Photo Essay: Cambodians And Missionaries Unite To Worship In ‘The Eyes of God’

A woman prays during a Sunday worship service in Preah Netr Preah, Cambodia. (Photo by Audrey Jackson)

PREAH NETR PREAH, Cambodia — On Sunday, Cambodians and Americans gathered under tents to worship together in “The Eyes of God.” That’s a literal translation of the Khmer words Preah Netr Preah, a district in western Cambodia.

“Jesus wants our hearts,” Mike Tolleson, a member of the Saturn Road Church of Christ in Garland, Texas, told the crowd.

Tolleson is one of eight Americans volunteering this week on a medical mission with Cambodia Christian Ministries.

The team — alongside Cambodian dentists, doctors and medical staff — has visited three rural villages in this Southeast Asian nation.

A Cambodian Christians reads a well-worn Bible during Sunday worship. (Photo by Audrey Jackson)

Christians share the Lord’s Supper during Sunday worship in Preah Netr Preah, Cambodia. (Photo by Audrey Jackson)

Mike Tolleson preaches as Sokhom Hun translates during Sunday worship in Preah Netr Preah, Cambodia. (Photo by Audrey Jackson)

Cambodian and American Christians meet under tents for Sunday worship. (Photo by Audrey Jackson)

This piece is republished with permission from The Christian Chronicle.

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Audrey Jackson, a 2021 journalism graduate of Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, is The Christian Chronicle’s managing editor.