First of all, I would like to have a heartfelt greeting to the Christians in the country as well as abroad who know me. I am serving at Bahuy AGS School in Pailin Province. Thanks to God and Pastor Jojo allowing me to share my testimony of my life. My name is Sim Chenda and Dom Soken is my wife. We have a nine-year-old boy, named Peter. He is in grade 2 in AGS school. I have 12 siblings. My father is 80 years old, and my mother is 62. We live in Ochra village, Boryakha commune, Pailin city, Pailin province.

首先我向各位在本國及海外認識我的主内肢體問安。我正在AGS珠山的學校服侍。感謝神及唐傳道，讓我分享我的生命見證。現在，就讓我跟大家介紹自己吧。我名叫Sim Chenda 。我與妻子 (Dom Sokea)育有一名9歲男孩，他名叫Peter，現正在AGS 的小學就讀二年級。我共有12名兄弟姊妹，父親80歲，母親62歲。我們住在Ochra村裏。

Before, I was the one who persecuted Christians and hated Jesus so much.  Though my sister-in-law shared the gospel with me and brought me to go to church, I did not believe in God. Despite of this, God has HIS own plan for me and HE leads me to know and hear the words of HIM. When I went to the Bible School at Kampong Som to study English and Bible (2005-2008), I accepted Jesus. After that, I joined the ministry with AGS on 9 April, 2008.

之前，我是一個控訴基督徒和憎恨耶穌的人。雖然我的小姨曾向我分享福音，又把我帶到教會去，但我就是不相信神。儘管如此，神對我有祂的計劃，祂帶領我認識祂和聆聽祂的話語。當我前往聖經學院修讀英文和聖經課程（2005-2008），我接受了耶穌基督。之後，我在2008年4月9日就加入AGS服侍。

When I firstly arrived in Bahuy, I only knew Mr. Somol and his wife, so I stayed with them.  For me, it was strange and difficult to live in Bahuy because there was no clean water or electricity. Also, it was hard to buy food.

當我初次踏足Bahuy, 我只認識Somol先生和他的太太，所以我便與他們同住。對我來説，這是一個很奇怪而且難以生活的地方，因為當地缺乏清潔食水，也沒有電力供應，更加難以購買食物。

I started to teach grade 2 at the school. Mr. Somol taught in the morning and I taught in the afternoon. During that time, our school had only two classes, grade 1 and grade 2.  There were only 7 to 8 students per class. Because there was a public school (Bor Taing Su School) in another village , therefore some children went to that public school. Mr. Somol and I had to work hard to mobilize the students. We also needed to teach our students with care and love. We also strove for teaching professionalism.

我在學校任教二年班，Somol先生負責上午校，而我在下午校任教。當時學校只有兩班，那就是一年班和二年班，每班大概有7至8個學生。由於在另一村莊有一所公營學校，有部分學生前往了該公營學校就讀，我和Somol先生很努力地把學生帶回到我們的學校，我們需以關心及愛心教導學生，更加要努力追求教學專業。

We did not only taught in day time, we also spent extra time to teach English to the students and other children in the village from 4 to 5 pm. Every night I prayed to Jesus for asking more students to come to AGS school. In 2009, I noticed that more students enrolled in AGS school. The school then started to operate Grade 3. Principal Somol and I were joyful of that. We hope the number of students is getting increase year after year. Principal Somol told me that God had answered our prayers.

我們不單在日間教學，還需要在下午4-5點於村内教導學生或其他孩童英文。每天晚上我向耶穌祈禱，祈求有更多學生來到AGS 學校。在2009年，我留意到有更多學生前來報讀AGS 學校，隨後學校可以展開三年班了，我和校長Somol先生為此都感到很開心。我們希望學生人數每年不斷加增。校長告訴我，神應允了我們的禱告。

I am happy to see a large number of people are able to read and write Khmer alphabet in Bahuy village with our effort.  When the parents noticed the dedicated teaching and our care for their children, they began to trust and value AGS school. They were willing to send their children to the school. With the AGS school expansion, we have more teachers. I have had experience in teaching in grade 4 and 5. I see the efforts of our students in writing and reading. They are working very hard, and they can get high performance in their exam from year to year. Also, our teacher team are attentive and have a high sense of responsibility in teaching. Starting from being a foundation teacher, I am so grateful and thankful that Jesus Christ chose me to be HIS servant and to be a teacher at AGS school for almost 14 years. I am able to help the students who live in remote areas, such as Bahuy village . The student could gain knowledge.

我很開心在我們的努力之下，有很多人能夠閲讀和書寫高棉文字母。當家長注視到我們對孩子的熱心教導及關愛，他們開始信任和珍視AGS學校，他們願意把孩子送到來我們學校。由於AGS學校擴充，我們可以有更多老師。我有教導4 、5年班的經驗，我看到學生在寫作和閲讀方面的能力，他們勤力地學習，每年在考試中獲得很好的成績。我們的老師在教學上，也十分專注，而且對教學有高度的承擔。作為一個開荒老師，十分感恩耶穌基督揀選了我成為祂的僕人，並且在ASG學校擔任老師差不多14年了，使我可以幫助在遙遠地區的學生，讓他們獲得知識。

I am thankful that I have seen the fruits as some students can have jobs in the community. Besides, some students even continue their studies at the university .  I hope all graduates can have a good job to help their family, the society and the country . I expect they can be role models and they are able to reach out to other students. The next generation students can see the value of learning and do not drop out the school. Finally, I thank God for HE uses my life to serve him.

我非常感恩見到很多果子，就是學生在社區都找到了工作。此外，有些學生更加考上大學繼續學業。我盼望學生都能夠有一份好的工作來幫助他們的家庭，社會以及國家。我亦盼望他們能夠成為好榜樣，可以出外接觸其他學生。下一代學生能從中體會到教育的價值，從而不會退學。最後，我感謝神使用我的生命來服侍祂。