Last month My Honey and 4 others, went to Cambodia in search of ways to better minister to the local pastors and how to better the business structure within the church. Only 98.2% of the population are Christians. 1/4 of the population was executed decades ago which left just the old and the young. Tim & Brian went with a passion to build business partnerships and to show Jesus through business strategy. The Ryan's, Kim & Ann and their oldest daughter Kate, taught the SHAPE class to churches which narrows your spiritual gifts to show you your divine design God has for you. Together, all five personalities provided a impactful trip that blessed many locals and has inspired to continued to bring good to foreign countries that are much in need of Jesus. Here is a glimpse into the ten day trip from Tim's journal and pictures that words cannot express.
{DAY ONE}
The church is finding that the model of teaching education, and business, is proving wise as 70% of the population is under 30 years old due to the 25% wipe out of the population in the 70’s, and lacking opportunity for education. So by providing education, this age group knows and learns how to be smarter in business, generate more income, and then sees the benefit in tithing well to the church, as it was the one that provided the education it had. This matches so much more to the original church model, before the American culture created a model where people just come to church to “get”. Now they give to the church because the church gave to them.
Met for breakfast with Brian, Pastor Sophea, and Jenny his wife. He had a guy there named Heng Cheng, who is one of the originating pastors here in Cambodia. This guy was the general secretary for the Evangelistic movement in the country, as well as a board member for a micro finance company locally. His goal is to start the first Christian college in the country. He would call it Trinity Institute Cambodia (TIC).
{Durian: a common fruit in Cambodia but according to the hotel rules NOT ALLOWED inside because of the smell}
{DAY THREE}
Today Brian and I left at 4 am to make the 6 hr journey to Angkor Wat. What a trip! This place was started in 8th century and is amazing. It’s a Buddhist temple, but the pictures will speak for themselves.
The highlight though was the fact that driving here is like a radical game of chicken. You have 2 lane roads, with painted lines, which no one pays attention to. You have cows coming out in the road, chickens, dogs, cars swerving on the wrong sides of the road, and then throw in 20 scooters and potholes the size of a table. It’s a trip! I got to drive for a few hours. There is no speed limit either :) Sorry dear..... I was a bit dangerous :)
{The people of Cambodia are very kind. Some drive cars or scooters. Some cows.}
{Very common to see families of 4-5 on scooters with just the driver required to wear a helmet}
{Minor delay with car troubles so Tim and Brian went to a recommended restaurant which happened to be ALL WHITE}
{Angkor Wat}
{Sorry there are so many pictures of the palace but it's stunning craftsmanship and the trees are spectacular}
{The kids loved to see Daddy playing with the monkeys}
{Monkey see, Monkey Do}
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