Last week marks the 3rd annual year to launch our Raven's Hope International Team to the USA. Every year as I am mentoring the girls in preparation for their journey, I don't always know how to describe what they will feel when they arrive. Every Raven experiences those first few days differently. Imagine the first time you left your home state and experienced a new culture of people, a new environment, and new foods. Or, imagine for a moment the first time you left the USA and entered a foreign country. However, there is one thing I do know. The Raven's come back with changed lives from their experience at RHI. Changed Lives! That is what I love the most. Seeing them go and return to Cambodia with a clear vision and a dream on how they can individually impact their country for Christ.
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| Raven's Hope International 2015 Team |
I would like to take a moment to "Leadership Spotlight" one particular Raven from our 2013 team. Her name is Chantrea Chap. She is currently a program coordinator at an organization called Nummanna Auxillary for Community Enrichment located in the Samnong 12 area of Phnom Penh. After returning from RHI, Chantrea took her vision and dream into action and started a new program at NaCE called My Home.
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| My Home provides English language education |
"My Home teaches underprivileged children both, the Khmer and English languages. In Cambodia, poor children getting the opportunity to learn English language is rare. They will be offered more and better jobs if they are able to speak English well. This helps them break the cycle of poverty and gives them the chance to help their families and this nation", Chantrea shares.
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| Chantrea (left) and My Home team |
The purpose of My Home is to empower disadvantaged children by teaching them Khmer and English languages, life skills, and caring for them holistically. This will afford them greater opportunities in life and lead them and their families to Christ. Chantrea shares that "My Home has a strong relationship with the Celebrating Church where I worship. With their prayer and support we are able to hold on Sundays a separate meeting, through which we present the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the children and their families. As Cambodia is a Buddhist nation, most of the children’s families are either Buddhist or they follow religions like the ancestral spirits".
“AT MY HOME, NOT ONLY DO WE TEACH THEM ENGLISH, BUT WE PRESENT THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.”
To learn more about My Home please email Chantrea at myhomeministries@yahoo.com. Or visit them on FaceBook at My Home Ministries.
Blessings, Tricia
