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Gecko Tails - January 2008
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Gecko Tails January 2008
Tales from the eFC-KEY
Signs of Transformation: EFC-KEY Diamond Project Year #4
 “I am Sok Vey, a year 4 Diamond Program Student. I am 23 year-old and I have two sisters and four brothers. I am the second child of the family and I am working for World Vision Cambodia as Transformational Development Facilitator. I am a Youth Leader of Trapaing Kanseng Church of Christ. I would like to say thanks to the DP’s coordinators and for EFC-KEY that conducts DP class in Christian Mission in Cambodia, so that I could join the class for one year. I gained many things from DP class such as good relationships with other students from difference places. We learn from each other and share experiences as well as exchange good ideas. DP provided me with good techniques for teaching, leading, personal encouragement and for the encouragement of others. DP gave me special opportunities do field work for improving my capacity. DP also allowed me to join the National Youth Leaders’ Camp in 2007 as a small group leader, as well as providing me an opportunity to attend a special course called Office Skills in Yejj that is most useful in this IT based society. DP also facilitated my finding a good mentor and this was a good experience for me. DP helped change me from an autocratic-power based leader to a servant leader. DP helped me to value people and I discovered what my core values God given talents were. DP reminds me to be careful with my attitude, behavior and the words I speak in the presence of others. I used to be proud and boast much but now I try to change and reduce my pride step by step. I don’t believe that DP was created in Cambodia without God’s involvement. Jesus ordained this project to happen in Cambodia for training emerging youth leaders in order to fulfill His ministry because the harvest is so huge but the workers are too few. DP helped give me many new resources that I couldn’t expect having before. I will implement and apply what I learned in my life and my working day to transform me, my family, and my society that they may experience a sustainable development of peace, justice and happiness. I pray for this training to be sustained in Cambodia and broaden through the world.”
Signs of Transformation: EFC-KEY Big Brother and Sister Program
My name is Ms. Chhun Eang. I am 20 years old, I study in grade 12, and I come from Kompong Thom province. My little sister is 14 years old and she studies in grade 7. I believed in Jesus 5 years ago and I adopted a little sister in this program 2 months ago. The reason that I took this little sister was because I saw her family was in such a difficult situation and her mother is a widow with a lot of children and so poor. When I see this little sister I feel full of compassion and her family didn’t hear about the gospel but when I see her I feel I want her to be my sister and at that time I heard about the Big Brother and Sister project of EFC-KEY it made me want her to be my little sister even more. It the God’s plan for me and for other big brothers and sisters, too. I’m so happy that I have this little sister and she is like my sibling. Before she became my little sister she looked lonely and troubled, and her family is also has a very hard life but when she became my little sister I saw her so happy and she always tells me about her difficulties. When camp is coming, it draws us closer because we can do every thing together. For the future I want my little sister to become a good role model to her family. I also want her to serve God and all of her family to become Christians. Sophoun; I feel very happy when I gave my life to Jesus because before I became the little sister I didn’t know about the Jesus yet. In the future I want to serve God. &nb sp;
DP Class Year 5 InaugurationThe Diamond Program (DP1) has produced over 100 emerging leaders of influence and integrity over the last four years. They are lay leaders, university students, Sunday school teachers, cell group leaders, prison workers, church planters, relief and development workers, language teachers, I.T. technicians, managers, church elders, etc.Keep us in your prayers as we launch DP 2 this coming week at a combined DP 1 and 2 Retreat. Themes of DP 2 will be Leadership Next, Interpreting Cultural Trends, Missional Churches, World Religions, and Christian leaders in the Age of Globalization.Recently Debbi and I were invited to attend a reception at the U.S. embassy to welcome Mia Farrow and her International group against the genocide in Darfur who were planning to do a ceremony at Toul Sleng Museum (where 17 thousand Cambodians were tortured and killed) to remember those killed here in the genocide. The American ambassador gave a short but touching speech (even quoted the Bible) with his podium pitched between American and Cambodian Flags. His passionate and politic free talk seemed to illuminate the Stars and Stripes beside him and it reminded me of those American people who were free of self-serving political agendas who actually sacrificed much for their fellow countrymen and other nations. A Rwandan genocide survivor got up next and stood next to the Stars and Stripes and asked said, “Someday your children will ask you; ‘mommy and daddy, what were you doing when the Darfur genocide was happening?’” Mia Farrow invited to participate to join the memorial ceremony the following morning. Debbi and I were celebrating out 17th anniversary but we went anyway, and the government shut it down. It got a little dicey for a while with police shoving our lawyer friend Ms. Theary Seng who was escorting Mia Farrow. I never realized how easily tempers are provoked in a crowd setting. I was proud of the American Ambassador for endorsing this ceremony and was glad we took part.The Mahers
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