TransformAsia

2009 TransformAsia End of Year Update

Bringing the Message of Love and Hope to Asia! December, 2009

Dear Friends of TransformAsia,

The year 2009, may go down in history as one of the most unusual years in the history of our country. Some great strides forward were made by inaugurating our country’s first black president. Many very financially difficult events have affected almost every one of us. Some of you have lost a lot or most of your planned retirement funds. Others of you have lost your job. Your investment in real estate has also taken a tremendous hit. All in all, we are all struggling with “what does the future hold?”

We at TransformAsia have also faced some very faith-challenging times as well. One month we were not able to send any money to Cambodia for the pastor’s and leader’s salaries. We had to cut back on some of our other ministries at that time, as well. Every month, we pray and depend upon friends like you to follow God’s leading in your life to make just enough donations to meet the minimum financial obligations of our ministry. Just as we hear in the news how families and businesses are all cutting back on their expenditures, we have done the same. We have trimmed absolutely all unnecessary expenses out of TransformAsia’s budgets.

But, we are continuing to move forward with the calling that God has laid on the hearts of Setan and Randa Lee. God used them to start this ministry without any promise of guaranteed funding, and they plan to continue trusting God to meet all the financial needs now. All they are asking of you is that you would continue to stand with them in prayer and financial support to “keep the lights on” in TransformAsia’s ministry in Cambodia, as many of you have been doing for many years.

There are over 50 pastors and leaders, 55 children at the David Center Orphanage, 25 young ladies at the Battambang Trade School, 62 young ladies at the New Development Women’s Center, and 95 poor and needy and hungry children in Kambour Village that are depending on all of us each month to supply the funds to house, feed and educate them.

Ways You Can Be Involved

PRAY for TransformAsia as we near the end of 2009. We are grateful for every gift you have given; but, as we prepare to serve the people of Cambodia, we want to make sure that we provide all of those under our ministry all that they need. By standing with us in prayer, you help us to make sure we are good stewards of all that God has entrusted to us.

ASK how God wants you to participate with us. You may have already given this year, and you may be planning to do so again; but by seeking God and asking Him you may discover an even greater means of participation. Remember, God seeks to do the extraordinary with the ordinary, and He may be waiting to use you. Or, you may want to serve in Cambodia in some capacity. Contact us if you do.

GIVE in a manner that would glorify God. Practical stewardship recognizes that everything we own belongs to God. By giving joyously and generously we become more and more like God who gave everything for us.

Faithfully in Christ,

Rev. Malcolm Cash, Chairman of the Board

PS: Remember, you can make a donation online here at our website! www.transformasia.us

P.O. Box 440283, Aurora CO 80044-0283 - Phone: 303-693-6122 - Email: info@transformasia.us

Please Pray for TransformAsia

July 25, 2009

Dear Friends of TransformAsia,

I am writing this note to you in Setan’s absence. He has been traveling and working furiously with the Musicianaries in concerts and rice distribution in Cambodia. They have traveled virtually from one end of Cambodia to the other. So, as he winds down this week after:

24 plus days of going from one town to another
Thousands of Scripture portions distributed
Doing TV appearances
Holding numerous concerts
Distributing over 500 tons of rice
Holding mobile clinics,

I am writing this for him.

As you may know, summer, for Christian and non-profit organizations, is challenging. People are traveling on vacation and vacation expenses interfere with their giving to these organizations. Consequently, charitable donations are traditionally low during the summer months.

And, to compound this challenge, more and more people are facing the slowdown in our national economy. Many Christian organizations, like many secular organizations, have had to trim back their expenses, some even laying off many workers. TransformAsia has also trimmed back our staff and expenses as much as possible.

We can’t go to the government for a “Bail Out”. But, we have a much larger resource to turn to for a “Bail Out”. He is Almighty, All Powerful, All Knowing, and All Resourceful. He owns “the cattle on a thousand hills, and the gold in those hills," and He wants us to turn to Him and depend on Him for our needs, both individually and corporately.

We were unable to send enough money to Cambodia in May to pay our pastors and staff. Praise the Lord, we were able to meet the payroll for June. We are not sure what the income for July is going to be, but we are asking you to pray with us that God will supply our “daily bread”.

So, we are turning to you. Please pray for us. Pray that God would meet the needs of the TA staff, pastors, and their families this month; and let us know how we can pray for you.

Perhaps you are facing some challenges in your finances. Let us know, by replying to this email, and we will pray with you for your needs. We want to pray together that God will “supply all of our needs, according to His riches in Christ Jesus," as He has promised to do.

Prayerfully yours,

Rev. Malcolm Cash
VP Development, Chairman of the Board

Watch TransformAsia Video Presentation for Summer 2009

To see the latest of TransformAsia, please watch our video presentation by pasting the link address below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3j2j6qODVw

Kambour Village Update

Thank You, TransformAsia Sponsors !

Lach Chhing and Chhorm Yin are two girls that were born and raised in Kambour Village. They must look after each other without any help from a parent or other adult.

Their parents left the village and went to the neighboring country of Thailand to look for work. They have never returned, or even sent any word back to these poor precious children. Chhing and Yin told us that they have never worn any new clothes, or even attended school, their entire lives.

Thanks to their generous, loving TransformAsia sponsors in the United States, both Chhing and Yin are now wearing their new "dream clothes" for the very first time. Their smiles and extreme joy radiate out of them.

Our loving staff and associates are working very hard to make sure that kids like Chhing and Yin, who have already been sponsored, are eating a balanced diet, attending school, and wearing proper clothes.

There are lot of pedaphiles' that are looking to manupilate girls like Chhing and Yin, wanting to pull them into their sex trade business. TransformAsia is committed to do our very best to support and protect these precious kids from the dirty hands of those evil ungodly men and women, who are there to kill and destroy the future of these precious kids.

To date, a total of 18 kids from Kambour Village have been sponsored. We still have many other children in the village that are eagerly waiting to be sponsored. Would you prayfully consider sponsoring one of these precious children from Kambour Village?

Setan's book, "MIRACLE IN THE FORGOTTEN LAND"

You can order Setan's book via email:

info@transformasia.us

or write to:

TransformAsia

Mrs. Shelba Hammond

PO Box 440283

Aurora, CO 80044-0283

(303) 693-6122

Suggested donation: $10 per book.

Pastors/Leaders Seminar in Battambang, Cambodia

TransformAsia is privilege to host another Pastors/Leaders Seminar in Battambang Trade School this coming October 5-8, 2009. We are going to enroll 300 pastors/leaders from various groups, denominations and especially those that belong to the Christian Cambodian Evangelical Alliance (CCEA). Pray for Pastor Charlie Salmon of Church on The Ridge (Snoqualmie, Washington) as he lead his team of 12 to be instructors and assist TransformAsia in several ministries around the country.

Summer 2009 News

The Resurrection Celebration

America got used to Easter season both in the Christian and Pagan world. But for the people and nation of Cambodia, the word “Easter” is not in their

vocabulary. Moreover, Easter season usually happens at the same time as the

traditional Khmer New Year, which is in mid-April. Even most of the Khmer

Christians have never been taught about Easter. However they know all about Christmas and normally make a big deal about this celebration.

For a long time it has been a burden on my heart that the Cambodian

Christians do not understand that our salvation depends on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Without His death, burial, and resurrection, Christmas would have no meaning. It is through the resurrection that Jesus defeated Satan, death, hell, and the grave and provided us with the completion of the plan of salvation. While I was in Cambodia recently, I received an invitation from one of our pastors in the northern district of Cambodia to be a keynote speaker with their first ever combined denominational Resurrection Service (See pictures above). This provided my first opportunity to begin teaching the true Easter message to our Cambodian Christians. My heart was overwhelmed to see these very poor people gather and to see their response to the teaching of the Resurrection of Jesus and the finished work He did to provide our salvation. In the Cambodian culture, women are considered the very least in every situation, especially when it comes to the important or special positions in the society. The highlight of my message focused on the role of Christian women. After the resurrection of Jesus, He introduced us to a new Heavenly Society where the women received the first privilege of being told of the resurrection of Jesus. It was the women that had waited patiently outside His tomb. Therefore, Jesus honored them to be messengers to proclaim this good news to His disciples (men).

I then spoke directly to the women in the audience, telling them that they

must recognize their important role in this new established Heavenly

Society where they are no longer the least. They are now called into the

honorable service of Christ and are given the gifts of the Holy Spirit to

enable them to do whatever God calls them to do. The women’s response

was overwhelming with tears of joys and loud amens and hallelujahs! I

asked the men to give their “amen” to this as well. At first it lacked

enthusiasm, but as I bid them to show their agreement with God’s Word,

they too shouted “Amen!” Praise God for this privilege to share the true

Easter message with these Cambodians!

--- Dr. Setan Lee, Founder & CEO, TransformAsia

New Work at Kambour Village

Life in Kambour Village offers few employment opportunities.

Many parents have journeyed to Thailand, desperately searching

for any means that will allow them to provide for their children.

The absence of these guardians from the village leaves the youth

and children at very high risk of exploitation. Through

sponsorship, these children can be protected and their families

restored. Please pray for these children and their families that God

will provide the sponsors they need to survive.

Stopping the Trade

A recent UNICEF study revealed that close to 55,000 young

women, girls and boys are trapped in sexual slavery in

Cambodia. More than 35% of these are under the age of 16.

TransformAsia is on the front lines, rescuing the children

and providing a better future. With our comprehensive

support sponsorship program, we are fighting this attack

against the innocence of childhood, bringing hope to ‘at-risk’

children to keep them from becoming victims of the trade.

By partnering with TransformAsia, you are helping to

transform these children into leaders of their communities

who can create a new culture of hope based on God’s

redeeming love. Your sponsorship provides them with

spiritual, educational, emotional, and nutritional assistance

to become Godly leaders who can change their world. Your

prayers and encouragement bring a new ray of eternal hope!

PO Box 440283, Aurora, CO 80044-0283

Tel: 303-693-6122; email: info@transformasia.us

Setan and Randa Lee Featured by the Rocky Mountain News

At first, 18-year-old Setan Lee didn't notice the trucks full of armed soldiers rumbling into the Buddhist temple square in his hometown of Battambang.

On this final day of the Cambodian New Year, music and noisy celebration filled the packed square in Cambodia's second largest city. Children played in the warm afternoon air. Revelers sprinkled perfumed water onto the temple statues in a blessing ritual intended to bring good luck, long life and happiness.

"We were celebrating," Setan says. "We were having fun."

Setan didn't understand when he saw the grim, black-uniformed soldiers pouring out of the trucks, aiming their rifles wildly and shouting "enemy" over and over.

Setan's best friend didn't understand, either. He approached one of the soldiers.

I'm not your enemy, he told the soldier. Why do you call me your enemy?

The soldier's response was swift and irrevocable.

"Just like that, they shot him and killed him."

read more in the Rocky Mountain News article...