God is Faithful in All Things

We are constantly amazed at the faithfulness of God. Why this is, I have no clue. God continually amazes with everything that He does. To see all that He has accomplished during the seven years that Lighthouse Ministries has been on the ground here in S.E. Asia is, at times, overwhelming.

In meeting after meeting with Vutha, he continues to show wisdom way beyond his years. In dealing with the other staff, the children, the government, the culture, etc., Vutha continues to walk in the wisdom of the Holy Spirit. Just this morning, he was telling Kristen and I about how his heart was to let the children go back to their home villages for a day or two every year so that they can share how Jesus has changed their lives. It is his desire to see the children ministering to their lost relatives. We have several children who will be 17 and 18 years old this year, Vutha is passionately seeking the Lord for direction for their lives and is coming up with Spirit inspired plans.

Pheakadey's little restaurant is truly a Lighthouse in the city. She recently led a 65 year old foreigner who was visiting the city to Christ by sharing her testimony. A young 24 year old girl next door to the restaurant is a bonded slave to a rich family. The young girl has tried to commit suicide twice in the last few years. The family she is indebted to will not feed her enough or give her even a few hours off to visit the Church. Pheakadey sneaks her food from the restaurant and gives her tracts to read. Many poor and forgotten in the city know that they can find a place to sit for a few minutes, get a free meal and hear Pheakadey's testimony one more time. She is truly one of Phillip's spiritual daughters - a new testament evangelist. I am always convicted when in Pheakadey's presence because she is so in love with the One who saved her life (she was saved from child prostitution) and soul and is so passionate about sharing His love with others.

In the morning, the bread seller walks the street calling out for customers. Mary, Vutha and Pheakadey's daughter, will run to her window when she hears him calling out and sing at the top of her lungs, "Jesus Christ is the bread of life! " So, everyone every morning, the street they live on hears a child teaching them the truth of God.

Seeing Somnang, our oldest boy at Heritage House, in his right mind, leading worship, teaching computer skills to another student at his school, and talking about his future is a miracle. When Somnang came to live with us, he was 12 years old, and he had never been to school. He was really rough and we were reluctant to take him in. After prayer, we knew that he was suppose to live with us. Watching him relate to the other children and to see the work of God in his life is amazing.

Our new cook, Heng, was a demonized woman living in the village. Her father had nine children and was completely insane. He walked the roads seeing visions of Satan and terrorizing the others in the village. Heng was married to a drunkard who abused her and her two sons. She was soon following in her father's footsteps and the other villagers were afraid of her. One of her sisters gave her heart to Christ and shared the gospel with Heng. Now she is a Christian and growing in Jesus. She lives with Vutha and Pheakadey with her two sons and they are being discipled.

I could go on and on about the faithfulness of God. He has been working here in Cambodia and around the world and will continue to do so. We are blessed to serve Him. Our prayer is that Jesus Christ would be exalted in the nations and that His kingdom would truly come through His Church here in Kampot.

We will be leaving Kampot to head to Phnom Penh tomorrow. It will be difficult to leave our Khmer family here. We spent the morning with the staff of Heritage House. We praised the Lord together, prayed together, studied His Word together, washed each other's feet, and had communion. We laughed, we cried and we were moved by the love of God.

Tonight we will have a meal with the staff at Pheakadey's restaurant, spend the evening talking with the older children about their future, have devotions with all of the children, and spend the night at the guest house with Srey Roth and talk about her future. Please pray for us as we prepare to leave, it is always hard to leave the staff and children, for our safety traveling to Phnom Penh (really dangerous road) and for our time in Phnom Penh to be as fruitful as our time in Kampot has been.

Servant of a Passionate God
Lewis Burke
Rom 8:31

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