Kingdom of
Cambodia
Full country name:
Kingdom of
Cambodia
Area: 181,035 sq km (11,224 sq mi)
Population: 12 million (growth rate 2.2%)
Capital city: Phnom Penh (pop one million)
People: 94% ethnic Khmers, 4% Chinese, 1% Vietnamese
Language: Khmer, English and French
Religion: 95% Buddhist, Cham Muslim and Roman Catholic
Government: Constitutional Monarchy
A report by Lisa
Anderson
It
is with much joy in my heart that I share this report with you. In
Cambodia we had an awesome time with women who had come together from
many different churches for a time of learning and refreshing.
Many of the sisters shared about miracles of healing and testimonies of
how the Gospel is going forth in their nation. One very simple woman
from a tribal group got up and shared of how she had gone to a village
in the countryside and began sharing the Good News and 9 people gave
their lives to the Lord.
All four
of us ladies on the team took turns in ministering from God’s word. The
Holy Spirit really moved in the hearts of the people and we were able to
pray over them to receive the Holy Spirit and physical healing.
During one of the sessions we taught and demonstrated how to pray for
their nation; for the King and all those in authority; for the Kingdom
of God to be established; and for the families. It was a real powerful
time as they all joined with us in one accord to pray. This is the power
that will change their nation. I believe that the culmination of our
time together was when we prayed and put oil on the ladies hands
symbolizing God’s anointing on them to go out and minister. As I held
their hands, I could feel how rough and strong they were from all the
hard labor out in the fields.
Most of
them were very poor. Compassion filled my heart as I felt the pain that
most of them had lived through during the recent history of the Khmer
Rouge regime. I sensed that God’s love was bringing an even deeper
healing of their souls as we prayed over so many of them.
Situated on the Mekong riverside is a village church that is
reaching out to a vast jungle region. The people live very simple lifestyles in
huts built on stilts. During the monsoon season they get around on little boats.
This was our third time to travel out to this area, crossing
over the Mekong River on a ferry boat to go and minister the word of God.
The entire nation has been under spiritual oppression for many years;
first because of the Buddhists religion that was the official religion until
1975, then because of the Khmer Rouge regime that brought torture and death to
this nation. All the educated people were killed, leaving the illiterate to
survive. Most of them - even if
they have learned to read are still not in the habit of reading the word of God.
Each time the Lord sends us to bring the light of Jesus in
this dark region, I rejoice because more and more ground is taken for His
Kingdom. On this latest trip, the heaviness that we had sensed in the Church
before was gone, and even the appearance of the believers had improved
significantly; they had combed their hair and were dressed in clean clothes.
On top of all that, the people were so hungry to be taught and were ready
to receive from the Lord.
We ministered on the power of God and prayed for people to receive the Holy
Spirit. The room was very hot from the
sun beating on the roof, the people were all huddled closely together in rows of
ten so we could barely get in and stretch out our arms to lay hands on them. We
were all drenched in sweat. But the Lord began to move and set people free from
darkness and hopelessness and oppression that had kept them bound for so long.
In the end, several of them actually came forward to testify about how the Lord
had delivered them.
Please join with us in faith as we pray for this to continue to expand the work
of God in Vietnam and Cambodia. We continue to teach, encourage and to
strengthen the believers there.
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