Place of Rescue - Amazing Grace

We left for Place of Rescue at 4pm on Sat for the 45 minute ride with a small pit stop to buy durian for the grannies who live at Rescue. One of the gals that joined us was a young Dutch girl called Nienke (I think that is the spelling of her name). Our team met her at Daughters last week and we invited her to come to see Place of Rescue as she has a heart for kids. One of the fun parts about being in Cambodia is that you meet so many people who are desiring to live for God passionately. Nienke is only 27 and is seeking hard after God and so it has been a blessing having her join us.

Savoom - niece of Rescue Director Sokhan

When we got to Place of Rescue, Marie was in the midst of her dinner so couldn't join us for the walk around the compound. Nonetheless, two of the orphans I have gotten to know over the years came running up and ended up being our tour guides. A bunch of us ended up in front of one of the grannie homes and out came a young lady by the name of Savoom. She is the niece of Sokhan one of the directors of Rescue. Savoom was blind from birth but we were told she had a beautiful voice so we asked if she would sing us a song. She began singing a hymm and when she had finished one of my teammates Tara asked her if she wanted to see. Savoom of course said yes and so we asked if she would pray and ask God and we then began to lay hands and pray over her. For about 45 minutes we did this as we also put anointing oil over each of her eyes and then at one point we stopped and Tara asked her to open her eyes. All of a sudden she remarked that she could see but she wasn't sure what she was seeing so we kept on praying and begin singing a various worship songs: Majesty, Jesus We Enthrone You, God is so Good---just to name a few. We prayed and then we again asked her to open her eyes and her sight began to improve. She noticed that my team member Char was wearing a very big necklace and then she began to see the flowers around us. We asked her to count how many of us and she started to do that. I stood with tears streaming down my eyes as I felt we were witnessing a miracle. Jesus was giving sight to the blind and so we kept on praying. Savoom herself began to pray and give thanks to God. Eventually we had to leave to join the monthly birthday party but we know that God has begun a new work in Savoom's life. Her eyesight is not 100% restored but we believe it is just a matter of time before she will see fully. God gave us a glimpse of His power and His grace during this special moment.

Everytime I come to Cambodia, I always visit Rescue because it is a stark reminder that the light of Christ is shining in this land. Some times its hard to see the light because the darkness is so pervasive. But Rescue, is like heaven on earth as the peace of God reigns in this particular place. It is evident as soon as you step into the grounds with the hedges around the orphan homes and the beautiful flowers that dot the landscape around the grounds.With each passing year, I see the orphans growing up and it just seems that God is doing some incredible work among the them. It is such a joy to watch them lead the worship in Khmer to familiar Hillsong tunes as their zeal and passion is contagious.