Cambodia – by Chhenghorn Thean

That night she sold five books for $5 each. She was convinced that God is the true God. But a month later her husband told her to stop selling books. Your work is bringing shame on me, he said.

Cheng’s husband demanded that she stop believing in Jesus and stop selling books. I can’t do that, she told him. I believe in Jesus;

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I have seen His power at work. And I am selling books to feed myself because you refuse to give me any money.

If you refuse to give up this nonsense, I will leave you, he said. But Cheng refused to give up her new faith. When she was baptized a few months later, her husband left her and went to live with his mother and his sons.

For several years Cheng has tried to visit her sons, but she hasn’t been allowed to see them. Although her life is difficult, Cheng has not let her personal troubles discourage her. She continues to sell literature to support herself and invites people to the church when they show interest in the books she sells. When people are too poor to buy a book, she urges them to come to the church to meet God. She shares her testimony with them and testifies that God is faithful to those who trust Him.

One woman who used to pay Cheng to paint her nails asked Cheng why she had become a Christian. Cheng smiled and told the woman that God is a loving and powerful God, and He answers her prayers. As the two women stood talking outside the woman’s home, the woman realized that one of her precious earrings was missing. We must find it! the woman said, feverishly searching in the dirt for the missing jewelry. I inherited this from my mother. I must find it.

The two women searched together for the earring. Cheng knew that if they didn’t find the earring, the woman might accuse Cheng and the church. The woman was so impressed that Cheng’s God could help her find her earring, that she asked Cheng to take her to her church on Sabbath.

Cheng was crushed when her husband told her that he no longer wants her for his wife. But Cheng put her trust in God, and recently she met a Global Mission pioneer, and the two plan to marry. Truly God has provided all my needs, she says with a gentle smile.

Chhenghorn Thean is a top literature evangelist and soul winner in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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