Our goal in coming to Koh Kong was to share about Jesus. In many ways, we have seen a lot of measurable success. While we have had many opportunities to this end, we have not seen many deep relationships. I think we assumed this would naturally happen, but for some reason, Cambodians in Koh Kong are a bit resistant to relationships beyond casual conversation.

So our solution is to start a business to help bridge the gap. A small project to help us get deeper relationships. Something that doesn’t cost a lot of money or need a lot of time to maintain. Our solution is the Koh Kong Health Club.

The people of Koh Kong are more health conscience than most Cambodians. They know about some of the basic elements to healthy living and they believe that exercise is one of them. So we created the Koh Kong Health Club to meet this need and help us get deeper relationships.

The amazing thing about the Club is that is was easy for us to put together. Our teammates have experience in exercise. James has loved to lift weights for a long time and has built homemade exercise equipment. Pat is a physical therapist, who specialized in sports medicine. Lynette is a former aerobics instructor. Jeannie is a marathon runner. Courtney knows how to do the books and speaks Khmer really good. And I (Jeff),…well I just help and learn.

We opened on April 1, 2009 and already we have had more contacts than in the many months prior. Gospel conversation seems to be quite common at the gym. Keep praying that through the Club we well break the relationship barrier that has stopped us up.