‘Don’t Fence Me In’, the old cowboy song may have made sense to the free range grazers of the 19th century, but in Cambodia anything not fenced in will be stolen or wander away. Compass Christian Church from Chandler, Arizona, USA came and did a wonderful job of helping protect the kids, livestock and future gardens of the Phlov Trea Church Home in Khampong Thom Province. That, plus some new sleeping mattresses, new doors and a gate made a big hit for a church that needed some loving attention. Thanks Compass! You guys are the greatest!    

“If your dream is too big, it’s too small!” I heard that, and it sounded like crazy double-talk, except, I’ve learned to hear God, and this sounded like Him. I was puzzled and the Lord told me that if the job was just too big, I could recruit more help and tackle it, but if it was beyond possibility, then I needed Him. Sou and I came here 19 years ago to see Cambodia become a Christian Nation. “Impossible!” Yet it is happening. The adversaries are fierce and plentiful, but they are being overcome. Things I did fourteen years ago, …  

 “When the Foundations are weak the Houses can tumble.” I’m talking about people and churches, not buildings. Imagine this! Thousands of churches are planted over an 18 year history, people are hungry for God, but there are few Bibles, and almost no trained leaders. The work grows through thousands of orphans being released into the countryside after being raised in the church. Home groups and churches are planted in every province of Cambodia. But at the same time, every religion that has any remote claim to Christ, begins looking for the low hanging fruit. Every group form the Moonies to …  

For the first three days of August, Sou and I had 37&1/2 cents. I don’t say that to elicit sympathy, because it was totally voluntary. We’d gone into August still owing 1/2 of our July home support and staff salaries. The loss of one-half of our rice crop was devastating to us; a $250,000.00 kick in the rear end we didn’t need. We had to replant, because that would ensure failure. I appealed to a few friends and some people who I had not spoken with in many years came through in a big way. One of them wrote back, “Hang …