9/11/2001 Saved My Life
I will hit 75 in a couple of weeks having spent 23 years in Cambodia, surviving 2 direct assassination attempts, betrayal from two national leaders, and this past week, God exposed a plot by two active district supervisors and our past Cambodian Foursquare president to kill Paul Mok and steal our rice land.
Two of our faithful district supervisors were martyred in the past six years; one directly across from the mosque attended by those that attempted to kill me 20 years ago. A few days before 9/11/01, I was notified by a colonel in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that an active “Fatwa” authorizing my death due to the fact that our churches in Kampong Chhnang province had led many Muslims to Christ. Prior to 9/11/01, there were seven active schools of “Jihad” in Cambodia and one was across from our District Headquarters. On 9/12/02, Prime Minister, Hun Sen, ordered all seven schools closed and their teachers expelled. Today, that mosque remains empty.
Then, ten years later, after our second “National Leader” was fired, I survived another attack; the only time I drove at over 120 mph for a sustained 20 minutes on a busy 2 lane, poor quality blacktop road, as two men tried to kill me by automotive assassination. I still drive that car. Why do I tell you this? It is not to impress you! I want to dispel some widely believed misconceptions:
Misconception #1) I receive intelligence from external sources. This is simply not true! I have not had any connections with such sources for 50 years. I quit doing research via Google two years ago. I quit listening to all mainstream news sources including Fox News 20 months ago. What’s my source? I pray in the Holy Spirit and allow Him to lead me into “Truth”. I also listen to the prophets He has put into my life.
Misconception #2) I rely on what others tell me. Also, not true. How do I know things? I explained that above. How did I survive both the original CV-19 attack and the delta variant? Because I listened to my source (the Holy Spirit). I knew about HCQ, Zinc, and Ivermectin before it was common knowledge. I’m possibly the most resistant person in Cambodia, and it’s not because of vaccines. None of these products are supported in Cambodia and had to be obtained with some difficulty. Yet, I possessed them when needed. Someone is protecting me!
Misconception #3) I hate Democrats. Not true! I do hate evil. God has commanded us through Paul in Romans 12:9-10 to not be hypocritical in our love. We are to speak the truth in love, to hate evil, and love good. But be kindly affectionate towards one another? Do you do that by confirming the deceived in their deception? No! You see Jesus is not confined only to the ‘Sermon on the Mount’. He is also the God of confrontation in John 8:44 and Matthew 23. He does not separate the evil action from the person who commits the action. Were Pol Pot and Hitler evil or misunderstood? They were so overcome by evil that their souls were possessed. They became evil and the only salvation for them would have come through repentance.
Jesus will have mercy and compassion on the deceived but He will not and cannot bless deception. That is where much of the Church is in error. Deception must be confronted and repented of; then comes blessing and forgiveness! I know of no church in the world that has used more prostitutes, corrupt officials, murderers, and road bandits than FCOP Cambodia but, we never blessed the error. Many did repent and as we’ve seen some have persisted in their deception. We hate what they do, but as for them, we follow the command of Christ in Luke 17:3-4. Repentance is not optional and neither is forgiveness regardless of the sincerity of the penitent.
Misconception #4) FCOP is primarily an orphan care organization. Wrong, we are a church planting movement responding to the call of God to help orphans and widows that are in need. Throughout the nation, we are seeing churches planted, communities touched with the love of Christ, people set free, and lives transformed. See this in action in the story Preaching the Word below.
Misconception #5) I've been continually blessed with good health. Not true, though I have been greatly blessed! When I first came to Cambodia I was in poor health. I was 2 years out of a near fatal Jeep accident with virtually every bone on the left side of my body broken, my pelvis crushed and not pinned straight behind my groin, and my diaphragm destroyed. My joints ached and I was overweight. I knew I couldn’t keep up with the young leaders God had given me to train so in 2001, I was determined to get into shape. I remember the first time I tried to jog 1/4 mile. I was gasping for air, hunched over with my hands on my knees. I kept going for 20 years until I was running 7 miles in one hour each day. My problem was constant joint pain in my knees, back and neck with sciatica! I started taking glucosamine and kept adding new drugs as needed. By 2020, I was on 11 joint medications just to stay functional.
Facing my 75th birthday, I decided to get my BMI under 25. I got radical! I went running 5 miles in 30 minutes, 3X/week and cut out carbs and sugar from my diet. Two months ago, through a miracle of God, I quit smoking cigars and drinking strong drink. I never did either in excess, but I did not realize the spiritual vexation that came through being closely associated with those who did. I was suddenly free! I always had problems with my thyroid, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and a pH of 5.0. Then I got sick on Sept 02, 2021. I had the meds and my weight dropped to 182/ BMI 24. I just received a full physical and the results show my bloodwork is “optimal”, my pH is 7.0, and my throat culture came back negative of all infections. I’ve quit all medications and simply take two hemp oil gel caps daily. I’m pain free and move like I did 40 years ago. I’ve become “The second healthiest, sick looking guy in history”. Read on!
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