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 USA and were still jet-lagged. I woke Sou up and told her, "God told me to call Mr. Sonny right now and tell him my dream. I heard God's voice!"
God told me three things about this dream: 1) The dream is true! 2) The dream is from Him. 3) The dream will face strong opposition. Here is a condensed version of that dream:
I saw one of the members of the generation of leaders that we have raised in our church/homes running into our staff headquarters to announce: "Ted, God's servant is dead!" God said, “It's just like Joshua 1:2. And just as Joshua told the Israelites, you still have not taken the promised land that was given to you. I tell you that Cambodia has still not been taken for Christ. Get off your butts and go do it!" (The last sentence is my interpretation)
God wants a generationally reproductive church in Cambodia; not a bunch of wandering children, looking to Moses (Ted) for their next meal. God said, “Ted, lots of people, including yourself, have been making leadership transition plans for you. Some people have even been sent over to be mentored. None of them have worked. Do you know why?" I said, "No, Lord," and God said, "It's because they are man's plans, not My plan. I am going to give you My plan. I want you to present this at the FCOPI Annual Meeting this year. Remember Pastor Jerry Dirmann who offered to pay for you to come to the Foursquare Connection? I did that to get you to the USA so that you would hold the meeting; not at Foursquare Connection but at Sonny's airplane hanger." (Why Sonny’s Airplane hanger? Because it is near FCOPI headquarters, Sonny is there every morning at 6:00am, it is void of church politics and anyone can come for any reason and they will be loved. It is a very unique place).
God gave me a date, June 8th, but He said, "The date is not as important as the place. I want the FCOPI Board to make the dream official! And here is My transition plan: The first generation of leaders is dying off. Many were corrupted, many have fallen away, but the children you raised will take the land. Not just your children, but their children, and their children's children. I want you to have the meeting available on Zoom for the Cambodian Board and have the children throughout the various church homes and staff children who are interested in serving Me watch it. There will never be another “Ted"; you will die and never be replaced, but the children you raised will lead the way, not a foreign missionary. Be strong, be brave, be courageous and teach this to future generations: you are to build My church in Cambodia, lead people to Christ, take care of the orphans and widows, and never quit even when you lack money because I will provide. Feed the people with the food I cause you to raise. I charge you with this! You may not be able to retire but if you obey you will have success!" That's it.
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