God is changing my plans. I came with a lot of prepared lessons, but God wants me to be flexible and make some adjustments. I am so glad that He is taking over. This mission trip is slowly making sense because God is the one who is leading the team. He is here and he is guiding both Taiwanese mission team members and the Cambodian members of Prek Thei Free Methodist Church (PTFMC).
I am here right now in Prek Thei, a Cambodian village in the outskirts of Phnom Penh, the city capital. I am with a group of eleven seminary students from Holy Light Theological Seminary and two young people from two FM churches in Kaohsiung. We will start serving the children of House of Love this coming Monday. Today and tomorrow, we are helping the young people of PTFMC. The youth leaders have requested me to lead workshop on Praise and Worship Team ministry. I have long prepared lessons, but after talking to our missionary, Muiling, I have decided to redesign my lessons so that they meet the needs of our FM youth members here in Prek Thei. I am so grateful to the Taiwan team members. Despite the language barriers, they did very well. As part of our workshop, I asked them to lead in small groups. This was not part of our original plan, but they graciously accepted the challenge and encouraged the Cambodian young people. I was so moved by enthusiasm of these mission team members. God is here.
This Cambodia Mission 2012 is finally making sense. God is leading the way. One of the youth members shares to me that for two years now, he has been praying for God to send someone to help with his involvement with the PTFMC worship team. "That person is you," he continues. I certainly will be praying for this young person. More so, I want to obey God's leadership. If I am that person who will help the youth of Prek Thei, I want to be faithful to our God and serve Him here in Cambodia. I am grateful that I can share these little acts of obeying God with my brothers and sisters from Kaohsiung. God is here and He is leading the way for me.
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