Read accounts of some of the
miracles occurring in Foursquare's Cambodian Church:
Fire from Heaven in Ratanakiri
The story told by Cambodian witness Lyheng
“Pastor Mot,
District Supervisor for Rattanakirri, met us and showed us
around the province. We visited the orphans at his church, and
the Crater Lake on the first day. On the second day, we traveled
by truck and boat to the newest churches. It was December 6th,
and we were traveling to some of the tribal areas, each of the
two locations spoke different languages, both more closely
related to Lao than Cambodian, there are twelve different
languages spoken in that region.
The second
church we visited was just finishing construction on their new
building, in the area known as Phnom Kok Lak and the church (Dam
Na Thamei). The women smoke pipes, and when no foreigners are
around, don’t wear clothing above the waist. Rene and Kristi
attracted a lot of attention so, a small crowd of fifteen or
twenty villagers followed them to the church, but stopped at the
edge of the church property, more than 100 meters from the
building, not being believers in the “New God”. About a dozen
local church members and few nearby pastors gathered in the new
church building to greet them. It was about 3:00 pm. The
Charists’ had spent about 15 minutes inspecting the new building
and then entered into prayer for about five to ten minutes, some
were praying in their natural language and some were praying in
the Spirit (tongues). The number of people standing at the gate
began to grow as neighbors were curious about the “Barrangs”
(white foreigners Rene and Kristi) and wanted to see them, but
some other excitement was causing people to rush to the scene.
As the
prayer was ongoing, the people in the village saw a whirlwind of
fire over the church building, and were running to get a closer
look. The group had grown to more than 30 villagers. Afraid of
the ‘Power’ behind the fire they would not enter the property.
The people praying were unaware of the reason for the
excitement. When the prayer concluded the fire disappeared, and
as the church members emerged from the building, the people in
the crowd called out to the local pastor, Sorn, “Where did the
fire come from? Why was the fire swirling while you were
praying?” The pastor was surprised, but the whole group
insisted that they all saw it, so he acknowledged that it was
written in the Bible, and taught them out of Acts, Chapter 2.
The people all acknowledged that this God had, “Big power!” and
the church grew in number that day.”
Rain in Takeo Province
Pastor Mao Mengheang, District
Supervisor for the Southern Region of Cambodia, went to a remote
area of Takeo Province about 30 km from the road. One man from
the area had been led to the Lord by Mao Mengheang and he asked
him to come for a visit as there were no churches. He went and
found the villagers living in extreme poverty. Their biggest
problem was lack of water. Their wells had gone dry and they had
to travel about 5 km to find anything to drink. Upon arrival at
the home of the contact he had for the region the host asked him
if he would like a bath as he was very dusty from the trip. When
Mao Mengheang went to the bath area he noticed only a little
water in the container. He said to the owner, "If I use this
water for a bath you will have nothing left for your family".
The man hung his head and said, "It's true we are almost out of
water and my livestock is almost dead. Many villagers are close
to death because we can't find good water." Mao Mengheang told
the man to call the villagers together. He told them that if
they would believe in Jesus and pray He would bring rain. Mao
Mengheang and the villagers began to pray. They prayed for 4-5
hours and it started to rain. It rained hard all the rest of the
day, all night, and all the next day. The wells began to fill
and the reservoirs filled up. Many people received the Lord and
a church is now started in that community.
Woman with Pneumonia Healed
Pastor Mao Mengheang, District
Supervisor for the Southern Region of Cambodia, went to visit
the church in Tram Kak in Kompong Speu Province. He was taken to
the home of a lady who was about 50 years old and suffering from
pneumonia. She had been sick for about one week and both lungs
were filling up with fluid. She'd gone to the doctor but none of
the medications seemed to help. Everyone was afraid she was
going to die. Pastor Mao Mengheang Prayed for her but there was
no response. So he asked her, "Is there some problem between you
and the Lord?" She responded that she had been called to
evangelize her community but she refused and that her heart was
hard. Mao Mengheang instructed her to pray and ask God to
forgive her. She prayed and immediately began to cough up a
large quantity of flem. Her lungs were completely cleared and
she left the home and led eleven people to the Lord that day.
Since then many in the community have come to Christ
Healing of Mad Man
A 20 year old man had been
exhibiting mental illness or spirit possession for three years.
He would cry out and then sometimes sing continuously. He
exhibited this behavior every day. He could not speak, and no
one could communicate with him. His father took him to several
hospitals and doctors and none were able to help him. He then
started visiting "spirit doctors" and had spent a great deal of
money on more than 30 of them. He continued to seek out more
powerful spirit doctors in order to get help for his son.
After another disappointing trip to a distant spirit doctor he
was returning to his home in Kompong Thom Province went he had a
chance meeting with Prachan Veashna, District Supervisor of
District One. Prachan Veashna took the young man to the Srayov
Church where Pastor Tet Sao led prayer for him for three days.
At the end of the three days the young man was completely
restored to his right mind. His entire extended family have
since received the Lord and the father has requested that a
Foursquare Church be planted in their town.
Paralyzed Girl Healed
A young woman from Kompong Thom
Province traveled to Kompong Chhnang to get a job cutting thatch
for making roofing material. While working she became sick and
was paralyzed from the waist down. Her family took her to
several hospitals but the doctors said they could find nothing
physiologically wrong with her and sent her home. The girls
condition continued to deteriorate. When the family returned
home they heard the story about the healing of the "mad man" and
took their daughter to the church. When she arrived she appeared
close to death. The church began to fast and pray for the girl.
The pastor discerned that the problem was a result of a
spiritual attack or curse. After several days of persistent
prayer the girl was healed. Her extended family has also joined
the church and the father has requested to be trained to become
a pastor.
Construction Workers Protected
In doing the excavation work
for a new church/orphanage facility in Banteay Mean Chey City,
the workers uncovered two unexploded bombs. This town was one of
the sites of the last battles between the Khmer Rouge and
Cambodian forces in 1997. Many people have been killed and
wounded by unexploded ordinance and mines in this region.
Miraculously both bombs were exposed without exploding and the
Cambodian Mines Action Committee were called to detonate and
remove the bombs. The church continues to be built.
Paralyzed Lumberjack Healed (Kompong Speu Province)
A lumberjack from a rural area
of the province climbed up a mountain slope to harvest some of
the few remaining trees in the area. He fell off a stone ledge
while cutting a tree landing on some rocks a few meters below
him and apparently broke his back. He was paralyzed from the
waist down and had been bed ridden for two months when Pastor
Bunn Ridt heard about him. He went with his wife and two other
church members and began an intensive time of prayer for the man
on the third day he simply rose up and walked in a completely
normal manner.
Woman with Issue of Blood is Healed (Phnom Penh)
Mrs. Phen Lamotch, wife of
Pastor Penneth, lost a baby to miscarriage in January. The
doctor discovered two large tumors in her uterus but she did not
have the money for surgery. She bled continually and the tumors
grew until she gave up hope of being healed. She was speaking
with Youth Pastor Lee Heng when he felt led to ask her if she
had anyone to forgive. She confessed bitterness and
unforgiveness. Lee Heng then shared the story of the woman with
the issue of blood who touched Jesus' robe. It was a Friday
night and she knew that the orphans at the Tuol Kouk home prayed
every Friday. She went and asked for prayer. As the Orphans
prayed she felt deep in her body that she had been healed. By
Monday, three days later, all the blood flow had stopped. She
went to the doctor and he said it was incredible but that one
tumor was gone and the other shrinking and drying up. He said
surgery was no longer needed but couldn't explain why.
