Commissioning Service

The 2008 Cambodia team was officially commissioned today at San Gabriel Valley Alliance Church. In both the English and Cantonese services members of the governing board of the church prayed over the team members from both the Cambodia and China mission teams. After the conclusion of both services all the members of the church were invited back into the sanctuary for a special presentation by us, the 2008 Cambodia short term mission team. We performed an adaptation of a skit called Perseverance. We chose this skit because it served as an encouragement to us that even though we face hardships and sometimes brutal persecution as Christians we are still called to testify Jesus to the world. (John 15:18-27) It was also a powerful reminder that we are not alone in this task, in fact we don't even have the power to determine the success of failure of our efforts. Ultimately it is the Holy Spirit who works in us and through us to draw people to God the Father through the sacrifice of Jesus. The recording of the skit is up on the video bar on the left hand side of the page. You can also view it at a larger size on YouTube.