Lydia Inc

Sunrise children's home: now with over 30 children. A home with house parents, provision of all food and medical needs and provision of educational costs through high school. 150 children have come through the home since 2009.

Lydia project pastor support: currently we provide support for over 25 pastors, that care for more than 50 churches in four different provinces around the country. We have constructed 8 church buildings over the years.school of discipleship: our key cambodian leaders all are survivors of the killing fields era, and are senior pastors of churches, having pastored for 30 plus years. In 2010 a group of seven such pastors from various denominations faced similar challenges - thousands of unreached villages, but not enough young pastors or opportunity for them to be trained. So, they formed a pastoral training program, sod. A two-year program, taught by these seven men, all seminary graduates themselves. They have the vision, training, and the passion, we provide the funding. The program meets quarterly for one-week intensive sessions, where the students stay together for the entire week, taught by these men who in many cases are denominational leaders in their daily life. Then they are mentored between sessions by their sending pastors. A "mini-seminary" program, the students gradate after two years. Classes take place in 6 different provinces, and we currently have 82 students in process (around 15 per class). Todate we have over 307 graduates, and together they have planted more than 560 churches or small cell churches in unreached villages! We are so very thankful that this team has a goal to reach every village where jesus is not known by anyone. (because of the death of all but 200 believers in the killing fields era, there are almost 10,000 villages who have no christian presence of any kind, and have never heard the good news of the gospel.)or furthering their education.

The melody house: a home for widows. A beautiful new home led by our house mom, providing care and shelter for up to 16 women at a time. These women, most of whom were living on the street due to having no family to care for them, average 68 years old. We provide for all of their needs including medical care. Additionally, a new dorm program within melody house was initiated to allow 4 women college students to reside at the house and be a part of providing assistance and service to the widows in residence, in turn, the college students will be provided tutions and fees for furthering their education.

University house: a home for high school and college students. Our children's home graduates as well as selected students with great need from our network of churches recommended by their pastors. 24 students now. (90 students have graduated and are serving in business, ministry and education roles across cambodia and southeast asia).