Sharon and I are avid long-distance hikers. We’ve spent months relying on the power of our legs, the few things we can carry on our backs, and kind people we meet along the way. More than once we’ve gotten lost and had to re-focus, find the right path again, and continue.
The "trail" we have to keep coming back to as missionaries is our vision. God has called us to be faithful in following his leading and the needle points to Cambodia. We’re walking.
Or said another way, "Faithful to God’s leading, we’re walking."
That’s the short answer. Here’s the long answer:
Faithful to
Much of what the New Testament teaches is not about doing things for God. It’s about becoming the person He wants us to be. Romans 12:2 says, "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."
For Ric and Sharon Bruce, transforming means giving up some things and totally changing our lives. It means moving to Cambodia because God has called us to be a part of giving every person there the chance to hear the good news of the gospel of Christ at least once in their lives.
God’s Leading
Can we trust it? In today’s world God may start to seem like a cruel puppeteer who quickly pulls strings, suddenly bringing missionaries home from the field sick, divorced, dissolusioned, or worse. I submit for your consideration my grandfather’s compass (pictured above). He carried it sixty years ago as a scout and it pointed north. Today? It still points north.
God’s leading is not fickle. In a bet against man or God changing their mind first, I’ll put my chips on man every time.
We’re Walking
Yes, we’re going to Cambodia, but that doesn’t make us super Christians. We’re doing exactly what you do every day. Where ever Christians are walking with God, God’s power will change lives, but in Cambodia 99 percent of the country doesn’t acknowledge God. In fact, whole people groups in Cambodia have no gospel witness, no bible in their language, and no one walking with God among them.
Our steps will take us right to the heart of one of these groups to live among them, learn their language, and walk with God along side them when they hear the good news of what Christ has done for them. Three ways you can help:
- Please take this journey with us. We can’t do it without your support.
- Please pray for us as we stay true to what God has called us to be.
- Please send us an email letting us know that you’re tuned into our ministry.
Our vision: Faithful to God’s leading, we’re walking.
Ric and Sharon Bruce 
