have never shared for such a long session. At most 1 hour. And I was worried if I would make any sense to them. I shared these with Rev Edwin the night before and he told me just focus on what I have to share and the rest leave it to God. And amazingly, even when I broke my sharing into 4 sessions, I had to shorten my last 2 sessions so in order not to exceed the given time. Indeed praise the Lord. And during the afternoon sharing of their discussions, they were able to share from what I had shared with them. I was really very encouraged. And most importantly, many of them remembered my sharing of my testimony. After the sharing, they were all teasing me that I should come back again to finish up the story. Haha! Let's hope so!

But I am definitely grateful to God! When things seem so trialing and hard, the only thing we can do is to trust in God. He is faithful and He will provide ways, means and solutions to our problems. And this episode was really a boost in my trust in God. May I continue to draw strength from the Lord. And my prayer is that what the youths have learnt from the 2 days of lesson, it will not just be head-knowledge but it will be something that they treasure seriously and will apply in their lives. Only time will tell! And let's pray for them that they will all indeed become men and women of Christ.