Doctors, nurses and dentists from the US serve tribal Cambodians
While I was on the “burial detail” of our dead early rice crop, the bulk of our office and district staff plus a team of medical professionals (including about 25 foreigners and 8 Cambodians), were engaged in bringing medical healing.
More than 100 other staff evangelized, prayed for, preached to, and entertained the crowds of up to 1000 per day who came for help. In the process, they led thousands of the poorest Cambodians to glorious new life! Nine different tribal groups from the northeastern province of Rattanakirri came to the provincial capital of Banlung for free medical treatment.
People were treated for almost every malady imaginable; from tumors & leukemia, to broken limbs, to the “Mystery Disease” EV-71, as well as the more mundane ailments like malnutrition and scabies. One woman came in unconscious and in the final stages of death to leukemia. She was given an IV and revived and prayed for; she received Christ, and died.
Never before has a team come together with such a unified spirit. What was impossible to do medically was done with fervent prayer and virtually all 4000+ who came through this clinic received Christ.
This was a major effort that took more than a month to set up. Fountain Head Church from Carson City, Nevada spent close to two weeks working on preparing the site. The event was held at the Pum Pram Moi Church Home so they received a facelift for the orphans as well.
Just the preparation for translations from all the tribal languages to both Cambodian and English took weeks and was a major test for our English and Vocational Training Director, Kris Warner. All together more than a month of labor from at least 20 people went into the preparation. The pictures are a must see! It does take a team and they built a virtual village.
