On December 31st, Pa and Mak will be in Siem Reap dedicating a beautiful new 500 seat auditorium for the Siem Reap Church. Having outgrown the old building, (even after two extensions) the new auditorium is next door to the old building and will free the old auditorium up for youth activities. The new building is completely paid for with contributions from Cambodia!  

Although we are happy to have made it through 2022, we have ended up on a joyful note with school uniforms and a new facility being dedicated in Siem Reap. The fact is inflation has really put a strain on the sustainability of feeding 3,000 mouths three times per day and all that goes with it. If you have some year end giving in your budget, FCOP would sure be a great place for it.   

The doctors at the hospital sent the body home telling the family that the pastor was dead. Kong Seangny had pastored the church in Anlong Veng for more than twenty-two years. She was the founding pastor who saw the church birthed in signs, wonders, and miracles. Her own sons were raised up from death after eating poisonous frogs, but her church had stagnated. Her grave was dug, the casket was purchased, and FCOP’s General Supervisor Som Art was summoned to perform the funeral. Som Art left Phnom Penh with Dr. Lina and Ra Vy (from our office staff) and drove the 375 kilometers to …  

Have you ever wondered why revivals never last? The first generation is raised up in the power of God, praying in the Spirit, working miracles, paying a great price for their faith, and God blesses that community (Hebrews 10:32). The second generation comes along and may be faithful church goers but they lose their spiritual zeal and by the third generation the church is dying. God always has a remnant, but they need the power of the Holy Spirit. The son-in-law of pastor Siengny, Nakreing Say, had taken over preaching but he had not seen the miraculous. God brought his mother back …  

Bob and Christal Hollandsworth have served faithfully with FCOP for 15 years. They went back to the US in February 2020 and just returned this November. They never intended to stay away that long but got stuck in the Covid-19 lockdowns. They returned just in time for the first container we’ve imported from the US in over two years arrived. We were sent 8,250 gallons of good quality exterior paint. This is a gift easily worth $100,000 US dollars. We have an assortment of colors that run through yellow, blue, pink, gray, brown and green. Bob and Christal arrived in …  

We have received more rain in November than we did in either June, July or August, and those are supposed to be ‘Rainy Season’ months. November is traditionally the first ‘Dry Season’ month, but it has been wet. Unusual weather has been a pattern all over the world! FCOP lost most of our first crop to drought, then the replanting (second crop) was lost to excessive rains in September and October. In total FCOP harvested only about 20% of our crops. Finances have been extremely tight. So, we could not buy our usual, very expensive, foundation seed. Instead, Paul Mok went through …  

Mak Sou’s name, “Soumountha”, is very unusual. We have never run into another one anywhere in the world. Mak Sou’s mother told the story of her birth in 1947. Back then names were given after the child was born. Her mother chose the names of beautiful flowers and jewels, but baby Sou just screamed. Finally, in desperation, Mak Sou’s mother tried a name from Catholic sources; a Hebrew name, Soumunthua, which is from the masculine name Samuel, one of the greatest Biblical prophets. Mak sou instantly became peaceful. Mak Sou is a prophet and back in the mid-1980’s she prophesied that, “One day I …  

Pa Thom, Theodore Craig Olbrich, turned 76 on October 10th. Theodore was not his mother’s choice for his name but, it was God’s. His mother always told him it was a mistake; however, his first gift was a “Teddy Bear” and that meant that he was named after President Theodore Roosevelt, of the “Rough Riders” fame. Pa Thom hates big celebrations in his honor and so he swore the two guys in the office who knew about his birthday into strict secrecy.  Pa Thom had a plan. Theodore means, “Gift of God”; Craig means, “Rock”. When Theodore’s get an idea in their heads, it is …