Not just Pisey's story.

“Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” (Luke 6:38)

Giving/Serving with everything you’ve got does not always mean that the times you serve far surpass the amount of times others serve. What it means is that every time you do serve, you serve with all of your heart. It is when you serve with all of your heart that your labor is not in vain, and you reap a harvest so plentiful.

No one taught this principal to five year old Pisey for her to want to give everything she had into building her school. No one sat her down and explained the importance of serving. Her excitement  for her education motivated her to work all day, rain or shine, to serve with all she had.

Pisey is a beautiful, full of joy, always energetic, five year old girl. She is the middle child, having an older brother and a baby sister. Her two siblings, her mother and father, all live in a limited space known to them as “home.” This makeshift “home” does not at all comfortably fit a family of five. Every time it rains the rainy waters flood this tight space making it impossible for them to sleep at night.  This family of five is very poor and they rarely eat enough. They don’t know what it feels like to be “full.” Pisey is very small due to her lack of food.

Every day when we arrive at the village Pisey greets us grinning from ear to ear. She always greets us ready to work with her blue pale in hand. She carries that blue pale back and forth to pick up a modest amount of sand, stone, or cement to lay as the foundation for the school. She carries as much as her petite body will let her, which is not much, but she works without many breaks to see the job complete. The only time she stops is to encourage other kids to join in on the construction. Pisey gives everything she’s got.

We are so excited for Pisey to attend “Light of Future School.”  We believe that because of such a diligence that she will reap a harvest that is “pressed down, shaken together, and running over.” Her joy, as well as many other students, to build their own school has been remarkable. These students are going to have the best education and are going to thrive in Toulpongroo. All that they have given with all of their hearts, will be given back to them. Pisey, in one of the poorest families, will reap a harvest so plentiful, that it only points to Jesus Christ.

When asked “Pisey what do you want to do in the future?” Pisey told us that, “I want to be a teacher.”

 “Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.” (1 Corinthians 15:58