In the words of a missionary who has been here in Cambodia for many years, and has built beautiful school, orphanage and training center: education is the way to reach the villages for Jesus.
This is not to say that the adults are un-reachable, but it is hard to break through.
I don't know how to sustain the wage of the school master, as in many places the community is very poor. God knows a way. I do not see a smoldering wick, but a bright torch in these young people, called to ministry. May God open the way!
This is not to say that the adults are un-reachable, but it is hard to break through.
They see rapid results when a school is built in a village. The children come to the school and have an opportunity to learn and become a productive member of the community. They learn of the Gospel, and through them their community is more easily reached.
The government schools hold classes on Sabbath, and take Thursday and Sunday off. Adventist schools can meet Monday through Friday and cover the same curriculum and not have the Sabbath conflict of missing school days to follow the clear teaching of the Bible to keep the Sabbath Holy. It is God's day, not our own.
But what is exciting is that when young people graduate from the Adventist Schools, they become workers for God!
Every graduate is a medical evangelist. Every graduate is a lay church planter.
Every graduate is a living proof of the transforming power of the Gospel of Jesus.
It works! I have seen it work with my own eyes. A few days ago I talked with a graduate of Kanterok, who is now a head master of a new school. The head master is married to a fellow graduate of Kanterok, and together this young couple have as their mission to reach their village for Jesus.
Here is a picture of this new satellite school a few hours away from Kanterok. This new school will open for classes in two weeks!
The land, sturdy fence, three grade building, bathroom structure and well costs around USD $30,000. In Cambodia, this is the cost of reaching an entire village.
Kanterok graduates are much more than a spark. Please pray for more of these torches to be utilized and to spread through the entire country of Cambodia. They are gearing up for 20 graduates a year.
What if 5 families could sacrifice all or part of the cost of a school each year? We have to do something. The time is now to act.
Pray for a spark in my pocketbook that when Jesus comes there is nothing left there to burn.
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