Timothy College and Business Institute ( continued )
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Strong and Stable Leadership
Timothy College and Business Institute ( continued )
The threefold vision of LHCC :
1 . To be a church . CCC ’ s aim is summed up in Ephesians 4 : 11 – ‘... to prepare God ' s people for works of service , so that the body of Christ may be built up ....’ We welcome every opportunity the Lord gives us to teach , encourage and edify our Cambodian brothers and sisters .
2 . To set up Christian businesses . Ross Rennie has much relevant experience that he can share with them as they move forward with this vision .
3 . To establish a centre for Christian education from pre-school to university .
It was this last aspect of the LHCC vision that we were most excited about . All three Council members had an inner witness that we had found the partner through which Timothy College could be established .
The CCC Council subsequently discerned a link between parts 2 and 3 of the LHCC vision , which has led us to rename the college Timothy College and Business Institute .
Faith that Can Move a Mountain The just shall live by his faith ( Habakkuk 2 : 4 )
Sanith and Both showed us a plot of land that the Lord had led them to . The price tag is eye-wateringly high . In fact the figure that the Lord has given to Ross for the whole project is US $ 7 million ( about £ 5½
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million ). Where can we get that kind of money ? From Jehovah Jireh , the Lord our Provider !
Khem Sanith , Soun Both and Ross Rennie viewing the land
LHCC are used to waiting on the Lord in faith . It took them 19 years before they could build their first church building . It is 18 years since the Lord imparted the vision for Timothy College to CCC . We have both learned to persist in prayer and be content with God ’ s timing .
We have written the vision and made it plain , we await the appointed time , we exercise confident faith that what the Lord has initiated and revealed , He will bring to pass .
We try to keep CCC keep lean and fit , with minimal overheads . Our latest annual accounts ( for 2016 ) show that our UK administration costs were covered by the income we received through tax reclaimed under the Gift Aid scheme . In addition , not only do the people who run CCC receive no payment for their services ; they also give money to the charity with the stipulation that this can be used for administration or promotion if necessary .
So we are confident that this year also , 100 % of any donation you make to CCC will go to where it is needed : Cambodia . Whether you give to our Children of Cambodia project , help pay for another child ’ s education or support the fundraising effort described on the next page , none of your money will be swallowed up in administration .
Strong and Stable Leadership
During the 2017 UK general election campaign , Conservative Party leader Theresa May used the phrase ‘ strong and stable leadership ’ 57 times in the first ten days of the campaign .
Political leadership in Cambodia is in the hands of Prime Minister Hun Sen , who has been in office since 1985 and is one of the longest serving leaders in the world . Hen Sen was a Battalion Commander in the Khmer Rouge army until he fled to Vietnam . He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister in the Vietnaminstituted communist government in 1979 .
Hun Sen ’ s opponents may concede that his strong leadership has provided Cambodia with stability , but they have also accused him of autocracy and nepotism .
Hun Sen has stated that he intends to rule Cambodia until he is 74 ( which will be in 2026 ). Many Cambodians fear what may happen if support for the main opposition party increases and Hun Sen ’ s party loses the next general election in 2018 . Hun Sen warns regularly that Cambodia ’ s peace is fragile , that civil war may come if his party is defeated and that he might deploy military force against any political party that attempts to wrest power away from him .
June 2017 ’ s commune elections may be a foretaste of what could happen in 2018 .