the 11 year old boy now has a choice....

a village....

an 11 year old boy....

an enemy who is pulling countless billions of people into Hell with him....

parent's minds deceived by centuries of the Devil lying to them through the face of Buddha....

parents who want the boy to know the English language for a possible chance of a better life....

a man who obeyed God's call to go....

the 11 year old boy thinks he had the opportunity to learn the English language....

the 11 year old boy in reality has the end-all opportunity to hear about a God who loves him....

a God who knows exactly how many hairs are on that 11 year old boy's head....

a God who knows exactly what that 11 year old boy was thinking on his way to school....

the God who made every atom of every leaf of every tree....

the God who made every star and calls them by name who proclaim His glory....

the all mighty God who is planting the seed of Life in the 11 year old boy's life....

acceptance of Jesus may not be now....

acceptance of Jesus may not be soon....

but acceptance of Jesus may be....

this is his story....

we don't know the end....

but we have the choice whether or not we will have a part in that 11 year old boy's life....

this is a small ministry going on in Takeo, Cambodia....

God's Amazing Grace

Hey guys,

This has proven to be a challenging month.
Not with the ministry here, but in my own life, and with those at home. I feel the burden of my family at home and it's hard to be here when they are going through stuff.
I have been broken over my sin this past week a lot, as my Jesus comforts me a lot.
We read Isaiah 61 and verse 3 really touched me.
It reminded me of the song, "At The Foot Of The Cross" that we used to sing at Coastline, but it had been so long that I couldn't remember most of it off the top of my head, so I looked it up and was so encouraged!

"At the foot of the Cross
Where grace and suffering meet
You have shown me Your love
Through the judgment You received

And You've won my heart
Yes, You've won my heart
Now I can...

Trade these ashes in for beauty
And wear forgiveness like a crown
Coming to kiss the feet of mercy
I lay every burden down
At the foot of the Cross

At the foot of the Cross
Where I am made complete

You have given me life
Through the death You bore for me

I'm laying every burden down
I'm laying every burden down"

God has been showing me more of how disgusting and putrid my sin is to a holy God, but...then He is showing me in return, how AMAZING His GRACE is!!

Thank you all for your prayers!

Love,
Lana Salisbury

Moved Out

Hello all you people.
Uh…by the time I time to sit down and settle my thoughts, I am too lazy to write here. :p It’s a fault I should work on. So much has been happening here this past month!
On Wednesday, the 3^rd of August I moved out of the girl’s house and in with Rachael. (Rachael is from England and became a Christian after she moved her e to Cambodia a few years back.) She was living by herself and had been praying that someone could move in with her. After church one Sunday afternoon as I was eating at the market as I usually do with her and our friend Ing (a Chinese girl that she brought to the Lord about 2 years ago) she told me that she would split the price of her 1 room and kitchen/bathroom apartment with me if I wanted to move in. The price was tempting to say the least…and it is no farther away from the boy’s house than the girl’s house is…just maybe 1 ½ blocks away. I figured that I wouldn’t move in, if that’s what God wanted, until after I come back from America. But, since I’m planning to stay an extra 2 months (it just doesn’t feel right AT ALL to go home the end of September) I did the math...and decided to move out of the girl’s house and in with Rachael. After getting Rachael’s landlord’s approval and talking with Holly (leader of the girl’s house) and Randy (leader of the boy’s house) I got their blessing, but didn’t feel a peace about it…. :p I wasn’t sure what to think…sometimes it felt like, “of course I should do it” but then other times I remembered what my pastor would say, that sometimes things don’t pencil out on paper but God’s economy is different. And also, my pastor’s Mom told me this last December that no matter if I feel doubt or something, there will be an underlining Peace of what God wants me to do. So, what was I to do?! :p I know God’s voice (though I try to reason with Him so often to justify my own wrong desires) and knew that I don’t want to make a mistake (I fear what trouble I would get into for disobeying God…and besides, I did NOT want there to be a wall up between me and my GOD!) so I was almost to call Rachael and just tell her that it won’t work out because I simple don’t have a peace about it. Then…I got a peace, and knew that that was exactly what I was supposed to do…I can’t really explain it more than that…it was GOD’s peace!! (I love it…Christ is the Prince of Peace, and we are to know His voice and follow it by His grace and strength.)
So, all that to say, is that I moved in with Rachael last Wednesday and have been loving it so much! I am saving a lot of money (to maybe get a plane ticket back…or money for a motor when I come back so that I can go out to Takeo!...maybe.;)
I really am living my dream right now…I am living in an apartment with a roomie, I can buy my own food, etc! I’ve always wanted to do this…I just never expected it to be in a foreign, 3^rd world country! Lol) God is sooooooooo GOOD!!

God bless all of you so much!!

Lana

Summary For Coastline Family

Chim Rep Sew a (“hello” in Khmer) my Coastline family!

I am in Phnom Penh, the capital city of 3 million people here in Cambodia (Southeast Asia).
I am working with Water of Life (WoL), (a Calvary Chapel) which is a boy’s discipleship home (the goal is to raise up young men in the Word of God to be leaders here in their own county)...under Water of Life there is a girl’s discipleship home (where I live), one orphanage directly under WoL, several that we are affiliated with and several other ministries that WoL works with.
The people here are friendly and for the most part a very happy people despite the poverty that they are in.
I knew there were lots of different ministry opportunities here but I didn’t know which ones I would be involved with when I came.
The most regular ministry that I do, is out in the province of Takeo (1 ½ hr motor drive). Sothea is a young pastor who started a church and a school out there. I go out there to Takeo every Monday and teach 4 English classes using the Bible at the school. Sothea cannot teach them Bible because the students pay for the English text book, so because English is my first language I can use the Bible. It’s an honor to be able to tell these students about the One True God and about His Grace…and that you don’t have to work to get to Him! And telling them that He is the God who LOVES them!
I have gone several times to “the building” in Phnom Penh where it is famous for its child prostitution and done prayer walks. Sometimes I like to go out to the Rock Quarry where the people live and pound out rock by hand to make gravel…they make $10 per truck load which takes them about 1 month…I like to crush the rocks so that they Khmer (the boys from Water of Life) can teach the people…they also take a meal out to them when they go every Friday. They enemy is fighting hard for the hearts of some of the girls where I live…please keep them in your prayers…I could tell you stories, but it would take too long.|

The government is open to Christianity, but it may not stay that way. This is our window of opportunity to freely share Jesus and the freedom that He brings! ……. The prime minister of Cambodia is close friends with the leader of North Korea…that should explain a lot…. Please keep us in your prayers.

To sum up my time here so far, I would say, my time here is just beginning…. Despite the difficulties, the longer I am here, the more I want to stay and continue to help with the work that is already going on here.
A massive THANK YOU to all of you my family who pray for me and support me! You are a huge part of the work here!!!
May you be filled with God’s grace, joy, and love!
Lana