By 7.30am everybody is up and ready to go. Went to the Chinese restaurant for our breakfast before we went back to the house. Then a van arrived and we traveled back to Phnom Penh. Along the way I asked the driver to stop so that I can go to the toilet. Can’t sleep along the way and was prompted to pray in the spirit. Don’t know why or for what purpose but I prayed. We reached Phnom Penh city at about 11.30am. We were sent to Pastor Chai’s student centre. From there Pastor Chai called Pastor Bala and a van was sent to pick us up to the hotel. After a quick shower, we went back to COP.
There, we were informed by Lilian about something that had happened while we were away. She didn’t want to tell in detail but ask us to be useful and the guys to take the lead. With that news and secrecy, we all felt anxious. Anyway, we continue to do what we are supposed to do. Lunch time, had a nice conversation with Pastor Bala about the next few days’ schedule.
After lunch, I watched the various team taught their syllabus to the students. Then there is games time. Enjoyed playing with the children. I would consider myself as a serious guy but somehow I discarded my seriousness and just want to have fun with the children. Make fun of myself dancing and imitating the children. They enjoyed it and I enjoyed it too. Then we went back to the hotel to wash up. The Agape team has yet to come back. We waited for them at FKC but because of some transport miscommunication, they came back late. So the group that was supposed to go to Pastor Chai’s centre went first. I went to Savaratna.
Niger led a Bible study on “Keeping the Commands of Christ”. The students responded enthusiastically to the Rewards of Keeping Christ’s Commands. Then photo session with the students before we went back to the hotel.
At the hotel we were debriefed of what had happened for the past few days. There are some spiritual attacks on some of the team members. Also some miscommunication problems with Pastor Bala. These events had affected seriously the team effectiveness to minister. However, after sharing out the matters, there was reconciliation and peace among the team members. We realized that God has made special plans for different team members to go through different trials during this trip. Indeed this is a special missions trip for me. New experiences, new trials, new lessons….friendships are strengthened. We rejoiced that God has found us worthy to go through the trials.
Tomorrow we will go and visit the Genocide Museum Toel Sleng.
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