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柬埔寨短宣~第四天！

大家好！我是来自长老会恩泽堂的心玺，被委托向大家分享在柬埔寨短宣第四天所发生的一些事！

我们的宣教路程已到了第四天，也就是超过一半了！时间飞逝而过啊！今天我们跟着Rev. Roy去探望在金边的长老会教会。原来我们已在柬埔寨栽种了7间长老会教会，包括4间在金边和3间在郊外。我们也为他们设立了一间长老大会，位于他们最大的5P (also known as Phnom Penh Promised People Presbyterian Church) 教会里，为了让个个教会有更好的沟通和联系。他们的教牧都很友善，很亲切，也很爱开玩笑，笑到我肚子都疼了！

我们也参观了5P教会里的宿舍！原来他们需要济7个学生在一间房间里，并且一定要参加教会里的活动，如崇拜，查经，等。这就是柬埔寨教会其中一个重要的事工。这宿舍事工能帮忙宣教士接触到在读书的年轻人，并找机会向他们传福音，让他们归向耶稣。虽然这不是三两下就能办到的事，但教牧们有大约4年读书的时间向这些年轻人撒种，多感恩啊！

我们接下来也来到了另一间位于柬埔寨的长老会教会。这里有着一个从新加坡来的宣教士，已住在这里一年多了！她被上帝呼召来到了柬埔寨传福音。虽然起初非常不愿意（一心已准备要到日本做宣教士），但在跟上帝挣扎了多日后，终于顺服与上帝的旨意，来到了这个国家，这个教会。这件教会也一样有宿舍事工和语言/音乐课程事工，为了吸引年轻人能来到上帝的圣殿认识祂。

最后我们到了一间刚刚凭信心而设立的长老会教会。在外表看来这件教会其实规模不错，设计漂亮，还装上了很多隔音板和乐器（费用一定不少）。但令大家意外的是，这些其实都是爱心人士（免费）出钱出力为教会提供的！教会现在其实还是凭着信心过着生活，真让人敬佩！如果自己能有像他们一样大的信心，凡是交托，凡是相信，那有多好啊！

这几件教会探访就花上我们一整天的时间。虽然我们无法为他们付出点什么，但从这些教会/教牧和宣教士的身上我本身是学习到了许多！获益不浅，非常感恩！

-心玺

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3rd day of missions expsure

Here in Singapore, we act as if the world has ended if we are unable to achieve the grades of our desire; or perhaps even after experiencing a painful heartbreak.

This begs the question:

Were you separated from your parents at a tender young age for no apparent reason? Have you ever been incarcerated for no justifiable reason and then tortured day and night; in horribly unthinkable ways that makes death seem bearable?

Have you ever, as a child, worked hard day and night for two miserable spoons of "porridge"?

Have you ever eaten raw rice, or a cigarette bud, just to satisfy the roaring hunger pangs?

Has thirst ever plagued you so greatly that it makes drinking rainwater collected in an ox imprint feasible?

This is my definition of hardship. Listening to the stories of these survivors tears me apart. Though the number of laborers has decreased drastically in recent years, there are still many of them out there; separated and suffering from the horrors during the Pol Pot regime.

Think about it, is our definition of "hardship" remotely comparable to the story of these people's lives?

Dubbed as the killing field, this was once a place where many under the Pol Pot regime where ruthlessly annihilated. The worst part being that these prisoners were brought in without even knowing of their impending fate. Bones stacked up, bracelets stacked up, clothes stacked up, chemicals were stacked up too to prevent the stench from disclosing their atrocities. My sympathies goes out to those who had lost their lives during this dark time in Cambodian history.

However, there is a silver lining in every dark time. And out there, I have encountered fellow sisters in Christ who had, through this painful and heartbreaking trial, undergone a complete renewal which led to their strengthened faith that sustains them up to this day even in a majority Buddhists state

-Hyo Jin

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2nd Day of Cambodia exposure Trip

Hello everyone, I am Noel Tham from Prinsep Street presbyterian church. This is the second day of the Cambodia mission exposure trip. We started out at 0900 at the living water church to have an orientation lesson on Cambodia's culture, language and GOI and its work in Cambodia by Reverend Oh

We finished our lessons at 1200 and had our lunch in the church. After that, we went in a van to drive around and have an orientation of the city of Phnom Penh

After the wonderful sightseeing in the city of Phnom Penh, we went to the river and tried some Cambodian delicacies

Fried Crickets

Eggs that were fertilised for a few days

As you can see, most of us were adventurous and tried them. We expected it to taste totally horrible but it turned out to be quite okay!

Overall the experience was very unique. The scenery of the river was awesome and Im sure many of the interns had a whale of a time at the different areas in the city of Phnom Penh learning about the Cambodian culture.

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柬埔寨第一天

大家好，我是来自长老会恩泽堂的芝颖。这次最后一次跟大家分享我们的经验。我们16 Jan，11.15am 一起在樟宜机场集合，准备出发。我们坐了两个小时的·飞机到柬埔寨机场。每个人在飞机上睡了整整两个小时，准备开始我们在柬埔寨的第一天。

到了柬埔寨机场后，我们一起坐了tuk tuk 车到 Asean Guest House。

到了Asean Guest House，我们在各自的房间里休息。6pm 柬埔寨时间，在楼下集合准备去附近的超市买水和早餐。

我们也去了附近的快餐店‘Lucky burger’ 吃午餐。

我们的晚餐也是品尝到柬埔寨的华人食物。吃饱了后，我们一起回到 Guest House 冲凉，休息。

我们九点钟一起到领导的房间读圣经。但是，读圣经之前，整间Guest House 停电。

虽然周围昏天黑地，但神的道继续做我们的灯，路上的光。

读经后，我们一起在房间里玩我们最喜欢的游戏‘三国杀’。

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14 January 2017

大家好！我是来自长老会恩泽堂的学恩。今天希望可以与大家分享我们在星期六早上到恩泽关怀机构的经历。我们在早上十点半就到达设置在裕廊东的恩泽关怀机构。我们一眼就目睹几个小学生围绕在一起玩桌足球。后来美玲姐妹出来欢迎我们的时候，才得知他们有半个小时的休息时间，怪不得玩得眉开眼笑。

美玲姐妹接下来通过电子简报与我们分享恩泽关怀机构的过去、现在和未来。原来恩泽关怀机构是于二零一四年十一月十五日开始运作的。这里的愿景就是：To inspire and enrich the lives of the young in the community 希望能启发以及充实社区内年轻人的生活。他们的目标是：To provide opportunities to learn and to bond with fellow residents through our diverse activities and enrichment programmes. 通过多方面的活动以及自我提升课程来提供居民们互相学习以及深交的机会。美玲姐妹也给我们介绍恩泽关怀机构提供的服务。

这些包括：

给学龄前的：

综合娱乐计划

读写能力提升计划

给学生的：

补习课程

机器课程Robotics

音乐课程

运动课程

我们也有机会目睹恩泽关怀机构的几个课程。首先，美玲姐妹把我们带到音乐课室。那里一名学生正在与老师学习如何弹钢琴。我们看到那里有几架合成乐器，还有一套鼓·。美玲姐妹解释，恩泽关怀机构所有的乐器都是由一家音乐学校捐赠的，所以哪里的音乐老师也是从那家音乐学校聘请过来的。原来，那个学钢琴的男孩已经学了半年。紧接着，美玲姐妹把我们带到小二生的数学补习班上，看他们学习加减数目。我们虽然看得出他们都不太喜欢补习，但是他们非常努力的做好老师给他们的作业，也明白老师教的题材。我们也到小一生的英语班上看他们学如何说一个星期七天的英文名瓷。我们也到中二的数学课上逗留了一会儿。我们最后到小五生的英语课上教他们如何做综合填空和阅读理解。我们都看得出他们非常听话，也非常努力学习向上。