COMMUNITY HEALTH AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (CHAD)
Our vision is for Methodist Mission in Cambodia Churches to be engaging communities to experience wholeness of life- physically, socially and spiritually- as they wetness to the transforming power of living the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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CHAD Advent 08 Newsletter
Great ways to help with Cambodia Missions:
1. Pastors support
$200 per month ($2,400 per year)2. Scholarship: Cambodian Methodist Bible School $100 per month ($1,000 per yr)
3. Faith Engine Ministry (Mechanics training) $250 per scholarship FEM - This facility trains skills to repair motorcycle and car engines. Each class has 15 students for 10 weeks. Students have classroom study, hands-on shop experience, daily worship plus eat and ...<< MORE >>
The prayer that sparks revival begins long before the countryside seems to awaken from its slumber in sin. It starts when men fall on their knees and cry out to God. That’s where true intimacy with God takes place and we begin the journey of being transformed into the image of Christ. And as men are transformed, the course of a nation can be changed. << MORE >>
Wednesday December 10th
Our last day in Cambodia turned out to be one of the saddest in memory, as we toured Camp Choeung ER, one of estimated 388 CAMBODIAN KILLING FIELDS.
On April 17th, 1975 the Khmer Rouge, a communist guerrilla group led by Pol Pot, took power in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. They forced all city dwellers into the countryside and to labor camps. During their rule, it is estimated that Cambodians died by starvation, torture ...<< MORE >>
Seim Reap and Angkor Wat - Tourist Day - Tuesday, Dec. 9th ...<< MORE >>
We boarded a plane at daylight to take a 40 minute flight over to Seim Reap. Located here is Angkor Wat, an ancient Buddhist temple that is considered one of the man-made wonders of the world (eighth we were told). It was huge, ornate, and exceedingly impressive.The Cambodian heritage holds this site in such high regard that Angkor Wat temple is the symbol at he center of their national flag.
Methodist Mission Office - Faith Engine Ministry - December 8th
On Monday we started the day at the UMM Office doing devotion, getting to know the staff and fellowship. We continued to be in awe what God is doing in Cambodia. They have a awesome staff and it was great to get to know them all a little better. It did not take long to feel right at home. Since this was Jack's 4th trip he was looking around wondering where his new office would be on his next trip? Jack had brought the Methodist mission a ...<< MORE >>
The highlight today will be attending the Christmas program at the ministry to children of families living in the city dump, called LADS – "Light at the Dump Site". But first, the team traveled across town to attend morning worship and communion at Toul Tork Methodist Church & School.
Finally off to the dump site…stench, flies, smoke…as you would expect. 0ver 250 children, their parents, and a whole lot of Christmas smiles were what we did not expect. LADS ministry has been providing schooling and food to ...<< MORE >>
Christmas Celebration at the Orphanage
The orphanage has been moved out from the inner city. They have acquired some land and are building a facility. They have about 100 plus kids living with them at this time.
Upon arrival to the orphanage, the team did a presentation for three separate age groups in the small and hot classrooms. We quickly divided into three teams to rotate—coloring, singing, and story.
The Christmas celebration is a time for the whole community to come together. We were ...<< MORE >>
Youth Camp Day Three (Friday – December 5, 2008)
Don’t these kids ever get tired? They pop out for 6:00 AM for exercise again then shovel in the rice and something for breakfast. All fueled up then for a morning session of jumping & dancing praise music (and very loud for us older youth). Rev. Philip Lim, a district superintendent in the Cambodia Methodist Church, gave the morning message. His lesson was about the necessity for all life to maintain a source of light. Finding, keeping, and sharing the source ...<< MORE >>
The first evening at Sihanoukville (Tuesday) we quickly disbursed to our rooms and then met back together for dinner (rice and soup and "other things we could not identify"…….then a team meeting. Donations from our home churches had funded the purchase of bibles in the local dialect for each of the youth attending. Our churches had also sent along personal notes and cards from home and we put one in each bible. The personal notes were provided by many at home that committed to pray for the recipient of the bible. Some youth attending actually ...<< MORE >>
PHNOM PENH (Monday / Tuesday)
We arrived in Phnom Penh almost midnight Monday and was greeted by a large number of the Cambodian Methodist Church leaders. After a quick greeting and picture we boarded a bus to the hotel for some crash time. Yes, we had our first real bed after leaving home 51+ hours ago.
Sounds of music were heard upon our arrival at the Garden Hill Hotel atop a tall hill north of town. The youth band was ...<< MORE >>
Esther Karimi Gitobu is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church assigned to Cambodia.
"I mostly will deal with writing grants and fundraising for projects," Esther explains. "My vision of Cambodia is to see hope in the midst of pain and despair...hope is when in the midst of uncertainty one keeps making the effort. I just want to be there as an agent of hope."
Previously, Esther and her husband, Nicholas Gitobu Kithinji, also a GBGM missionary, served ...<< MORE >>
Land - Covering over 69,000 sq miles, Cambodia is just smaller than Oklahoma. Mountains lie to the north and southwest. The center is basically flat, with a large lake, the Sonle Sap, roughly in the middle. More than 75 percent of the land was once covered with forests and woodlands. However, rampant logging has reduced that figure to less than 40 percent. Cambodia's climate is tropical, and annual temperatures average between 80 degrees F and 100 degrees F. The dry season is from December to April; the rainy season is from May to November. ...<< MORE >>