Sok Heang | 中文
At the time that I am writing this, it is a week before I leave for Cambodia and Myanmar. I am greatly looking forward to visiting each children’s home and having time with the children and staff. One of the children that I will see is Sok Heang, a 14-year-old boy.
Sok Heang
The children arrive at the homes because their parents have either died or abandoned them. The parents may abandon the kids to have a better life for themselves but, sometimes, they abandon the child because they think that it is better for the child. Sok Heang is an example of the latter. He said, “My parents divorced a long time ago and my sisters and I lived with my mother. Later we moved to the district of Phnom Prek which is close to the Thailand-Cambodia border. There, we were all farm workers. My mother worked full time and I worked part time on the farm, but we both received little salary (not enough to survive). I worked in the morning and went to school in the afternoon. One night, my mother told me that she worried about my future and wanted me to graduate from school and have a good job for my life. She knows a woman who teaches at Hope International School and asked this teacher to help find me a home.”
Sok Heang is thriving at the children’s home. Sokhom (NHO Administrator) recently wrote, “…At the present time, he studies in seventh grade at the Hope International School (Christian School) and his favorite subject is Physiques. He is one of the top students in his school. Besides studying by himself at home, he helps to teach this subject to his friends at the home also. When he met with our N.H.0 team at the home, he told us that he has the vision to be a doctor in the future. Please pray for him so that he has wisdom from God.”
Imagine the heartbreak of his mother when she had to give him up so that he could not only survive, but have a better chance for a future. We know that God is using her sacrifice to bring great good for her son and for the country. Praise God for bringing hope and a future to this young man’s life through NHO!
Tina
在我寫這篇文章之時，還有一週就要出發到柬埔寨和緬甸。我非常期待能去造訪每一個兒童之家，和那裡的孩童及工作人員相處。在我要見的孩子當中，有一個十四歲的男孩叫Sok Heang。
這些孩子之所以來到兒童之家，是因為他們的父母去世或拋棄了他們。有些父母也許是為了自己能過更好的生活而拋棄孩子，但有時則是相反，他們認為孩子不跟著他們，可以有更好的未來。Sok Heang 就是第二種情形的最好例子。他說：「我爸媽很久以前就離婚了，我和姐姐妹妹們跟著媽媽住。後來我們搬到Phnom Prek地區，比較靠近泰國和柬埔寨邊界。在那兒，我們都在農田裡工作，我媽媽從早工作到晚，我是作半天工，可是我們的薪水都很低，不夠過活。我早上工作，下午去學校上學。有一天晚上，我媽媽告訴我說，她很擔心我的未來，希望我能念書直到畢業，有一份好的工作。」她認識一位在“希望國際學校”教書的女士，於是請這位老師幫我找一個家。」
Sok Heang 在兒童之家過得很好。NHO的行政同工Sokhom最近寫信來說：「目前，他在希望國際學校這所基督教學校就讀七年級，他最喜歡的科目是人體學，他是學校裡名列前茅的學生。除了自己在家認真讀書，他還當小老師，教兒童之家的朋友們這門科目。當他見到我們NHO的團隊時，他告訴我們，他的願景是要成為一名醫生。請為他禱告，讓他有從神來的智慧。
讓我們想想當時他的母親是何等地心碎，為了讓他不只是僅僅活口，而能有未來更好的機會，她只得讓兒子離開自己身邊。我們知道神使用她的犧牲，為了帶給她兒子以及這個國家更大的好處。讚美神，藉著NHO帶給這位母親希望和未來。
Tina
