Holistic Health – Page 4 – FCOP International

May 25, 2022

Miracles and Healings:

May was a month in which we saw God do something miraculous as He always does. Lita, a 9 year old orphan living at FCOP’s Keo Sema Church Refuge Center in Mondulkiri province, was bitten three times on the heel and top of her foot by a Malayan Pit Viper. I could not be more proud of the home parents (Pastor Van and his wife) because upon hearing the young girl’s screams for help, they crushed the head of the snake with a rock then immediately called the other kids of the home to gather around her and began to …

May 25, 2022

Destroying the Devil’s Work

Why did Jesus come to the earth? Most Christians would immediately respond, “To save our souls”! But, I submit that it is a major part of a bigger package. Jesus Himself proclaimed in Luke 19:10 “for the Son of man has come to seek and save that which was lost.” And, John sums this up in 1 John 3:8b, “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.” Obviously, more was lost in the Garden of Eden than our souls. FCOP pastors and church members have cast out thousands of demons …

March 31, 2022

Feeding The Physical Man

The supply chain difficulties are worldwide. FCOP can no longer afford the cost of importing containers of food. We are raising our own. Jesus recognized the need to feed the physical man. (Matthew 15:32) We love it when He stretches our supplies but we also understand that we must raise our own food. As is well documented, our efforts to develop our rice farm require an incredible amount of effort. I have never seen a human being (rice farm manager, Paul Mok) work so hard for so little. He has built thirty-five kilometers of dikes and canals two meters high …

February 28, 2022

Ted Dreamed and Heard God’s Voice!

On February 22, 2022 in the early hours of the morning, God gave me a very vivid dream. At the end of the dream something happened that I have never experienced in my 75 years of life on this earth. God woke me with an audible command. For the fist time in my life, I physically heard the audible voice of God. God said, “Get up and go call Mr. Sonny and tell him your dream!” That was at about 4:00am. Sou and I had only been back in Cambodia for 5 days from a 19 day trip to the …

February 28, 2022

The Blessing of the COVID Crisis

When the devil gives you lemons, ask the Holy Spirit for a lemonade recipe! Churches are still officially on lock-down. The result was predicted to be disastrous. But, the reality has been the scattering of the faithful who open new meetings in their homes and are broadcasting their messages via social media from multiple churches each Sunday and they are reaching thousands of people. Although FCOP has no way to officially tabulate the results, we are confident, that during this time of great fear and stress, that the Church has been growing. Every week district leaders are visiting new locations …

February 28, 2022

No Teams? Improvise

For many years FCOP has relied on visiting foreign teams to come help rebuild our deteriorating Church/Homes. Forty kids, acid rain, aging concrete and jungle growth can soon turn the best homes into a disaster. Sam Tolle has learned that foreign churches can sponsor virtual teams, through which they fund Cambodian workers. The sponsoring churches then connect with the Cambodian churches via the internet to impact the kids lives with testimonies (which we can interpret), develop relationships, and let these kids that have been orphaned or abandoned realize that someone half a world away loves them and knows they are …

January 31, 2022

A Wonderful Life

Christmas has been gone for a month and many of you have re-watched, “It’s A Wonderful Life” for the umpteenth time. There is a line where the angel tells George Bailey, “Each man’s life touches so many other lives.” My friend, Dale Downs, missionary to Brazil moved into heaven on New Years Eve. He died of Covid-19. In the fall of 1998, I was serving as President of the Board for Camp Hickory (the Foursquare camp in the old Great Lakes District). I’d sensed the call of God to missions and back then you jumped through a lot of hoops to get a …

January 31, 2022

Home Refurbishing

Any homeowner knows about maintenance and upkeep of their house. We have over 100 homes that house orphaned and abandoned children. We often use visiting teams to help with some of the upkeep and projects. Without having a foreign team in the last two years and funding for projects taking a hit because of it, we’re in a deep hole trying to keep our church home buildings in good repair. We’re grateful for churches who have done virtual teams with us (if you’re interested, feel free to contact us) and for our own staff who we send all over Cambodia …

January 31, 2022

Joy

Our daughter Hannah gave birth to our new grandson, Oliver Theodore Olbrich Rowley, on January 15th. Ollie is doing great, but Hannah has been in and out of the hospital with a condition known as preeclampsia, which affects her kidneys and blood pressure. Her husband’s mother is suffering from knee replacement complications, our daughter Chanta has Covid and our son Emil’s wife is still recovering from a double mastectomy. So, Hannah needs her Mom. We are leaving for the US tomorrow for a 16 day trip. Mattai (a young man with Down Syndrome that has been with us for 22 …

December 28, 2021

Healed of Leukemia

At the Siem Reap church dedication there was a young man who was suffering from leukemia causing severe jaundice and requiring frequent blood transfusions. He was so weak that he struggled to perform daily tasks. When he came forward for prayer, he extended his hands which were yellow and showed no sign of blood circulation to the extremities. Mak Sou even pinched him several times to see if she could discern circulation and there was no change in color. After being prayed for, his hands and face went from yellow to pink and circulation was restored. He even began to …

December 28, 2021

Released from Demonic Possession

We are seeing signs, wonders, and miracles taking place throughout Cambodia. Our pastors encountered an entire family that had been under a demonic possession resulting in no one in the family living past the age of 30. The family was led by a demoniac who would hear voices telling him to drink his own urine. The demons taunted him day and night without relenting. Mak Sou picked this up in the Spirit, prayed with the man, baptized him in water, and cast the demon out. After prayer and baptism, the man said the voices were gone. The countenance on the …

December 27, 2021

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 2021 was a year of great challenge yet God remained faithful. In spite of the global pandemic, we continue to see the Church grow and the good news of Jesus shared in some of the most unreached areas of the nation. We are excited for 2022 as we are believing it will be a year of miracles, continued growth and provision. As we reflect on our 23 years in Cambodia, we are amazed at all that has been accomplished by building the church through helping orphans and widows. We hope you …