放學前，K2老師俯身與幼童温馨交談。
當跟從呼召於2019年10月到柬埔寨成為協會「義務教育幹事」，工作內容主要是培訓當地老師、提供學生輔導及協助發展一所職業訓練中學等，從而堅固當地教會及學校，繼而推動他們參與分享福音和差傳工作。
在柬埔寨已經十三個月，當中在金邊生活五個月，適應新文化與學習高棉語文。之後便在外省珠山事奉，因為曾有兩次造訪珠山、及十年隨教會於國內偏遠山區助學經驗，所以對於在貧困偏遠省份事奉並無擔憂。當接受到海外事奉呼召之後，我因有不同的經歷令我學習到順服，所以更能無憂於瘧疾區的珠山和面對較落後的醫療及生活設施。此外我居住的宿舍單位清潔且景色宜人、同住宿舍的本地教師夫婦非常親切、還有其他同行事奉伙伴，加上小學及幼稚園學生的天真可愛，更令日常生活充滿喜悅！
珠山學校及教會員工家庭假日午餐同樂
透過實際生活和老師工作坊，深深感受到老師們普遍都能與學生打成一片。更有老師於課後無私為舊生補習英文。雖然珠山的老師無論在教學技巧、電腦、及英文理解與表達，都遠及不上香港同行，但老師們卻虛心樂意學習，特別熱衷改善有關教學知識和技巧。平時舉行工作坊，我都不時邀請老師幫忙翻譯；部份老師的英語能力稍遜，起初他們不敢主動與我溝通，而當我主動邀約、安排翻譯、及鼓勵老師們以柬文溝通，明顯有助增加老師們積極參與及溝通，至今已經舉行了十五次教學工作坊。而每次工作坊活動前後，我都邀請不同基督徒老師帶領禱告。
雖然我的年齡、學識及工作經驗遠高於學校老師，但在珠山事奉基本上是教學相長，因為在備課及授課過程對我同樣是學習，並且有助我預備日後在中學部開展事奉。我很享受與老師們從理論分享到實際教學的經驗。在珠山的事奉並不沉悶，絕對是多采多姿榮神益人的感恩之旅！
Growing Hand in Hand Wong Wai Lun, John
In response to my calling, I came to Cambodia in October 2019 to take up post of Voluntary Education Assistant in AGS, whose main duties included provision of training for local teachers and that of student counselling, in addition to assisting in the development of a vocational secondary school. The purpose of my work was to strengthen the local church and school, so as to facilitate them to participate in Bible sharing and mission work.
I have stayed in Cambodia for thirteen months, of which five months in Phnom Penh, adjusting to the new culture and learning the Khmer language, the other eight months serving in Pailin. With my two previous visits to Pailin, and ten-year teaching experience gained from serving the under-privileged students in remote mountainous areas on the Mainland under the lead of the church, I have no worries about serving in the poor and remote Pailin Province. In accepting calling for overseas ministry, I learnt obedient through my past experiences, which has helped to dispel worries about the malaria-endemic Pailin, and its comparatively backward medical services and daily living facilities. On the contrary, the clean and scenic accommodation, the friendly and nice local teaching couples living in same dormitory, the team work of fellow partners, coupled with the innocence and cuteness of primary and kindergarten students, made my day full of joy!
Through daily life and teachers’ workshops, I was deeply impressed by the amicable relations and good companionship between teachers and students. Some teachers even provide free English lessons for their school-leavers after school. Although teachers in AGS Bahuy School lag behind their counterparts in Hong Kong in areas such as teaching skills, use of computer, and English comprehension and expression, they are both open-minded and ready to learn, and have shown special interest in improving their teaching knowledge and skills. Very often, I would invite teachers to act as translators. As some of the teachers are relatively weak in English, they avoided taking the initiative in talking to me. To tackle this problem, I took the initiative to invite them, arranging translators and encouraging them to communicate in Khmer, which has really improved their active participation and communication. So far I have organized 15 teaching workshops and every time, just before and after the workshop, I would invite Christian teachers to lead the prayer.
Despite my age, qualification and working experience exceed that of school teachers in Bahuy School, my ministry in Pailin was basically a double benefit, that is, both who taught and those were taught were benefitted. To me, the preparation and teaching process was also a self-learning experience. Actually, such experience will be helpful to my preparation for the future ministry in the secondary school. I heartily enjoyed sharing teaching experience from theory to practice with teachers. My ministry in Pailin was not boring at all, instead, it was definitely a splendid Thanksgiving Journey which glorified God and empowered people in needs!