FCOPI Admin

August 10, 2011

Faith or Lying?

What’s the difference between faith and lying? They look a lot alike. Both lying and faith speak of things that are not as though they are. The difference is that faith is God breathed, and it comes to pass. On the surface they can look the same. The difference can only be determined through the Spirit, and for those not walking in the Spirit, I probably look like a “big blowhard”. I’ve always said, “I believe Cambodia will be a Christian nation”. Quite frankly, I used to get a little weak in the knees when I’d hear myself say such …

June 8, 2011

Rice Production Innovation

One of the things we do well is our agricultural and economic development. Our true motto is: James 2:18b “I will show you my faith by what I do.” (NIV) Introducing appropriate technology has been one of our hallmarks. Jesus came to preach good news to the poor. Good news to them is; “There is a way out of poverty”. Paul Mok, the founder of our “Tractor Factory” came up with another transforming bit of mechanical wonder. It is built with old Russian jeep parts, a single cylinder Chinese diesel engine, and a lot of innovation. This thing looks like …

June 8, 2011

Building the Holistic Church

First and foremost we are the church! Everything we do begins and ends with the church! You see, we are convinced that a healthy church cares for the entire community. So, the first thing we do is establish a church, and the church does what Jesus expects, which is to care for the orphans, widows, poor, hungry, imprisoned, etc. That’s what we do, and we do a lot of training of our pastors and staff to make sure that it happens.

June 8, 2011

Medical Team to the Rescue

We bring in so many containers, of everything from food to tractors, that the ‘Council of Development for Cambodia’ (CDC) suspected that we must be a scam business, which uses the N.G. O. (Non Government Organization) as a tax dodge. They decided to investigate. The officials told Naret, our Chief of Staff, that they would go through our list of 106 active church homes and randomly pick one to investigate. If the CDC found we were not doing as we claimed, they would shut us down. Only God could have pulled this off! They picked the Chamka Jake Church Home …

June 8, 2011

$8 a Gallon!

We often get criticized for building dependency. To which we plead, “Guilty as charged”. What do you call your kids on your tax forms? “Dependents”, right? How, and why, would you expect kids to be self sufficient? Now, the part you don’t hear is that they don’t stay that way! We teach them a profession, or a trade, and they go on to become leaders in their communities. We have cared for about 4,000 kids that are no longer under our provision. They are working as doctors, lawyers, farmers, fishermen, pastors, businessmen, and productive workers all over Cambodia. Everyone needs …

June 8, 2011

New Church Home Adoption

Steve and Sheryl Nutland of Hong Kong, fell so in love with the kids at Phadau Penh, that they adopted the nearby Or Ral Church Home. They brought their parents and are enthused about partnering with FCOP to make Oral a real oasis of blessing for the people in that region.

June 8, 2011

“Disneyland” in the Middle of Nowhere

People need to interact socially. We were not designed to be isolated. We love having fun in Cambodia, especially when it leads communities into holistic health through connecting to God. The good people at the Union Church in Hong Kong believe this, and have built a miniature Disneyland out in the middle of nowhere, Phadau Penn, Cambodia. The kids can’t get enough of it! Bob, Christal, Jenny, and a small army of our Cambodian kids slaved for three days to put it together, but it was worth the effort! “Thanks!” to Union Church and the Nutland Family!

June 8, 2011

Fish Harvest 2011

You’ve all heard, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” The problem is; it’s not true! You feed him until the rivers are fished out. That is pretty much the case in Cambodia. What we say is: “Teach a man to raise fish and you feed him for a lifetime!” Now, that works!

June 8, 2011

Flood of Baptisms

There has been an ongoing string of Baptisms in water, and the Holy Spirit, since our annual meeting in February. Between 160 and 320 people have been reported baptized every week, and most small home churches don’t report back every month. These are photos from all around the country.

June 8, 2011

Lions Roar at Bakou

The church home at Bakou has been a solid church, and a well managed orphan home, but it has never been known as a spiritual powerhouse. Assistant Pastor Phirom brought his English class into Phnom Penh for the evening Easter Service. Many of the students did not know Christ. By the end of the evening they’d all met Him, and most were filled with His Spirit. Since then they have formed a chapter of the “Young Lions”, a group Spirt filled orphan youth that are really tearing it up! They spend most of their class time together studying the Bible …

December 2, 2010

Update: December 2010

Dear Friends and Family, Twenty-nine years ago, Brother O’Rourke, a cigar chomping, ‘Old Irish Catholic Brother’, who happened to be the controller for the Samoan Arch Diocese, handed me the “slip”. I had just been fired from a job for the first, and only, time in my life. O’Rourke was my friend, and he looked me straight in the eye, I believe there was a tear rolling out of one of his, “Ted, remember, nothing is ever all bad as long as you learn something from it.” Well, that felt pretty bad. I was angry, but the truth is, I …

November 3, 2010

Update: November 2010

Dear Friends and Family It’s shocking but true! Between the months of April and November you are about 150 times more likely to die of a lightning strike in Cambodia than you are in the US . But when you stop to think about it, it’s not that surprising. Eighty percent of the people in Cambodia are farmers. They work in the water raising paddy rice, often with steel implements and there are multiple thunder storms every week. It’s a miracle any of us are alive! We’ve had a wet summer. Two weeks ago 17 of our 23 provinces were flooded. http://www.missionreports.com/flood_cover_cambodia The good news is …