We who are believers in Jesus Christ know that the Gospel of Christ has
the power to change lives. But it is really quite encouraging when the
secular world also sees and acknowledges that power.
Last week I got a call from a senior reporter from the Phnom Penh Post.
The Post is the primary English language newspaper in Cambodia (I know,
a big fish in a small pond). The Post is well known in Cambodia by
all the expatriates and is also read by more educated Cambodians.
The reporter wrote a lead article on June 12 for the newspaper
about one of our C&MA churches in Ratanakiri province in far NE
Cambodia, the large number of people in the village who had become
Christians, and the powerful changes in lives because of the Gospel. He
included a picture of the simple wooden C&MA church. He even managed to
quote me accurately a few times.
The link for the article is:
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012061256749/National-news/the-power-of-faith-and-medicine.html
The report was mostly accurate. I would have given a lot more credit to
the Jarai desire to be free from evil spirits over finances as the
motivation for conversion. The only other slight adjustment is that the
C&MA started mission work with the Jarai in Vietnam probably around the
1940s, not the 1970s.
Other than those two points, I thought the report was a wonderful public
testimony of the power of Christ to change lives... and from a secular
newspaper at that. We praise the Lord for His power in the lives of the
Jarai believers and their clear testimony to the positive changes that
Christ has helped them make.
Thanks for your support in helping our C&MA team be here to serve in
Cambodia. Just like you, we have days of rejoicing and days of
challenge. Today is a day to rejoice. We are so thankful for you who
pray for us faithfully and support our ministry through your sacrificial
gifts and offerings through the Alliance. What a privilege all of us
have to be involved in this call to see lives set free with new hope for
this life and the next.
In Christ, Dave and Chris Manfred
