Sakura School is founded by a Japanese NGO and teaches around 1500 children from poor areas. A team of seven from Logos Hope visited this school to play with the kids, conduct a short program with a drama, and donate 5 water purifiers along with school packs consisting of stationery to the kids. The program was conducted to 4 different groups for half an hour each time. In the beginning we were told to be sensitive in what we share and not to be openly sharing the gospel because of the nature of the school and country in general. We started like that but each time we tried to add some more gospel material in our sharing, and in the end we were just openly sharing through the drama and the explanation without experiencing any opposition! In one of the classes after playing the drama, one of the children explained it to the class and through the translator we understood that she was sharing the gospel to her classmates by explaining the drama to them!
Two little boys all alone
One evening while working in the book fair, I was called on my radio to come down to the entrance of the ship to check something. When I arrived, the person positioned there was with 2 little kids who wanted to come in to visit the book fair. Normally, children under the age of 16 are required to have an adult with them to be able to come in. With the help of a local speaker, I was able to understand that they walked 5Km to come and their parents are back home. It wasn't busy that day and I thought I could accompany them inside so they can take a look. I went in with them and as soon as they arrived to the section with local Khmer language books they were so amazed and started flipping through the books. All our local books were Christian books; many of them were children’s Bible stories. Again, with the help of a local speaker I was able to understand that they knew about Jesus but weren't Christians themselves. Then I asked them which books they liked and bought these books for them. We continued our walk through the deck, and then they walked off the ship with children Christian books, a big smile and an exciting experience they probably never had in their life before!
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