Pastor Borin had also learned of God’s amazing, intervening love. Pastor Borin had faced the infamous killing fields as a young boy of only nine. His entire family was separated, most of them murdered by Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime. Only he and his mother survived. As a young man, he heard the gospel, and one day, as he was being chased by armed “soldiers”, he dropped to his knees, crying out to the Lord for life. Inexplicably, the men lowered their guns and walked away, leaving a stunned and grateful Borin kneeling alone before a powerful and merciful God. Since that time, Pastor Borin has been a dedicated and bold evangelist.

John and Pastor Borin met during John’s first visit to Cambodia in 1998. We believe it was a meeting ordained by the Lord, and since that time, John and Pastor Borin have shared a partnership in the gospel for the sake of the people of Cambodia.

John’s knowledge of scripture, and his ability to explain it both in depth as well as on a practical level, combined with Pastor Borin’s insight into the needs and hearts of the Cambodian people, have allowed them a special working relationship. Together they have been involved in village evangelism, church planting, and weekly discipleship groups for Cambodian men.

Pastor Borin once told us, after an evangelistic meeting in a local village, “My heart goes boom-boom for evangelism.” Working with Pastor Borin does something to our hearts, too! Please pray for this gentle and humble brother in the Lord, that he would stand fast in the loneliness and misunderstanding he sometimes faces as a Christian in a Buddhist nation, and that the Lord would give us many more years of ministry together in the name of Jesus Christ among the people of Cambodia.

 

1) Cosette's Hope Children's Home

2) Discipleship

3) Outreach & Relief

Before he had even thought of being a missionary in Cambodia (or knew where Cambodia was) John knew the saving power of the gospel. His own life had been turned around by the Spirit of Christ and the compelling power of His words, and John often sought to bring that same life giving message to anyone who would receive it: a fellow employee, a family member in crisis, a drunk in a back alley, or a friend watching his marriage slowly disintegrate.