Our
ministry in Cambodia
is a relatively new endeavor for ECR. The vision for doing projects there began
in 2000, the result of a short-term trip to see and learn. That vision was to
take shape slowly, however, and in February of 2006 we finally sent a team of
volunteers to Siem Reap to conduct a week of medical clinics.
The results
were gratifying - over 1200 persons were seen in the clinics, and 328
individuals either professed faith in Christ or asked to know more about the
Christian faith that we work from. While the roster of follow-up patients from
this project is not yet completed, there are nonetheless results to show that
are encouraging and uplifting.
A. Lucie is a 9-year-old with a facial birthmark that sets her apart from her
peers and causes ongoing emotional trauma for the child. Her parents had given
up hope of her ever being able to have it removed. During the week that our med
team was in Cambodia,
arrangements were made with our sponsors to have the work done. Lucie and her
parents are being sent to Bangkok
for the corrective surgery, and ECR has paid the expenses.
B. Pov Phikon is a 9-year-old boy who is in serious need of heart treatment and
probable surgery. We have committed to raise the funds to send him to Phnom Penh for the
evaluations and treatments needed, as recommended by the surgeon and doctors
who examined him in the recent clinics. Other patients with
life-threatening or debilitating problems are being processed for follow-up
care by our sponsors in Cambodia.
C. A second project in Cambodia
(and elsewhere in SEA) is the providing of solar-powered audio players
containing essential Gospel messages. These players can be used over and over
by many people without having to replace batteries or use earphones. Ideal for
personal sharing of stories and scripture passages, these units are provided to
people free of charge.
