Testimony of Kan Sokha

 

Greetings to all of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, I rejoice to have the opportunity to share my testimony with you all.

 

My name is Kan Sokha, I am 29 years old. I was born into a poor family of five siblings include me, one sister and three brothers, I am the elder.

 

Life before believing Jesus:  Family situation was very poor, my parents were working in the fields to provide all the needed in the family but insufficient. Because in my family, my fourth brother has a serious meningitis, which makes my family even more burdened by having to spend money to see my brother, they had to pay every month to take my brother to Phnom Penh for treatment. At that time, I really wanted to work to earn money to help my family. But I was only 16 years old and could not afford to continue my high school. I tried to find a job to help my family, and I also raised my age to be able to work in a factory as a factory worker. While working, I really miss books, miss pens, places I used to study and I really want to study and want to continue my studies. I also said in my heart that if there is a true God in this world, please help my family and help me to continue my studies. In 2008, my father realized that I wanted to study, but he could not afford me, then he share about me to his friends. In the same time there was the old man of his friend introduced his son who is a former of KBS student to help me enter the school. My father heard that there was free education and teaching English then he told me to go, and I was very interested I really loved English. But next day my father told me again that it was a school for Bible study. He said that there is no need to go, if you go, do not believe in God, just learn English. But because I wanted to learn English, I promised him that I would learn English and that I would not believe in Jesus. In order to get into school, I had to spend time writing a new testament Bible. it was very hard that I had to work and write a Bible, and sometimes I did not rest, sometimes I did not eat, and sometimes I was scolded by my  parents. But because I love to learn I tried to write until the end for four months.

 

Life after accepting Jesus: In September 2008, I joined the KBS and became a believer after learning and knowing His Word. But I still had doubts about him. Until 2009, the school had a youth camp and I joined, there was the time I truly believed. I had Listen to a song that means I am a sinner, but He chooses and refines me, it made my tears down after listen (A song composed by Brother Visa).  After studying there for three years and four months, I received God's call to serve in Phnom Penh. At that time, I was happy and I think that I could help my family and especially I can serve God too. But what disappointed me was that, teacher Moses the principal would not let me go, he said I have to complete the course for another three months more. I thought this was a missed opportunity for my job and I was so desperate, I just prayed and fasted. A week later I heard a voice calling me after I was getting ready and going to class, it was the voice of teacher Moses he told me you could go to work. This is your degree, I have checked your background and study history .That time I was really happy because God had answer me. I came to Phnom Penh to serve him on January 9, 2012. I have been serving God in Phnom Penh at Bethel church. After serving there around one year and six months because the church had internal problems, I moved to the Anglican Church. Working there for six months, I had a traffic accident while going back from the countryside ministry. That day it was broke my hand and I could not carried the heavy thing and the doctor said to me I didn’t have to use this hand for three months. So I decided to stop serving God and return to Sihanoukville to spend three months rest at home.

 

Life after leaving God’s ministry: After three months my hands was able to work, I thought to myself that I won’t serve God, because God had forsaken me and allowed this to happen. I started looking for a job outside, then I got a job as a waitress in a restaurant. Worked there I didn’t have day off to go to church and life seemed to have no progress, so I resigned. After leaving from restaurant I was also called to work in a foreign film production as a preparing clothes for an actress. Working with them for a while, I felt happy because I went everywhere I never went to, sleep the best place eat delicious food that I never ate, until I almost forgot where I came from, almost forgot Christ and no time to come to church. The film had finished in five months, and everyone went home and I went back to work at the restaurant again. Life seemed to be harder and harder I work every day no pace inside my heart, I could not smile to anyone, work very hard to please the boss. Working in a restaurant is not something I aspire to, because I know I am working with people who do not know God because they have no love, no understanding there is jealousy among them.

It's why I'm not happy working there, I prayed to God to guide me, I wanted to go back to serve Him wherever He needs me.

 

Life after came back to serve:  20 days later, God introduced me to Pastor Sambo, and he told me that God needed a servant of God. Do I want to serve God? He asked and I thought for a while without replying to him. He also told me that it was okay you can think about it. A week later, my workplace was in trouble and I could not stay there, and I thought to myself the time has come, and that God had called me to serve Him, and it was exactly God's plan. I also contacted Pastor Sambo, who is a leader in the Grace Church and International Kindergarten School.  And tell him I will come. I also applied for a job at the International Christian School as a kindergarten teacher in 2015.

Serving God is a joy and peace of mind. I have shared my knowledge and love to the children who come to our school, especially the gospels of salvation to them and their guardians. And I also had the chance and opportunity to develop myself by continuing my studies. This is the grace that God has given me. Throughout of my life, He has organized and made me strong, aware of adversity, aware of the world in which people live, acquainted with the taste of life. God's plan is perfect for me, He brought me here to bless me and my family. I really thanks God that I have been praying for almost ten years for the family to believe in Jesus, now He has answered me, my mother and my younger brother have converted to believe in Him, He also has answered me that I wished to go to the university as well . Now I serving in the Grace Church as a youth trainer, a Sunday school teacher, and an evangelist. And has been in the ministry for over six years, thanks God for calling me here.

 

Therefore said he unto them, the harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.(Luke 10:2)