Chok Vibol, age 6
Yesterday we undertook a grueling 2 1/2 hour drive towards the Cambodian/Vietnamese border. We traveled two hours south of Phnom Penh, then loaded the van on a tiny little ferryboat and crossed the Bassac River. After going ashore, we traveled again for another half an hour to forty-five minutes over incredibly muddy and slippery roads until we finally reached our destination. The roads were so bad that we almost slid off into the river several times. We barely missed hitting trees and once almost wiped out a lady's table where she'd put out vegetables for sale. Our passenger van is simply not a good choice for travel outside the capitol.
We met with village and district officials and finished the necessary paperwork for taking Vibol into our orphanage. The things we heard while we were in this village were heartbreaking. Many parents suffer physically from the effects of slave labor under the Pol Pot regime. The Khmer Rouge were responsible for the deaths of about two million Cambodians. We discovered that this village and district is filled with orphans! Parents who suffered under the Khmer Rouge die early in life, leaving behind orphan children.
We are trying to raise $46,000 by March 2007. Our new home for orphans needs your prayers and financial help. The land has been purchased and the construction has begun. Please help us rescue these children from lives of hopelessness and despair. Jesus Christ is the answer!
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It is a blessing to see that you are doing as the Lord Jesus Christ did: caring for the spiritual by way of reaching man's physical. It is often embraced and overdone by those who would neglect to preach the true Gospel and yet sadly ignored and shunned by many who do know and preach truth. There is a balance that Christ exhibited that this ministry is doing as well. Keep it up!
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