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.        

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 …  

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.  

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!  

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.  

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 …  

Dear Friends and Family, Hey! I was nine days late one other time!  I know this is bad, (I’ve been in the USA for the Annual Convention of the Foursquare Church) and I have much to tell you. There are so many good things, and one very important, but to you probably boring, thing. So, we’ll put the boring and important at the end. The “Lions and Tigers are roaring!”.  Since its not wise to keep hungry ‘Lions and Tigers’ waiting, I’ll start there. The church home at Bakou has been a solid church, and a well managed orphan home, but …  

Dear Friends and Family, “Monkeys with matches”, they may not mean any harm, but man, can they mess things up! Back in the days of “Farmer matches and thatch roofed houses”, they were a feared combination.  Now, it’s a different mix, but still dangerous. Once more, we have earthquakes, wars, etc. in the news, and our “Monkeys” are playing with “Spiritual matches”. They site current events and leave many wondering, “Could this be it?” The truth is (Matthew 24:36), only God the Father knows! Yet, in Cambodia, the “Monkeys” are buying up a lot of radio time, broadcasting a “Doomsday …