METHODIST HOSTEL

Loh Han Chew, MMS ex-Missionary in Cambodia.

The Methodist Hostel was established to provide an affordable place of accommodation for poor students coming from the provinces to the city of Phnom Penh to pursue a university education. A good number of them come through COSY, while the rest come to know of our hostel facilities through the recommendation of some pastors of our sister churches. They are our harvest field, where the Gospel is shared and disciples are made. They are cultivated and prepared for service to the Church and society.

They are our harvest field, where the Gospel is shared and disciples are made.

There are currently 34 students in the hostel. The hostel is headed by a manager who is in turn assisted by student leaders who oversee the wellbeing of their fellow students. This leadership structure promotes a close community where the students eat together, study together, and encourage one another to grow in the Christian faith.

Evening worship and devotion time

These students benefit from a safe and conducive environment. This is a place where they can enjoy clean and comfortable accommodation while receiving care and concern from the hostel manager as well as from their fellow students. Besides academic pursuits, they are required to participate in the hostel’s programmes: weekly worship and devotion, group Bible study, prayer meetings, and a Bible reading programme. They are also required to attend Sunday Worship and encouraged to serve in church.

Graduation of Phok Sinat. She is a COSI alumna who stayed in the Methodist Hostel when she was studying in the university.

Two years ago, the hostel celebrated its 10th anniversary. Many students have passed through our doors in the course of their four-year terms in university. They are now earning their keep, having families, and best of all, many have stayed on in the faith. All this would not have been possible without the support and partnership of Aldersgate Methodist Church in Singapore, and the Lord’s blessings and direction. All praise and glory be to Him!