11 years ago flood on the campus

Hi everyone. 11 years ago to the date we had flooding conditions on our campus. We made it through that time with all the prayers and help from friends and families . We are facing another crises today flooding on the campus and in the village. (Pictures below IHSI campus 2 days ago)We have heard stories of families that have evacuated their homes because of high water levels and damage to their homes and general safety issues. IHSI campus is seeing water level rise up to damage stage. We have moved items to the higher ground building for now. Please keep IHSI and Sak Saum in your prayers, Pray for the rains to stop and water levels to drop. Pray for the families that are displaced from the flood villages.

Timothy guitar lesions

Many of you know Timothy from the Fathers house, Many years ago he started teaching guitar lesions to the youth in our community. Many youth were encouraged to learn cords and rhythms and songs. Timothy had many students that came and engaged. Years have passed since then and with Covid the last few years many changes have taken place. Our campus has had to endure the changes as well as the students and youth that had visited the campus most evenings during the week to see their friends.But now we are in a up swing and the campus and Church are open new people coming we are growing again and moving forward, Timothy has started teaching guitar again to the new visitors and youth that are coming to the campus. Many are interested in learning music with Timothy. We are so proud of Timothy for taking the initiative to become a teacher again and be a leader in the community, as well as the Church. Great job Timothy.

Our campus is open again.

We have been praying that our campus would be able to open this fall. For the last few month the outbreak of Co vid 19 in Cambodia had escalated to a all time high. With vaccinations and masks and social distancing the upward curve has changed to a level stable state, having less and less new cases and fewer sick. Our leadership has been diligent with all the safety and health regulations the government has set for keeping everyone safe this past year. This past week our Church and campus activities we opened to the public again. We are so happy to be open again. Our campus is a safe environment for social gathers as well as team sports and recreation for the community. Children of all ages come and play on the playground, engage in team sport play, work together, play together, learn together, this has been postponed by the Covid 19 lockdowns here in Cambodia for many months. And now we can move forward with a safe and healthy plan with our reopening. Many youth and children and parents visit the campus in the evening to play ,fellowship and rest. IHSI/GCCS is so excited to be open again. Youth group has started, Church service , and Children’s ministry. Thank you for all for praying with us for the safe and healthy opening of the Church and campus in Cambodia.

youth group.

IHSI Campus/ local student classroom

IHSI campus is being used by the Government as a teaching facility for grade school in our community. We have been approached by the Director of Education, and the Commune leadership in Roka kapoha to open our campus again to the local students and teachers for classrooms. Because of the newest outbreak of Covid 19 Cambodia is struggling to find safe areas to continue educating the young people, we have opened our doors to accommodate over 100 local grade school students and teachers to help our local students maintain their studies and help shut down the distractions that have shut many students inside their homes and away from teachers and education in general. IHSI has education as a high priority, and sees the benefits of young people receiving a quality education for the future of their families and country. Pheaktra Som our director and Pastor is checking everyday with the local leadership on creative ways and ideas to help our community continue to grow and stay healthy. Please pray for the students and teachers as they meet together on our campus, Peace, and comfort.

Computer classes open

This past week we opened up our computer classes once again. We were very surprised at the attendance of our first class. We had over 30 students wanting to join. We are in need of more computers to supply the demand of students, that is a good problem. If you feel led to donate a used or new laptop for the student ministry please contact us or go to the donate page. We appreciate your donations and giving to help our ministry to reach more and more people in our community in Sanng. Thank you for following IHSI and all our progress in Cambodia.