I am very happy and excited to write this article because this month is very special for us. I am saying it is very special because our respected dear Pastor Mark and Brother Tony are visiting us right now. It is wonderful to have them in our midst. We are having a very wonderful time with them.

Mark & Tony helping children on computers

Pastor Mark is having a wonderful time with our Church partners, coming from different places. He gave them some training and our people were so encouraged by what he taught them. Pastor Mark and Tony are also having a very wonderful time with our kids. Our children love to listen to the stories told by Mark and learn a new song from him. Tony and I have been quite busy in buying and installing computers.

I am very happy to let everyone know that SEAPC has bought us internet access and five sets of computers for our office. Hallelujah! God is so good that He always listens our prayers and answers us. Big thanks to Pastor Mark, Tony, Tina and all who have contributed this loving gift to us. This is great for us!

Now, our sponsored children are very happy to have a chance to write letters to their sponsors to send back to the United States with Tony. They are writing letters and drawing pictures for their sponsors. They are on summer holiday from school, so they have some activity camps. When they do not have any other programs, they play freely. Now, they are interested in learning how to type and use the new computers. Praise the Lord!

I am also very glad to share that we were successful in digging a new well which is giving us many gallons per second. It is such a powerful water source. This well digging expenditure was sponsored by Pastor Paul from New Hampshire. Thanks to Pastor Paul for doing this with us and for us. Praise the Lord for providing a good water source.

There is also a group of visitors from Australia with us. Pastor Helen Turner and group came to us for a women’s seminar. There are six ladies and one girl in their group. They will be here for one week.

Thank you very, very much to everyone from SEAPC. We love you and pray for you.

Many Blessings,

Thang Chung Nung
Charity Children’s Home Director

In the last part of March, we sent a letter out to anyone who has contributed to Cambodia. As Mark said in the letter, “This city, home to Angkor Wat and the spiritual center of a vast region given to child prostitution and human trafficking, is a target area for us.” This home will eventually house up to 100 children who are at-risk for human trafficking. The style of the home will be the same as that of the current home in Battambang.

Siem Reap fence

Thanks to the quick generosity of people who received the letter, 60% of the funds needed for the project are in place. Many are joining in prayer for this project. This home is something that has been on our hearts for a while and we are excited that it will be coming soon. My personal prayer goal is that it will be finished and start having the first children living there by the end of this year, 2012. I do not want to see another year go by without offering hope to the at-risk children in the Siem Reap area.

I think about my own daughter (no longer in the sponsorship program, but my daughter forever), Sreymom, who was definitely at risk when her father had already died of HIV and her mother was about to die from it. I thank God that he brought the Christian doctor to their mother who said that he could find a safe place for Sreymom and her brothers. The thoughts of how different her life would have been if the wrong person had been there when her mother died scares me. Now, she is a beautiful, Christian, young adult woman who is about to graduate from college. I picture this kind of hope for the children in Siem Reap.

Please join us in prayer for this project and for the future sponsors who will be needed. Share this with others and let’s see how God moves people to bring His shining light to Siem Reap through the future NHO children’s home there.

Tina Tomes

Lots of folks have been able to support less fortunate children through SEAPC Coins for Kids just by collecting their spare change! The next time you are cleaning on a rainy day and come across a few quarters and nickels, consider putting them in a jar and, over time, watching them add up to a blessing for a child in need.

Jessica Geppert

Bible scholars believe that Deuteronomy 34:10-12 is the obituary of Moses written by Joshua. Imagine this inscription on his tombstone, “there has NOT been a prophet in Israel like Moses. He knew God face to face!” But wasn’t this Moses the uneducated shepherd who watched over flocks for his father-in-law? And isn’t this the same Moses who killed an Egyptian?

Yes, this is the same Moses who came from simple, yet rough beginnings. But he ended up being the leader for the people of Israel to the promise land. So what made the difference for Moses? He learned to trust and obey God. Although he did not start out obeying; in fact, he gave God resistance. Moses came up with excuses why he was not qualified or a good speaker. He also told God to pick someone else! Just like the excuses we try to use to keep us from obeying. Moses was used by God once he decided to obey Him. Obedience is the key to unlock all that God has in store for you and me! He wants to use you to make a difference in somebody’s life today. Perhaps He wants you to reach out to your neighbor on your street or to take a trip to Tibet to prayer walk. Whatever it is, we need to trust and obey for there’s no other way, to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey!

“The world has yet seen what God can do with one man wholly committed to Him.” D.L. Moody

Ed Slonchka

CCSN Teacher

When thinking of what, or who, is making the Cambodia Christian School Network successful, who do you think of? God, of course – He comes above all. You may also think of SEAPC or the various donors who contribute to the project. All of these are very vital, but another extremely important group is still to be named – the school administrators and teachers.

Some people may think of the admin-istrators and teachers only in the aspects of people who are being blessed by the project — in another word, recipients. In one way, it is true. Most of these teachers have come to Jesus as a result of the Cambodia Christian School Network and they are all recipients of the supplemental salaries. However, they give so much more.

In early April, Sothea sent a wonderful twelve-page report of what had been happening within CCSN in March. She included many, many photos, a variety of news updates and a couple of testimonies from the staff. You can look at it yourself by going to our website, www.seapc.org.

After being in awe of all that God does, the most impressive thing that comes forth is the dedication of the teachers and school administrators. Sothea writes, “Those teachers live far away from the city. They work very lonely. Sometimes they almost never see the city or crowded places. They are teachers for the students around there. Their lives are truly simple and in fact, sometimes there are not any people seeing what they have done for the village, community, city, and the whole country, but God sees their hearts and what they have done in the secret way.”

Today, I want you to see what these teachers do. Their dedication is a key part of what is helping the Cambodia Christian School Network to succeed. Go to the website and look at the report. You will see teachers who are committed to their students, committed to improving their skills, committed to doing the most they can with the funds they receive, and committed to growing closer with God.

Tina Tomes

Makara & Chanthy, our sponsor children

We’re immunizing, packing, making our lists and full of nervous excitement. On April 25 we will have boarded a plane, flown 32 hours and arrived in Phnom Penh Cambodia. I anticipate we’ll return May 9 with a clearer perspective, specific and key information, and double the excitement I feel now. By the time this newsletter is in your hands, we will have met our future church leaders and family, learned some details about basics like grocery shopping, driving around town and what our neighborhood will be like, and enjoyed time with  our sponsor son and daughter.

Our list of people to meet includes professionals related to our art and design school such as schools, galleries, design studios, printers and suppliers. Also, we’ll have our eyes open for volunteers, translators, teachers and students. We plan to learn more details about the CCSN schools that we’ll be connected with. We must, of course, leave room for whatever new things God will choose to bring our way as well.

Takaila

Meanwhile, our daughter, Takaila, will be seeing another nation for the first time – outside of mom’s pictures. She’ll experience a third-world country with homes full of previously neglected, abused and orphaned children. She’ll see how their eyes shine with kindness and how they worship their Jesus with full gratitude and holding nothing back. I wonder what things God will be speaking to her heart. Takaila’s past includes all of those hurts and even the title “orphan of the court” until our adoption papers were signed. What will she learn from these children, who’s adoption is wholly from the Lord and who praise him with abandon every night?

Our God is good and faithful. I am so happy to claim Him as my Lord and to have Him as the guide on this path. Stay tuned for our trip details in the next issue and at Facebook.com/CreationHaus.

Christie Pink

We read in Luke 22:31-32 the following words; “and the Lord said, Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail … ” As someone who is forced by the very call on my life to live by faith, this Scripture pierced my heart! The realization came that we worry sometimes about the things that Satan could steal from us, mostly things like our money, our homes, our cars, or in other words, our earthly possessions. Or … perhaps we think he will rob us of our health, our families, or even our lives.

The truth is that the worst thing we could allow him to steal is our faith! If he weakens or destroys our faith, he has us right where he wants us, because faithlessness, discouragement, disappointment, depression or resentment all lead to alienating or separating us from God. Doubt and unbelief enter and these are sins! And, I heard it said just recently that sin “takes us where we don’t want to go, makes us stay longer than we want to stay, and costs us more than we want to pay.”

It is our responsibility to guard our faith from the clutches of the enemy. The Word says “without faith, it is impossible to please God.”(Hebrews 11:6) Without the kind of faith which can only come from the strong knowledge of the promises of God to His Children, we will never complete the work of the Kingdom which He has assigned us to!

Pastor Carol Missik

It was a clash of the Titans!! The sorrows of the world had now come face-to-face with the sounds of heaven.

There was crying, weeping and lots of noise as the funeral procession made their way out of the city. The only son of a widow had just passed away. After the husband died, the son was the breadwinner but now, alas, he too had passed away. It was a mournful day as the widow thought to herself, ‘what did I do to deserve this?’ She buried her husband and now she had to bury her son.

About a few hundred metres away, coming into this same city, was another procession. It was a different type of procession. There was rejoicing and singing. It was a joyous occasion. The mourners stared at the joyous celebration as they walked pass each other. ‘Could they not be more sensitive? Couldn’t they tone down their festive spirit for just a minute? Could they not see we are in the middle of a solemn funeral procession?’ It was an intense moment as these thoughts were ringing through the heads of the mourners. On the other side, the merrymakers did not even look at the funeral procession, not even as much as a glance. They were intrigued by the miracles that they were seeing. They were mesmerized by the man that they were following. All the signs were saying that this man was the Son Of God. So the story goes, as Jesus walked past the open coffin, He reached out and touched the boy. Lo and behold, life came back into the son of the widow.

Here we have an amazing story, two processions, two sons, one victory. One story is that of the son who died and of a people who looked to the situation. When the situation looked bad, and just as they thought that no one cared, no one bothered to even look at them, Jesus, the son of the living God reached out to touch the dead son. The Kingdom of heaven had just invaded our realm.

Right Environment (Luke 8:40-56)

A father was really anxious, he was a prominent man yet he had already humbled himself. ‘Could not this great teacher know the urgency of the matter at hand? Why is He talking to that woman? We are wasting precious time here. Every minute counts as the life of my daughter is in a critical condition.’ Just as Jarius was thinking these thoughts, someone came and said, “Do not trouble the teacher any longer, for your daughter is dead.” Yet, Jesus replied, “only believe and she will be made well.” When they reached the house, Jesus left all the doubters and mockers outside. Then he said “Little girl, arise.” She arose immediately.

This is another amazing story of the power of His resurrection. In order for us to see this amazing power displayed in our lives, we need to not only to have good soil but also the right environment. Jesus left the mockers outside.

Remove the Stone (John 11)

In yet another amazing story of the power of resurrection in the life of Jesus is the raising of Lazarus from the dead. By the time that Jesus arrived on the scene, Lazarus has been dead for four days. Yet, the first thing Jesus said was to go and remove the stone. In all his glorious power, He could have told the stone to roll away and it would. Or He could have commanded angels to move the stone but, instead, he told the people to remove the stone. Then He said, “Did not I say if you believe, you would see the glory of the Lord.”
When they removed that stone … Lazarus came forth.

Here we see three stories of the power of resurrection at work and, of course, the fourth story would be Jesus Himself who rose from the dead after three days. This same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead resides in us today (Romans 8:11).

“For as many as received him, He gave them the right to become the children of God.” – John 1:12

This year, let us awakened to our destiny! Be who God has given you to be! No matter if your dream has just died, is dying or is already dead … Jesus can raise it up for you.

This year,

1)  Look to Jesus.
2)  Open your heart to receive the miracle.
3)  Leave every doubt (including your doubting friends) outside. Go where faith is!
4)  Remove every stone of unbelief that is still in you.

And receive your miracle from God!

“Father, I pray for everyone that reads this newsletter, that their faith would rise above their current situation. No matter how bleak our situation looks, we believe that you are able to change it around. We look to you Lord and we want to believe in you. Help us Lord, to remove any unbelief that is still there. Lord, I pray that you would meet our every need today. Heal those that are sick today. Take away those cancerous cells. Give strength to the muscles and the body. Give us a sound mind. Let our loved ones have an encounter with Jesus. Bless everyone with a financial breakthrough. Resurrect the dreams that you have given to our hearts and let everyone receive their miracle this year that everyone might know that we serve a good and great God. But most importantly, let Jesus be glorified and let us be a testimony for Him. In Jesus’ name, Amen!”

Hubert

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave power to become the sons of God, even as many as believed on His name.”  John 1:12

• After decades of struggle, democracy is rising in the former Burma. Sanctions are being relaxed so prosperity will flow.
• With 60 million citizens in an area the size of Texas, Myanmar is a melting pot of Tibetan, Indian, and Proto-Malay people.
• While one of the poorest nations (annual GDP of $1,100), it is one of the wealthiest in oil, gold, and precious metals.
• 10 percent of the population claims Christ as the result of great sacrifice by mission families like the Judson’s of old and the Frazier’s and Morris’s of modern day missions.
• Please pray for James Lian Sai, our Friend from the Table in Myanmar, His son-in-law Chung Nung, Administrator of Charity Children’s Home and the kids. SEAPC has come alongside Acts Myanmar Mission, Acts Bible College and Charity Children’s Home.

Children gathering for a message at Charity Children's Home

His wife was the first ordained woman pastor in this district. She travels six hours to her church post and does a circuit of three churches twice a month. She will be preparing her churches for Tim Blanarik to go and do a seminar on child evangelism and children’s church.

They’ve raised a very talented blind son who is ready to go to university. We have connected them to a man in Singapore who gives scholarships for youth with handicaps.

The pastor is the presbyter of the district. She did the job for him while he took his master’s degree. His passion is female feticide, abortion and family planning, castes and classes.  He wants to get involved in the community. They have been pastors in the Himachel District for 12 years. They are from the Punjab District which is more militant.

SEAPC will be working with them as we go into the mountain region. They are happy that we are joining with them in this area and will help us with teams going there to pray.

Please pray for the Malks.