Thy Kingdom Come

When I returned to the hotel room today I checked my email and a friend who was encouraging me about my time in Cambodia said "kind of crazy that you're almost at the halfway point of the trip already!". When I read this, I thought no way, my super-on-top of it friend somehow counted wrong. The reality is that I feel like we just got our feet wet. We changed our lesson plan three times, strategically decided to attack our vision from a different angle in the midst of acclimating to a new culture and environment. But we are all tired and "happy happy".

Over the past 4 days all of us have shared and faced so many challenges. These challenges vary from realizing the injustice of the academic system to the marginalized, witnessing sex trafficking at our hotel, facing physical sickness, dealing with processing a genocide and other mind bending experiences. To say that we are disoriented would only be scratching the surface.

I know must of our blogs have been about what we do on a day to day basis but I would like to share how powerful the movement of the Lord is, a movement that transcends the limits of politics, socioeconomic constraints and human will. Over the past few year I have been given the opportunity to meet people who are solely investing in the redemption of Cambodia. A women named Sotia who is dedicating all her energy and heart into providing education for the children in the villages and reaching out to their families. A man who works everyday to raise funds to keep over 70 orphans housed and sponsored. Another lady from New Zealand who is so in love with the holistic vision of recovery that anything short of that is unacceptable. Another little man who silently shutting down brothels in a very dark town. These are the faces of this story. God's army in Cambodia is praying, working and loving.

Being here I see bright lights that are beacons of salvation in the darkness. This salvation is pouring out little lights into the darkenss, lighting areas of Cambodia that are horrific but must be revealed. There is a generation of kids seeping into the mainstream community of Cambodia and making huge changes. These kids do not have any assurance but the assurance of His sovereignty. With that assurance they plan to be self sustaining but also to give back and serve the marginalized. "These kids" are the future of Cambodia. There is a college being built with crazy plans. Ultimately, they want to start to do small group with each of the students families in the rural villages. First by understanding their needs and meeting them. An almost completed women's shelter is going to open their doors to less fortunate kids to their preschool programs in their community. God is clearly victorious in Cambodia. He reigns.


   " 'Our Father in heaven,
   hallowed be your name,
 your kingdom come,
   your will be done
      on earth as it is in heaven.