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Courageous Calling
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On a daily basis, missionaries around the world deal with problems that prevent them from carrying out their goal of just helping other human beings. The recent murders of three Baptist missionaries in Yemen show that being a missionary often means putting your life on the line. Violence and other unexpected occurrences are just some of what confronts those who feel called to serve. |
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Cg: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Mike Collins, United Methodist pastor: “Majority of the people here live a day-to-day existence on about 50 cents to 75 cents a day for a family of three or four. It’s very impoverished.”
United Methodist pastor Mike Collins came to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, two years ago to help the people of one of the poorest nations in the world.
“If we oppose their order, we will be arrested, or even hurt.”
For missionaries around the world, political instability often overshadows the primary goal of feeding the hungry and helping the poor.
“If we refuse to leave, they will use force.”
Missionaries here want to focus their efforts on helping the country’s most desperate. Instead, they find themselves battling military police in a land dispute that is forcing them to vacate their headquarters.
Mike Collins: “We have had to use approximately $30,000 in lawyer fees that could have been used for the people of Cambodia.”
Nat sound: “Yeah, I will leave now.”
It’s a dangerous struggle in a place where life is too often expendable.
Mike Collins: “You can hire someone to kill someone else for $50 in this country.”Fearing violence can erupt at any time, they choose to retreat.
Mike Collins: “I ask everyone to please leave.”
Despite having to battle the political evils, Pastor Collins and other missionaries vow to not let police or politics get in the way of carrying out their work here, no matter what the risks.
Mike Collins: “God will continue to work with us as we work here in Cambodia.”
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United Methodist officials in Cambodia say they will continue to fight eviction through the courts in hopes of getting their property back. But in the meantime, they have secured another building and are continuing their service to the Cambodian people.