50 Years Building His Kingdom - Far Eastern Bible College

• Started Kompong Som B-P Church in
June: Rev. Hahn taught Bible classes;
Mrs Hahn taught English and the children;
Dr Chan taught Bible classes in
the short term
• Set up three rural churches: Botsemoan
B-P Church, OoknhaHeng B-P Church
and SmacDeng B-P Church
The New Mission House Period
(December 1998 to date)
• Moved to a bigger and safer house
• Bible school has 20 students—12 live
with the Hahns and 4 study at FEBC
• Planted four more rural churches:
Tomnubrolork B-P Church, VealThom
B-P Church, CheungKo B-P Church
and Oil Palm B-P Church
• Vietnamese mission house established
in December 1999
• Ottreth teaching ministry started in
January 2000
Rev. David Koo
Q: Please share how the Lord called you
to serve Him in Cambodia.
I
WAS
BORN in Bu Yoe, Chung
Cheong Nam Do, South Korea, in
1959. A church was established there
a long time ago. When I was a child, I attended
Sunday School at that church. I had
a strong faith during my childhood. But
then, before I became a teenager, my family
moved to Seoul and I stopped going to
church.
When I was a student, I was far away
from God. After I graduated from school,
I got a job in a trading company. I lived as
a worldly man. One day, I faced suffering
that I could not solve by myself. At this
difficult time, my older brother preached
the Gospel to me. It was through this period
of suffering that I turned to the Lord,
repenting of my sins and accepting the Lord
Jesus as my personal Saviour.
From that day on, my life changed
totally. After I was born again, I prayed
earnestly for my life, committing myself
into God’s hand. God willing, I wanted to
be a missionary—anywhere. My main
prayer item was always, “Oh Lord, please
send me to the mission field.” My goal was
to live only for the Lord Jesus.
I studied at Bob Jones Seminary in
Korea for five years. After that, I served at
Yang Kok Presbyterian Church in Korea
as an assistant pastor. Later, I was also able
to study at FEBC for two years. All this
was provided by the grace of God. During
my studies at FEBC, I had the opportunity
to go on mission trips in Southeast Asia. I
went to Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia,
but found that there were a lot of missionaries
there.
In July 1997,
Cambodia experienced
a civil war. I
had an interest in
Cambodia, and I was
reminded of the
movie, “The Killing
Fields”. At the same
time, three of my Korean
friends went to
Cambodia on missions.
When they returned,
they told me
that Cambodia
needed missionaries
and asked me, “Will
you go”
I prayed over
their request and in September, I went to
Cambodia for a closer look. It was clear
that Cambodia needed God’s soldiers. I
witnessed the tears, the diseases, the poor,
the suffering and the idolatry. The missionaries
were few, and a lot of people were
going to hell. I visited a local church and
saw a woman suffering from disease. I
cried and prayed, “Oh Lord, please send
me to Cambodia for missions.” I was sure
that God wanted me to go to Cambodia.
When I returned to Singapore, I discussed
the matter with my wife. She cried. But
she obeyed God’s command, and I truly
thank my wife and my three beloved children
for standing by me.
But I had a question—Who would
support us Thank God that He knows our
needs. I met Rev. Dr Timothy Tow and
Rev. David Koo
and family
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