Cambodia was truly an amazing trip! As a team we were able to be a small part of Tony and Trish’s strategic plan to help win the Cham people to Christ.  Tony is a wonderful host and showed us many sites, much scenery, and a lot of unbelievable culture.   The Cham are beautiful people, very respectful, and so happy to have the Americans helping them.   However, the most incredible thing was to meet a Cham believer.  Their faith was real and strong and there was a connection with them.   This was a brother or sister in Christ who had to give up a lot to be known as a Christian.

A large part of our trip was working in the clinic.  It was nothing fancy… just a hut on stilts.  Throughout the day I would watch the village people through a small hole in the wall.  They would cook and work and come to the well for their water.  There was a lady on our team who daily played worship songs on her flute for the children below as they were waiting to be seen in the clinic.  One day she started playing “glorify Thy name in all the earth”.  It was at that moment that the Holy Spirit spoke and impressed on my heart that yes, God is working in all of the earth and His name will be glorified even to the uttermost part of Cambodia and all around the globe.

I am so thankful to have seen how a short-term mission trip can help our career missionaries so much.  It was awesome to be a part of God’s work and be His hands and feet in Cambodia.  Thank you for all your prayers!

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Debbie was one of our medical team members on our recent trip to Cambodia.  This was Debbie’s first international short-term mission experience.  Her husband and daughter are planning to take an international short-term trip this summer.