Cambodia 2011

Two years ago our church teamed up with Steve Hyde to help build an orphanage in Poipet,Cambodia. (please read this incredible article which I have linked)

The goal was for our church to raise $45,000. We don't have a very big church (as you can see from the picture below), but we do have a VERY BIG God! When all the pledges and donations came in we had raised $103,074.50.
This summer we will be sending a Mission Team to Cambodia to help run a VBS for the orphans and several other children in the area (they are telling us to expect around 500 children). We will also be helping with painting and work at the school so we will be able to help in the community.

Yes, I said "WE" =) Typically, as the secretary at Freedom Church, I have been a part of most of the mission trips to Cambodia, only in the administrative sense; tracking expenses, making sure we had copies of everyone's passports, etc. I was able to be a small part of watching as groups would head out and come back and report on what God had accomplished. It was incredible, to hear about the hundreds of orphans and abandoned kids in dire poverty, then to see that we (Freedom) could make a difference as the orphanage was built. But this summer I will be blessed to be able to be a participant of the Mission Team and will get to go and help with the ministry in Cambodia.

We could really use your prayers (as always), but specifically:

- Cambodia and Thailand are sort of at odds right now. Please pray for peace and safety and for an end to all the conflict.

- Please pray for the entire team that will be going. Satan will be throwing all kinds of things at each of us to try to interfere with the spreading of God's love to the beloved orphans in Cambodia. Please pray for us as we prepare for this great adventure.

- Finally, although I feel blessed to have this opportunity, a trip like this requires financial support. Each team member needs to raise $2,200.00 for this trip. The only way that it will be possible for me to go is if I am able to raise enough funds. I hope that you can see the value in what will be accomplished by this trip and I would love to invite you to be a part of this mission through financial support and/or prayers.

Financial support can be done on-line at www.freedom-church.com. There is a button on the left hand side that is for "online giving". There is a section where you can note that the donation is for the Cambodia Mission Trip for Gyna. Or you can mail a check to Freedom Church 9602 N. 177th E. Ave. Owasso, Oklahoma 74055. Please make your check payable to Freedom Church and note in the memo line "Cambodia 2011 for Gyna". All donations are tax deductible.

While money is important it comes as a distant second to my need for your prayer support. Since prayer support is so important to the success of this mission. Thank you all so much!

I plan on adding updates on my blog and will continue to keep everyone informed as the journey has just begun.

P.S. - You can see the blog which was set up from the original trip in 2009 which motivated the entire orphanage project by clicking here.