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 …  

You may not have seen my recent posts on Facebook but Sou and I just returned to Cambodia on Thursday, February 17th, after an emergency trip to see our daughter, Hannah, who was suffering from a condition known as “pre-eclampsia” upon the birth of our grandson, Oliver Theodore Olbrich-Rowley. Hannah is doing fine now; PTL! Granny Sou has a new love in her life! We had a wonderful time with our family; we were able to see all four of our children and many of our grandchildren. During our two weeks and five days in North America, Sou and I …  

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 …  

In order to grow dry season rice, we have to first solve the irrigation issue, control weeds, insects and diseases, then, our number one problem is rats. Right now we are finishing up harvest of our last planting. It is a good crop which was planted just after the floods in early October. The combines are racing the rats!  Paul Mok, our rice farm manager, is a master chef. He will spend hours concocting a special, delicious rat feast. He boils unmilled rice for hours with a special flavoring like fermented fish and a deadly, Chinese made, poison. Paul never …  

FCOP actually started to harvest in early October and the rice was yielding about 10 tons per hectare. The rains had slowed and it looked like we were going to reap a blessing. Sadly, the Chinese funded dams on the Thai border were opened and we were flooded with a wall of water that forced the water eight inches over the top of our dikes, which we raised this year but obviously not enough. Overnight we went from a beautiful crop to a lake. It was heartbreaking. This year has been a struggle for our crops, but there is always …  

With thousands of home churches and cell groups throughout the nation, FCOP was excited to officially dedicate its 112th church building in Cambodia. This church is the first house of worship in the entire village; there isn’t even a Buddhist temple. This church congregation began as a Bible study for employees of a small shop at a local market managed by Chaya, one of the orphans FCOP had raised. Over several months, the church plant that was meeting in the shop became too large to meet there any longer averaging almost 100 people each Sunday. Pastor Chaya has been traveling …  

December 15, 2021/THE EPOCH TIMES John Mac Ghlionn is a researcher and essayist. His work has been published by the likes of the New York Post, Sydney Morning Herald, Newsweek, National Review, The Spectator US, and other respectable outlets. He is also a psychosocial specialist, with a keen interest in social dysfunction and media manipulation. Many have wondered how such radical climate change has happened to Cambodian agriculture since 2016. We are “ping ponged” between extremes by a controlling China. We must get control of our own water. The following story supports what I’ve been saying: China is using the Mekong …  

Eight year-old Sane came to live at Chom Chao Church Refuge Center a little over a year ago. He started out as a shy young boy with many fears and a great sense of insecurity. Through being given structure, parental figures that love and support him, he’s experienced the Father’s love and it has changed his life. It’s been said, “Children are great imitators… so give them something great to imitate”~ anonymous. We take this motto to heart as we actively live out the Great Commission to make disciples as well as to care for orphans and widows. Sane’s survival …