Damdek New Hope Church

We believe that it is only by the grace of God that we are able to be instruments of hope for the other Cambodians. We thank the Lord for the many invaluable lessons that Cambodians have learned during their four years of suffering in the Killing Field from 1975-1979. It was God's plan that Rev.Moses HanhSoong Hoo, missionary to Cambodia in 1997 and I had been study the Bible in 2003 at Kampongsom

Bible school after I had no work. If he had not allowed me to study, I would not have become a Christian and I would not be in here today serving the Lord. Rev.Lee, my supporter has been co-worker with me for 2 years, so I can be useful for God's Kingdom. In 2007- present, we work to give many young people and children to hear the gospel and became Christians. The Lord has taught me so much through my ministry and equipped me to serve Him. It is true that children and young people are more receptive to the Gospel as well as many hopeless widows whose hearts are ready to accept Christ and experience new lives because it is not natural for men and women to seek God unless God allows hardships in their lives to get their attention and draw them closer to Him. If everyone has enough money, good health and a happy marriage and family, they would ask, “Why do I need Jesus?”
Our ministry progress is slow, even though many confess faith in Christ; it takes time for the Cambodians to break through centuries of Buddhist traditions and superstitions. Because of that, it is a slow processes to disciple the new converts for they lack the bible background and the tradition of Christianity. Building spiritual leadership also takes time in Cambodia because the Communist slaughtered most of the educated professionals, as well as the Christians during the Communist Regime from 1975-1979. It is our hope that Cambodia would have an increase of manpower to accelerate the training, because new Christians do not have the strength to stand alone in this Buddhist culture without a church fellowship and training for spiritual growth. Some Christians fear rejection; they know that as soon as they stand up for what they believe, their relatives and friends will reject them. So we have to make home visits to encourage them with the Word of God, to show them our love and to accept them just as God accepts and loves us. We realized that we would have to invest our lives in Sotrenikum, Siemreap Cambodia because building spiritual men and women is not as easy as building houses, especially in a culture with a Buddhist foundation. It is a challenge for Rev. and me as well as many God’s workers to undertake this ministry and we want to give all the credit to our Lord for what He has done in our lives and all that He has helped us to accomplish in this ministry.