Saturday, 11 August 2007

Roller-coaster reversal

Permission for the stadium has been (again) overturned. Word was received this afternoon that the authorities have closed the venue to Hillsong / Joyce Meyer /Delirious.

In the end, this was not unexpected. We had Aussie friends at a hastily-arranged Chenla Theatre meeting last night, with Delirious. Part way into the meeting, the theatre manager came under such pressure from the authorities, he pulled the power. Mark says that they continued to worship the Lord in the dark!!

A long-time expat resident in Phnom Penh says that these days have a similar feeling to 1997 - when government tanks were on the streets last. Although Cambodia has much greater Christian freedom than say Vietnam or Myanmar, it is a mistake to call this an open nation. Never-the-less, the move of God here is unstoppable!

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