PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA / January 2002

MISSION TO PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
Letter 1

"It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness".

Lamentations 3-22

We write this first report of our visit to Phnom Penh with great joy in my heart. We have been planning this visit to Cambodia for months and months with great prayer to our Lord Jesus. We knew that we were entering a country with a history of turmoil and we were even a little hesitant as to whether or not we should proceed. How weak we were with our faith. Hasn't our precious Lord led us with these Missionary visits for over ten years? He has been consistently faithful.
We entered this city on Friday, January 18th with our team of fifteen missionaries. Saturday morning we began to go out into the streets. We visited schools, factories, and markets on our first outing and found that our gracious Lord had prepared the way in each and every instance. Every one of our teams returned to the Hotel with glowing faces and empty tract bags. They told story after story about the kindness of the people that reside in this city. We were allowed to openly meet with the students in the schools, go into the Hospitals and witness to the patients and Doctors, and were greeted with outstretched hands in the Markets. It was so apparent that our Lord has opened a wide door of opportunity for His Gospel to go out in Phnom Penh.
We found many thousands of motor bikes all over this city and girls and boys as young as thirteen years old are given permission to drive and receive licenses. One of our teams stood in intersections for hours running back and forth from cars to motor scooters handing out tracts. This was a very difficult, but rewarding work and many can now read the tract they received and learn about the great love of our God that provided a Savior for each one that He died for. This is a city that has been completely given over to the worship of Buddha. The image of this false god is to be found every where and yet so many people are open to receive truth. Only our Lord Jesus can change the hearts and minds of a people seeped in false worship, but many gave testimony to the fact that God's gospel of deliverance has found fertile ground. Let us pray for this people that have little of the goods of this world, but do show an openness to our precious Lord and His word in the Bible.
We have started this mission work with approximately 280,000 "Does God love you" tracts in the Cambodian language. We had these tracts printed and folded here din Phnom Penh. The message itself strikes right to the heart of each one who sees the title of the tract. Does God love me? It is a personal question that catches the attention of everyone who reads the tract. Whatever else happens in this life, we must make sure of our eternal standing with our God. Each of us must examine ourselves daily and continually cry for God's mercy in Jesus Christ to be applied to our sometimes miserable efforts to be pleasing to our creator and our God.
We come into a city with great impact. Fifteen missionaries moving about the streets of the city bringing a message of
deliverance from sin. Please continue to pray that we remain faithful to our calling. Please also continue to support this worldwide ministry that brings the gospel to many who have never heard the good news of Jesus Christ. The job at hand is very great and the time may be short. Let each of us apply ourselves to work for our Master in bringing His words of truth. By God's grace, we will continue to give reports of our progress in work for our Savior. A couple of our team members are still feeling the effects of the twenty-six hour journey over to our destination, so please uplift the health of our members to the Lord.

"Let all those that seek thee rejoice & be glad in thee; let such as love thy salvation say continually, the Lord be
magnified. But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer"

Psalm 40-16

In Christian love:
The 2002 Family Radio Missionary team in Cambodia

MISSION TO PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
Letter 2

"And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever"

Isaiah 33-17

Today is the Lord's Day. We have begun our day with a time of worship prior to breakfast. The primary focus was "This is our Lord's Holy day" (Isaiah 58-13) and we must do all to honor our precious Lord Jesus on this "His Holy Day". We were all in complete agreement that it is completely consistent with Christian worship to distribute tracts on this our Lord's Holy day. How better can we serve Him than to remember our Lord's death and redeeming work on the cross and our resultant complete rest in all that He accomplished for His people.
One of our teams visited a bustling market that opened at 7 am, Everyone is forced to return to the market virtually every day in that only a few of the people have refrigeration in their homes. Consequently, these markets will have a predominant place in our tract ministry to the people.
We found great numbers of shoppers everywhere we looked. Each person seemed oblivious to us at first, but when we began to hand out tracts with a constant "Good morning" or "May our Lord bless you" their faces started to register puzzlement at first. This quickly changed and smiles replaced their initial confusion. Nearly everyone accepting a tract showed appreciation and there was zero negative response. This trend of complete acceptability has now reached its second day and the blessing of our Lord Jesus Christ continues to shine over the group. One of our missionaries thought out loud about a growing contradiction that we see developing. Those in New York or San Francisco would greatly hesitate to accept a gospel tract and yet so many claim to be Christian, and yet these who are proclaimed Buddhists; accept the true Gospel with a smile and a Cambodian "Thank you" How wonderful are the ways of our Lord. We can never understand all of His doings, but we rejoice in that all of His works come together for good in those that love Him
A very mean looking security guard came over to one of our missionaries who was in the midst of the market. He took his club and pointed to some tracts on the ground and shook his head with an emphatic "NO" Our missionary quickly understood and picked up the discards and ran them over to the trash can. The security guard smiled and went on his way. Cleaning up after distribution is a good Christian witness and a small price to pay for the getting out of the Gospel.
The end result of our day in the Market was another reason to thank our sovereign Lord for His abiding care and love of each one of His children.
We have received a wonderful gift from some of our listeners for the purchase of Bibles. Our contact here in Cambodia has
already made an advance purchase of hundreds and hundreds of Bibles in the Cambodian language. It is a very sturdy Bible with larger printing and will soon become a guiding light to someone within this country we are visiting. We are currently exploring ways to best distribute this wonderful gift, and by God's grace, we desire to try to put them directly into the hand of one who will use God's Word to His glory. Please pray that our Lord will give us much wisdom in these important decisions.
We have already come to a crossroads in our decision process. The tracts have been going out at such a wonderful rate that we very well might have to order more. Our original two hundred and eighty-thousand order has quickly diminished. Please pray for wisdom from our blessed Lord that we might make the right decision so that we indeed have at least one tract for everyone our Lord sends our way.
We have been meeting many men and women who are professing that they are trusting in our Lord Jesus. This has been an
enormous blessing to the group. One such young man we met was named Jared. My next letter will describe our meeting with
fifteen year old Jared. I believe this young man with Buddhist parents will give testimony that will bless your hearts.
May our precious Lord continue to bless the Gospel going out in Phnom Penh and each of you who are striving in our Lord's will to honor the name of Jesus Christ.

In Christian love:
The 2002 F.R. Mission group in Cambodian

MISSION TO PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
Letter 3

"But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice; let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee".

Psalm 5-11

There is great joy in the hearts of our missionaries when we see the way our Lord has prepared the city of Phnom Penh for
Christian witness. The people of the city definitely know of our presence and we are getting greeted with waves and very broad smiles just about everywhere we travel. This is hard for us to believe that this is the same city that has undergone such persecution in years past. Could it be that our Lord "has many people in this city (Acts 18-10)"

Yesterday, I spoke about our meeting a fifteen year old boy named Jared. We first met him standing beside a bicycle on a major street. Our missionary attempted to give him a tract, but the young boy opened up his jacket and pulled out one that already been folded and put away. "One of your friends gave me this earlier", he said in clear English. He continued on, "could I speak to you a little while about Jesus?" The young boy spoke about his love for God and desire to learn more about Jesus Christ. "I know He has something for me in this life to serve Him, and I want to get to know more and more about the true God". Our missionary immediately sensed that this would be a boy that should have God's Word, the Bible and he offered to give Jared one. "Someone from the church has already given me one, and I read it first thing every morning. More than anything else, I want to be a Christian".
Our missionary took Jared over to a second missionary standing nearby to share the joy of this conversation. Jared was dressed in soiled greasy clothing, but the smile on his face and the joy in his voice set him apart from those who did not know our Savior. Both his words and the way he conducted himself led one to believe that our Lord may be doing a work in his life. Our missionary wanted to help Jared a little with some money for food and he reached in his pocket to hand the boy some money. Ordinarily, we would not do this in that once we begin to hand out money, it opens the door to have a host of people following us for more. Additionally, we feel that our main focus is to bring the "bread of life" and not worldly goods.
"Here Jared, use this money to buy something to eat", said our missionary. Jared replied, I don't want your money sir, only your
friendship". He would not accept any money or gift and stood firm in his decision. A short time later he left saying, "I must go back to my job. Do you know that I am a bicycle mechanic. I can repair almost any bike". Many things will stand out on a Mission trip such as we are involved in; but Jared has found a place in the heart of the missionaries that first met him.

One thing that strikes each of us here in Cambodia is the ages that young people begin to work. Many even work two full jobs in order to have food and clothing. The wages in many of the garment factories are barely enough to make it worthwhile to even come to work. We have been down to the Garment area two different times in order to greet the thousands of young girls working there. One young girl met with one of our female missionaries. "Can I please have thirty tracts, she asked? The message is so clear that I want to share it with some of my friends", We don't ordinarily give more than a couple of tracts to one who asks, but there was a seriousness in the girl's face and voice. Our missionary provided the tracts requested and the young girl fell down at her feet with gratitude and happiness. This presents a vivid picture of the way our Lord has prepared the way for our visit. We can only rejoice.

The health of our entire team, by our Lord's grace, has been very good. We are working day by day in a boiling sun, but this has been no hindrance in our Lord's work. Everything looks so very good, but we need prayer that we might continue on until completion of our calling to come here. We are involved in Bible distribution and will be meeting with a man who will help us to put Bibles directly into those who have a knowledge of our Lord and a desire to know more about Him. There are very few people that can afford to purchase a Bible and even Christian leaders sometimes do not have a Bible of their own.

Even though everything looks like it is going so well, I am requesting continual prayer that we do everything to the glory of God found in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Please pray that these Bibles fall into the hands of one who will use it to God's glory. I will continue to report on our progress as our Lord allows; and let us together magnify the name of our Lord Jesus in every aspect of our life as He gives us the faith to do so.

In Christian Love:
The F.R. Mission group in Cambodia

"For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth".

Job 19-25

MISSION TO PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
Letter 4

Zephaniah 3-17

"Or dispisest thou the riches of His goodness and forebearance and long suffering not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth to repentance".

Romans 2-4

In Christian love:
The 2002 F.R. Mission team in Cambodia

MISSION TO PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
Letter 5
SUNDAY, JANUARY 27TH, 2002

"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God".

Romans 13-1

I write this last letter on our Lord's day after coming in from our morning distribution.

We have jsut about exhausted our Bibles and tracts and, by God's grace, we should see the last of our "Does God love you" tracts go out later this night. We have attempted to alter our times of distribution in order to minister to a complete representation of the people in Phnom Penh and the surrounding areas. By our count, we will have distributed well over 300,000 tracts and over eight hundred Bibles. We continually praise our gracious Savior for this wonderful opportunity.
Whenever we begin distribution in any area, we first try to find a Policeman in order to hand him a copy of our tract. This is relatively easy in Phnom Penh in that there seems to be Policemen everywhere. Evidently, they are terribly underpaid, in that they receive only twenty dollars a month. Reportedly, they are lumped in with all city employees and when the payroll money runs out; they receive nothing.
The role of a Policeman is usually misunderstood in our culture, and he is often not viewed as one who protects the populace and maintains the peace. The Christian views the role of the Policeman in light of the Bible and correctly views him the "existing authority as ordained by God". This correct view has been very helpful to our groups as we travel around the world.

One of our missionaries arrived at a very busy intersection that was maintained by a traffic light. A Policeman was manually controlling that light. Our missionary went to him and handed over a tract and awaited the Policeman's reaction. His broad smile allowed our missionary to begin handing out tracts within the intersection. The vast number of the motorists passing by, would take a tract while this beaming civil servant looked on.
This continued for quite awhile until the Officer motioned for our missionary to another intersection about one block away. Our missionary did not understand this action, but immediately complied. Very soon, our missionary saw a caravan of cars that evidently were very important to this Policeman's mission. He had been put there to ensure that this caravan of very important persons passed his intersection without any blockage. These civil servants have been very helpful to each of us during our time in Cambodia.;

Young children are a blessing to our distribution of God's Word. Our Lord Jesus instructed us to "suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God" Luke 18:16. One of our teams had two very young children who wanted to help him in every way possible. Every time someone would discard a tract, one of the two boys would carry it back to our missionary and say "thank you". This seemed to be the only English these dear Cambodian children had mastered. This actually helped to maintain the clean sidewalk, and enabled the tracts to be issued again. The children continued on with this new game they had learned and then as children do; they went on to something else. Our Missionary prayed that he had maintained good Christian witness during the short time he had to spend with the children.
One great focus for us is the many Bibles that have been made possible through donations of several listeners.

By God's grace, we have had a large number of Bibles to pass into the hands of those who do not have God's Word. We have implemented several modes of distribution and one of these has become very significant to several within the group. One missionary took a Bible in his backpack and began praying that our Lord would send the person that He wanted to have that Bible. He continued in this prayer until late morning. He was working within an intersection when a car came up and a young woman said, "Sir, do you have a Bible for me. I am a Christian and I do need one". This a meeting in Phnom Penh that our Missionary will remember for quite a time to come in that he viewed this girl as having been sent by our Lord.
We have now come to the conclusion of another Mission trip and we praise our Lord for His mercy and grace to man. We will continue on with the planning and execution of these God ordained trips so long as our Lord Jesus Christ blesses the work and raises up missionaries. He certainly has watched over our trips for over ten years now and this visits to foreign have become a huge part of many of our lives.

On March 14th, we will visit Pueblo, Mexico. We still need some men and women to travel with us as we continue on with our work provided by our Lord. We will find a people immersed in idolatry, but opened to the truth of God's Word. In the latter part of April and the beginning of May 2002, we will visit Kiev in the Ukraine. Many of these dear people have been raised in the shadow of the Russian Orthodox Church and desperately need to hear of the Gospel of the grace of Jesus Christ. By God's grace, we will continue to travel all over the world with this true gospel of deliverance. Won't you consider either joining us or sending a contribution with which we will be able to purchase Bibles for those who yearn for one?
Please contact me at 1-800-543-1495 Ext. 299.
Thank you so much for your prayers and ongoing support of the Family Radio Mission to the world.

In Christian love:
David Morrell and the Family Radio Mission Group in Cambodia

"For whether we live, we live unto the Lord: and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's"

MISSION TO PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
Letter 6

"Ho everyone that thirsteth, come to the waters, and he that hath no money: come ye buy and eat: come, buy wine and milk without money and without price"

Isaiah: 55-1

The Family Radio short term mission program can be long and tiring once we are on the Mission field. The teams stay out on the street from morning to evening; and although the work is one of love, one cannot help but feel the tiredness in his bones after a few days. Fortunately, this failing of our flesh is only temporary, and a small price to pay for the joy we receive from our Lord for being faithful to His command to bring the Gospel. We feel that this is a calling for every child of God. One young Cambodian I met summed it up very succinctly when he volunteered, "If you have the truth and don't share it with others than you are a murderer. You are willing to see others going into Hell without lifting your hand". We fully realize that our Lord has commanded us to love our Brother. We know not who our brothers are in Christ; and so we share the Word of God with everyone who will listen. This is why our blessed Lord renews our strength daily, and allows us to travel from one city to another in the name of Jesus Christ. We have just received our supplemental order of 60,000 additional tracts. As we have always seen; God's timing is always perfect. This morning our teams emptied the last box of tracts from our original order. Our focus has always been to never completely pace ourselves with the tracts, because one might never know when it may rain to the point that distribution might be very difficult. With this in mind, we will continue full steam ahead.

We have been spreading out more and more without the city. Our mode of operation has always been to begin in the city center, and then branch out further and further; so that more and more people are reached with our Lord's message to sinners.
One of our teams went to the major university yesterday and did quite well. It sometimes is difficult to gauge our results when visiting a university in that the students sometimes greatly vary in their receptance to the Gospel. There tends to be either a coldness, or a lukewarm interest that will allow the student to take and read the tract. The teachers are usually the big problem in that they are. usually united in their hatred of anything that speaks of the sovereignty of God. Most often there is derision and even mocking in institutes that claim they have "higher learning". That certainly wasn't the case yesterday, and many thousands of students received the tract and either read or stored it away for a later time. We must always leave the results of any tract distribution in the hands of our Lord, but this time in Phnom Penh has been a blessing to everyone on our teams.

Our fifteen people are single focused on the job at hand. They are certainly not afraid to work hard, and their days are long and tiring, but there are no complaints. I praise our Lord Jesus Christ for supplying those to plant the seed and we look to our Lord of the Harvest to complete the effort. One great joy on this trip is that many Cambodians have approached our group and said words to this effect: "I am a Christian, and I want to learn more and more about our Lord Jesus Christ". We have brought along much faithful Christian material and have given most of it out at this point. Additionally, many approaching us and expressing a need for material; have left with a beautiful Bible that has been purchased by money supplied by faithful listeners of
Family Radio that have donated money expressly for this reason. We certainly have been surprised to find Christian testimony in a land that claims to be almost totally Buddhist. One pulled up on a motorbike and asked our missionary, "Is this material Buddhist?" Our Missionary answered. No, this is the Gospel of Jesus Christ". She answered in a loud voice, "Praise the Lord".

Today one of our teams headed far out of the city to a location in which there are large markets and great numbers of people. After over one hour travel, they reached the one bridge leading into this town. The entire highway was blocked off and there was no entrance into the town in that a large truck had overturned in the midst of the bridge completely sealing off any way across the bridge. After a short stay, our missionaries turned around and headed back toward the Hotel for it became apparent that this truck would not be removed for quite a period of time. By God's wonderful grace, the way back became
wonderfully profitable to our desire to find those to whom we might provide the Gospel of deliverance. We met thousands of people at Markets and schools that received and read our tracts.

Isaiah 55-8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are my ways your ways, saith the Lord" Tomorrow, we will be spending our second Saturday in Phnom Penh. We now have approximately sixty thousand tracts left to distribute, and so we continue to ask you all to pray that we might have great wisdom from our Lord as we continue on for His glory. May I suggest to each person listening to consider how you may join in our Mission program. Maybe you may want to be part of a Mission team or if you cannot go, maybe help support someone who is willing and able to go who has used most of their money on past Mission trips. Our next trip will be to Puebla, Mexico, leaving on March 14 and returning on March 26. We still have penings for those interested in a life changing experience. Call Family Radio at 1 800-543-1495 Ext. 299.

In Christian love:
The 2002 Family Radio Mission team in Cambodia

" For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it to bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater".

Isaiah 55-10