“So how do you feel now that you are a Christian?” I asked seventeen year old, Dani. We were sitting outside having our nightly Bible study. It was another cool night in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

“Well, I am the only one in my family who is Christian,” she replied, as she smoothened out her gospel of John against the table we were sitting at.
     “And what is that like for you?” I asked. She smiled and seemed to be scanning her mind for the right English words to explain to me.
     “I think it is simple because one time, my mother told me about Buddha and Jesus. I believed in Buddha but only a little,” she explained, “When I came to the church to learn English I thought ‘the Christians here are so happy and friendly’ but the people outside the church aren’t nice and friendly. So I prayed to God and I asked Him something, and he answered me back! Oh, I was so surprised. I prayed to Him a second time and he answered me again. After that, I knew that He was real.”
What an awesome testimony!
     “Is your family upset that you are a Christian?” I asked.
     “Only my grandma rebukes me sometimes,” Dani shrugged, “but it is okay!”

  Do we live a life that makes people envious of our faith? Does the witness of our lives, prompt people to pray?

I didn’t know Dani during the time that her testimony was taking place in her life. To me; she was just another face in the crowd.But to God, she was His lost love.
Dani said that she saw a difference between the Christians and the people outside the church. She was drawn to God because of the friendliness and happiness of the Christians. 

This makes me think of the church at home in North America. It seems that people pursue God, despite what the Christians portray and not because of what they exemplify. The church in Cambodia is very young and it is not perfect. No church is perfect, but that’s not our alibi.

Let’s just look at ourselves and ask “Does my life make people want God?”

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