18- My ex khmer language student was invited to share at PKH

Claudine was the one of my khmer language student in 2007 but she did not have much time to study with me. I invited her to join Living Streams Club at PKH centre in Kampong Speu this weekend. Thanks God that she take her time to join and will be sharing some word and encourage to the PKH students. She can speak Khmer but I suggest her to speak English with the PKH students because there are studying English and it will be benefit for them as well. I hope they will pratice their English with Claudine and be encourage.

17- Ministry work at PKH

I thanks to God that He still prepare me to help at PKH (Project Khmer H.O.P.E Centre ) on Saturday. I really like this ministry as I consider it of the great task that God gave me to do it. I leave Phnom Penh at 8:00am and at 9:30 I arrived there. All the students there and I join together with Living Streams Club, sing, dance, and encouragement are very important for the all of us.

Last weekend on 28-20, June the students want me to stay there over night because they have the birthday celebration. But before this I have a chance to share my testimony to the students during devotion time. Please pray for the year 2 students are going to work in hotels at the end of July and for me to do ministry there.

16- PPBS Landscape

Here are some landscapes of PPBS. Sunset, the morning fresh air. They are show how great is our God and His glory.

15- Ministry Work in Phnom Penh Bible School

I started work for Phnom Penh Bible School (PPBS) since 15-08-2007, it after I graduated.I am really thankful to God that I can work for PPBS to experience it's work there. God really blessed me with the chance to work there becuase I like teaching the Bible. The work tolk me a bit busy and have no much time to rest but I just do of what God want me to do. Teaching is not much easy, especially Lesson preparation. Oh...need a lot of time to research in the library and combine them together. Most subjects I am teaching is new for me and it very difficult to prepare but thanks God I can do that.

I was encouraged by many Christian friends and others as well, such as Chakrya, Terry and Pam, David and Charolyn Byron, Teacher Ruth... We are really need each other to support, give advice, comforte, challenge because we are Jesus' body, one part is sick and all of the parts are sick too, so that why we do that.

I think the most important is work at my best, even though the work is too small and not deserve me to do but actually I have learned from small things first, so in the future I can accomplish the serious work.
Now I almost go through one year work already at PPBS and this acadmic year will finish soon. Thanks God and thanks for Terry and Pam, David and Charolyn Byron as well as Teacher Ruth whom my mentors.

14-My Buddhist Grandma

Here is my grandma's photo. She about 78 years old and she has believed in Buddha thoroughly.
I always went to Pagoda with her when I was a Buddhist and she said that I have tanlented with Buddha. When I heard that I was glad and I promised her and all my relative that, after I finish High School I want to be a monk all my whole life but thanks to God because He has chosen me before I finish High school as I shared in my testimony. When I early became a Christian, they really scoled and hate me. But now a day because of my testimony and what God strengthen me to be firm in Him which made them happy and saw what is good in me because of Jesus' love but they still not believe in God yet. I pray and pray for them that one day God will touch and open their heart to believe in Him as well. Please remember of them in your prayer.

13- Khmer New Year Celebration in Bible School

I had Khmer New Year Celebration in Phnom Penh Bible School yesterday. We invited our friends to join and have fun.

During Khmer New Year we have a lot of tranditional games to play. I present for T. Wati's group to sing a song and our group members dance during this occasion. But please pray for Camodians because in Khmer New Year have a lot of accident on the road as well. May the Lord protect them and their family.

Day off from 11-20 for all the staff and the students and most of us went to our home town to see our brothers and sisters and most of Khmer do like that as well.

12- God bless Cambodia

Cambodia is a Buddhist Country ( Buddhism is State’s religious ) and Khmer people have their own concept which relative with religious’ doctrine. Khmer religious was both mixed together with Buddhism and Brahmanism and in their deeply belief is Brahmanism’s concept and doctrine as well. There are 99% Buddhist in Cambodia but have only 1% Christian.
Anyway we still thanks God for His love and kindness to prepare His volunteer worker and minister to spread the Gospel and do the Social work. Even though we have only 1% but God will increase and work in people’s heart. Now in Phnom Penh we have about 10 Bible Schools and Churches and Christian Organizations.
I think this is God’s blessing to Cambodia. Please pray for Cambodia because in the future we need a lot of full-time pastor and supporter to build God’s kingdom in this Country. We want to see Jesus lift up among this Nation and all the nation around the world as well. Please pray with me for Christian increase in Cambodia and work for His kingdom because God is near.

11- My friends in the Lord

Terry and Pam are my older friends. I have known them 6 years ago. They are very good friends and generous heart. I was encouraged throuh them when I was studying at Phnom Penh Bible School. They are missionaries whom came from USA. But they always came down to Cambodia to see what happen in their organization. Terry and Pam work for Light For Living organization. I knew them when I was a English student in their school in Kampong Chhnang province. They well-know and understand Khmer's culture and how Khmer people can work. They trust the Lord and Khmer cooworker in their organization.

David and Charolyn Byron were missionaries too. They are Terry and Pam's friends. They are very kindly and loving. I never know them before or meet face to face with them but they always sent me photos. I knew them through Terry and Pam whom gave me their address email to say thank you and encouraged them for their generous gifts. Praise the Lord and the Lord be thanks at all time because He is good for us.

Charya Chuon is a director of Light For Living in Kampong Chhnang province. She helped me so much during I was study at Bible School. I consider her as my mentor and the example of faith, she every patient and work hard. She is my English Teacher as well. Now she got marride and has one cute baby. Please God for her happiness and family.

10- Small Group ( In Bokor Kampot)

We are Axel's Small group. We went to Kampot province and we visit Bokor mountain.

9- Prayer Request

1-Please pray for my work at Phnom Penh Bible School, May God give me wisdom and strength to prepare the Lesson.

2-Pray for my Study at National University of Management.

3-Pray for Bible students, May the Lord gives them wisdom, health, strength to study.

4-Pray for my family, My father not believe in Jesus yet. My mother's sickness. My older sister and all my relative. May God protect and bless them.

5-Pray for my service at Church, especially may God bless the congregation.

6-Pray for Youth group because they have plan to have fellowship at S.V

8- My Testimony

Before I believed in Jesus, I was a man who had practised the precepts of Buddhism from the age of 16. I got up early very morning to prepare the rice, flowers, and incense stick before going to the pagoda wity my grandmother. At that time I was not impressed with Jesus and I surly said "I have to keep Buddhism's belief, not change to another religion." I did not understand Jesus; I only knew the he was the leader of a foreign religion and that there were two churches near my home but I was not interested in them.

By the time I reached the 11 class I was still pracitcing the precepts of Buddhism, as I had not yet heard about God's salvation. In the middle of one semester, maybe the second semester, while I was studying in class, a young man shifted to our province and came to study in my class. I wondered why he came to my class because the school had a lot of classes. After we had studied together for two to three weeks we knew each other quite well. I always spoke about the Buddhist's law to him but he just responded with a smile.

One day, he invited me to free English lessons at his house. The next day I rode my bicycle with him to put in my application form for study. When I arrived at his house I saw a curtain with a picture of Jesus holding a lamb so I asked him, "Which one in your family believes in Jesus ?" "all my family," he replied.

I was very surprised and went back home. At that time I found out that not only was he a believer but that his father was a pastor. This fact took away my desire to study English at his house but some time later I made the decision to study there.

Every Thursday his father always shared God's word and I became interested in one particular statement: "When those who belived in Jesus kill an animal for food, it is not sin". This word impacted the Buddist's vision which I believed and I was angry in my heart. I remembered this word when I studied at his house and I said to myself, "I'll just study."

While I was studying English, one man called me to the pastor and told him that I want to believe in Jesus but deep down in my heart I didn't. The pastor asked me and I didn't know how to reply to him so I found myself speaking to him emphatically saying, "Yes, I want to."

The pastor prayed for me and said, "After you pray, Jesus will come into your heart." When I went back home I remembered all that he had said and I recalled his sentence: "God will come into my heart."

Then I said to Jesus, "O Jesus, please get away from me. I do not want you to be my God. I have my gods already." Maybe three weeks later I kept thinking of the fact that in spite of all that I did in Buddhism I couldn't follow its law. When I went fishing I caught a lot of fish but they were alive and I was afraid to kill them. I took them to my mother to kill for me for food. So in reality I was still killing animals and couldn't be saved by myself. I received into my heart the pastor's words: "When those who believe in Jesus kill an animal for food it's not sin, "and I wanted to be free from my sin so I made decision to have faith in Jesus Christ as my Lord.

Thank you !

7- Class retret in Angkor Wat 2006

We are all classmate and we were very happy. I have very warm heart when I think of them. Most of them became a pastor, Youth leader, assistant pastors and working in Christian Organization as well.