Tuol Sleng

We stopped by Tuol Sleng this morning with a few friends from Cambodia. Tuol Sleng was one of the torture camps of the Khmer Rouge. On April 17, 1975 Cambodia fell into the hands of the Khmer Rouge and the death grip of Pol Pot secured the death of over a million Cambodians. Within 48 hours of victory the entire city of Phnom Penh was emptied of her citizens. The Khmer Rouge commandeered the school yard called S-21 as their headquarters for horrors unimaginable. They rounded up people from every social economic group and tortured them until they confessed to crimes against the Republic of Kampuchea. Once they confessed after days, weeks or months of excruciating pain they were driven out to the killing fields to meet their fate. From 1975-1978 the genocide demonstrated the depravity of the human heart. At the hands of a godless leader men, women, and children were sacrificed on the altar of communism.

In looking at the pictures below you can see the barbwire that kept prisoners held in detention without any means to escape. Tomorrow we serve at a conference to help those who are held by the same power that killed the innocent citizens of Cambodia from 1975-1978. That power of course is pure evil and personified in the devil himself. We will be speaking to many who are still held in the clutches of sin as much as the prisoners of Toul Sleng were held and tortured with barbwire and high fences. We are sharing liberation from death by the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Pray for our full day tomorrow. The Conference is from 8:30 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. We need the strength and power that only comes from the Holy Spirit. May God be glorified in everything that is done!