Cambodia Bible Education Centre

In February 2018 I arrived in Cambodia for my third mission trip.   Once again it is  a feeling of being home and happy to be back with my Cambodian family.  I made the journey to Siem Reap on my favourite bus Giant Ibis.   It is a long trip but looking at the familiar landscape it is nice to be here and going off to Siem Reap to visit the small ecclesia there.   Upon my arrival in Siem Reap Bro So Vesna was there to greet me and take me to the BEC with his tuk tuk.   He is a very safe and reliable driver.   So Vesna took me to the BEC  and Sis Loy arrived home soon after.   I am always thankful to God for the safe journey from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap.   On Sunday morning SIs Loy and I headed off to the village were Bro So Vesna lives with his wife Sis Lin and two young children.  The Sunday School is held at the home of So Vesna and Lin.  I was going to teach Sunday School and Loy was m...

Our family spent nine weeks in Cambodia in early 2018. At the time, our children were aged 10, 7 and 2. We spent 5 days at the Phnom Penh BEC when we arrived which was a good opportunity to get to know people and get a feel for what was happening. Then we spent one night visiting the farm on the way to the Sihanoukville BEC where we were based for 8 weeks. My parents were with us for the majority of our stay which was a huge blessing – not just because of the pleasure of their company, but also for their help with our kids and sharing the tasks of daily life. We were fortunate to be in Sihanoukville after many months of quite consistent fieldworker activity, so there were a number of classes up and running with about 25 students in total; although we would usually only see about 15 of them on any given day. The weekly routine for our stay included 5 English lessons between 4pm and 7:30pm Tuesday to Friday, a bible seminar for students on Saturday evening, Sunday School in the BE...

Here it is, we are finally here. 10 years in the making, with a marriage and a couple of kids thrown into the mix, Ren and I have finally moved back to Cambodia and are trying to get settled in and figure out exactly what we are doing.  Since we have been back there has been a lot going on, and while I’m not going to write a novel about what has been happening. A lot of the activity has been centred around the “farm” which is the Cambodia Sustainability Project. An awesome oasis for members of the ecclesia and visiting fieldworkers the farm is attempting to ensure the longevity of current Christadelphian projects by creating funds here through farming.  so far we ha ve 950 mango trees in the ground and a whole lot of plans to grow more including coconuts, dates and bananas. The Farm is located about 1.5 hours outside of Phnom Penh between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville in a province called Kampong Speu. A big house/community area has been constructed that ha...

    There was an excited buzz as young and old from Phnom Penh BEC feasted together at the Farm with Alan, Ruth, Raju, and the workers from Australia, Fred Johansen, Alex Osborne, Garry & Helen, and Jonno Nutter (now living in Cambodia).     What an occasion it was and one that brought joy and fulfilment to all as the purpose of the Farm was taking shape. One week later a team of 6 young men from the BEC worked to make a great difference the appearance around the Farm.                                                                                       ‘The Farm” or “Cambodia Sustainability Project” has been developing successfully for 2 years on a combined 38 hectares. It comprises a large building with accommodation...

        Sunday School in Siem Reap,  we had around 25 to 30 Sundays school students come to class and we go to teach them at Bro So Veasna's village.  Brethren and sisters help to separate Sunday school class into two different classes. And sisters help to coordinate with students.

      On Monday 29th January morning, BEC people and Hillhouse family went to visit the Ecclesia farm in Kampong Spue province. In the Evening, Bro Raju Devis and Jonathan David cooked a yummy Indian food for us. Such a wonderful night at the farm. Thanks to everyone who was a part of it!

Our brethren and sisters and interested friends joined with visitors from Thailand, Philipines, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK, Malaysia and the fieldworkers together in Phnom Penh on the last day of  2017. Our speakers are Bro Darren Tappouras and  David Zammit from Australia. They Encouraged us throughout the week as we looked at two series of studies: "The Inner Man- Be Transformed” and “The Restoration of All Things”.     On Thursday 28 th , was day 1 of the Bible School, we were welcomed and introduced to the program, and had two studies in the morning. In the evening, we also introduced to the Bethezer Dormitories and following by dinner and soccer there. On Friday 29 th , that was day 2 of the Bible School. We started with the Bible reading and prayers. We continued our two studies in the morning. Later in the afternoon, we spread into our cell group called “BE  MY FRI...