FCOP’s rice production hasn’t seen the results we’ve hoped for, YET. Circumstances completely out of our control have created unimaginable challenges. Still, we continue to develop our land as we strive for self-sustainability. It’s a process we’re committed to that will help resource FCOP to continue doing ministry for decades to come. Even as we continue to focus on development, we are seeing measured results giving us hope for a bright future. FCOP sold and delivered 22.5 tons of milled rice to Home of English in the capital city of Phnom Penh. Steve Billington, the founder of Home of English, …  

Feed My Starving Children has come through again as FCOP received a much needed delivery of Manna Pack. As the price of rice continues to be too expensive to purchase at the Cambodian market for all of the children and staff in our care, we are grateful to those who continue to send much needed resources. The process of getting it imported into Cambodia and delivered out to the different provinces has a number of added steps during this COVID-19 time, but it’s worth the work. Without fail, many of our staff and children, when recounting their past before and …  

Shipments of donated food items are literally a lifesaving resource for us. During times of COVID outbreaks and continual nationwide lockdowns, the availability of food continues to be an issue. Costs continue to skyrocket. This week FCOP had literally used up the last supply of Manna Pack, our main source of balanced nutrition. Thankfully, our partners at Gleanings for the Hungry, Reach Now International, Children’s Hunger Fund, and Lou Binninger have come to our rescue. Just today, Friday, Jan 26th, we unloaded 20 tons of dry soup mix, pasta, and lentils; and 20 tons of cooking oil, that will be …  

 Sam Tolle, FCOP’s Teams Leader, welcomed the first international team of 2021! It was a joint effort between our Cambodian staff, traveling to one of our church refuge centers, and international sponsors who raised funds and virtually provided needed prayer support. Church of the Open Door, Clinton, Iowa, says, “Even though traveling to Cambodia is not an option, we still want to do something special to help care for some of the children in FCOP”. Through this unique partnership, FCOP staff kicked off a major construction project at Psar Chas Church Refuge Center in coordination with the sponsor’s church services. Together, …  

On December 8th and 31st, FCOP received a tremendous blessing in the form of two 40-foot shipping containers filled with Manna Pack Rice Nutrition Meals. These meals will be sent out to all of the provinces throughout the country. We are exceedingly grateful for our partners at Reach Now International, Feed My Starving Children and Children’s Hunger Fund for their continued support to help feed over 3,000 orphans and widows in FCOP’s care. Our food supply has basically been a bare cupboard that never seems to run out; kind of like the widow’s bin in 1 Kings 17:16.  

Cambodia has had a taste of winter in December. Several parts of the country saw temperatures drop to near 10 degrees C (50 F). Now that may not seem too cold but when all you have are light clothes and a thin blanket, that’s cold! FCOP was scrambling to deliver cold medications and antibiotics to several locations with sick kids. This change in season has our team at the National Training Center preparing care packages to be delivered to our church homes throughout the country. We are sending homes additional blankets, sheets, clothing, cooking oil, rice, medications and children’s Bibles.  

The Mekong River flows from the Chinese-controlled Tibetan Plateau to the South China Sea, through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Farmers in the river basin, Asia’s Rice Bowl, produce enough rice to feed 400 million people per year. Mekong River dams in China, Laos and Thailand held back large amounts of water during a damaging drought in Cambodia last year despite China having higher-than-average water levels upstream. Cambodia’s river system has been blocked: (please watch) A series of over 200+ hydroelectric and diversion dams on the Mekong and its many tributaries have virtually cut off the water flowing into Cambodia. In …  

“My dear friends, we always have good reason to thank God for you, because your faith in God and your love for each other keep growing all the time. This is why we brag about you to all of God’s churches. We tell them how patient you are and how you keep on having faith, even though you are going through a lot of trouble and suffering.” (2 Thessalonians 1:3-4 CEV)