Monday will mark one year
living in Cambodia. It’s pretty crazy to think of how drastically different I
was a year ago, and that I really had no idea what I was getting myself into,
packing all my things and moving across the world. Sure I expected a little
adventure, for God to move, and to be a part of His work fighting for the
trafficked and abused here but I don’t think I could have fathomed all He had
planned for this past year. It has been a year of doing a lot of things I never
thought I would do, diving deep into God’s heart in ways I didn’t think I
could, and loving and being loved by others in a way that has redeemed a lot of
what love is for me.
Given me an amazing staff of
Khmer teachers to love and be loved by.
Given me a Khmer family who
treats me as their own, challenges me, and loves me more than they know, and I
had no idea I needed that coming here a year ago.
\Given me great friends here
to support and challenge me when things are hard, and when things are good.
Given me so much grace to
learn more of how to love others and work for His Kingdom and purposes.
Shown me new gifts I didn’t
know I had, and given me grace in learning how to use them well.
Shown me how to bring the
Kingdom of God to the Kingdom of wonder.
Given me increasing responsibility
of some of the hardest and best things I’ve ever done and will do in my life.
Shown me the power of
sleepless nights full of prayer to partner in fighting for our sweet students.
Let me be a part of rescuing
and restoring children’s lives here.
Given me a deeper respect and
love for my family in New York, and grateful heart to be able to miss people
that mean so much to me.
Dear Cambodia,
Thank you for letting me
enter into your kingdom with such humbleness, hospitality, and love. You have
given me countless laughs, tears, and moments of shear confusion in the past
year, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I have been left breathless
watching the beauty of your people, and how they care for one another.
Your people truly are
Kingdom people, and I believe that they will grasp hold of the promised land
God has for them. They aren’t satisfied wandering in the desert, they are
hungry for more of heaven to come down, and I believe God has been and will
answer that hunger with His presence. See the Lord’s report for this land, what
He is restoring and bringing to life from the dust here. Don’t believe those
that are seeing only what’s in front of them and the negative of what they
think the future holds here, because I am here to say it’s beautiful and
greater waves of redemption is coming. The promised land is full of milk of
honey- the giants will flee when you are ready to stand up for your land.
I’ve experienced with you
some pretty broken places the past year and seen how a genocide can leave such
beautiful people broken even 45 years later. I am here to tell you that there
is hope and it’s here right now. I see it in the twenty something’s rushing
back to the universities in the city hungry to learn. I see it in music
emerging that is restoring what’s been lost and making it new. I see it in my
staff as they bring life into the world and start to parent the next generation
with love and value. Hope is here, and it is your people. YOU are HOPE
Cambodia, not only for your future, but hope for the whole world when you are
full of Christ.
Thank you for a beautiful year,
and letting me truly be a part of you. I cannot wait to see what this next year
holds for you- I know it will be beautiful in the messiest and most perfect
way.
Love.
Sarah
**If you would like to partner with me this next year I am still in need of monthly and one- time partners. Hit the partner with me tab above for all the details!**
