From Poverty to Streams of Industry

The accounts of the faithfulness of God in this story are so improbable, that I find myself wanting to pull out parts of it to make it more believable. In truth, I’ve witnessed a miracle, and I pray that as you read along, you will also feel its power and somehow identify with the joy that it has given me.

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Water rushes from all angles of Yellowstone’s ecosystem. Today, every river and professionally fished stream that receives water from those mountains within that ecosystem is being fished by guides that use hand-tied flies made in Cambodia by 12 amazing friends of mine.

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My brother Sam, one of Montana’s fortunate professional fly fishing guides, traveled with me to Cambodia in January of 2016. It was the first time in over a decade that the two of us took time away from the banks of a river to talk about life. Through prayer and the power of the Holy Spirit, Cambodia touched his heart and a vision emerged to train friends of ours to tie flies.

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At that time, 12 of the students graduating from a high school that SEAPC built in Rongko district of Banteay Meanchey province were looking for a vision for their future. Sam returned to Cambodia the following fall to make a way for them. He brought very talented fly tying instructors with him and for two months trained this team of young hopefuls how to tie. Now these 12 are earning enough to pay their own way through weekend college courses, provide for their parents and grandparents, and start their lives outside the bondage of poverty.

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Each day, when this team arrives to work, they are met by their office manager, Somnang. This is where it gets really incredible for me. Somnang was abandoned near Rongko by his father and mother when he was 2 years old. A 15-year-old girl took in both his step-sister and him and they began cleaning houses to survive. Eventually, his caretaker sent him to a children’s home called New Hope for Orphans. On that day, SEAPC began providing monthly sponsorship to meet Somnang’s daily needs. In 2013 he graduated from high school and earned a scholarship to university. Upon graduation, SEAPC hired him to lead a small prayer house in Siem Reap, then to serve and learn business alongside missionaries Hubert and Agnes Tutwiler who had moved into Rongko. Somnang’s excellence and faithfulness in prayer have made a way for him. He was once one considered least in a nation devastated by war and has now become a leader in a successful international business. God is faithful!

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You can be a part of this story too! SEAPC has helped to launch the Geppert Brothers Fly Fishing Foundation, which exists not only to provide for these 12 friends and their families but also to generate income to scholarship other high school grads from Rongko into nursing and teacher training programs at surrounding universities. We believe that through this creative cottage industry, a generation will emerge from the infamous “Killing Fields” of Cambodia to lead a nation in righteousness through the hope they have found in Jesus and the love they have felt by Christian men and women around the world.

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Please sign up today and become a partner in this project. When you commit to give $20 per month, GBFF will begin to send you sample flies each month, created in Cambodia and fished by some of the world’s finest fly shops in Montana (Including Wild Trout Outfitters, Madison River Fishing Company, and Kelly Galloup’s Slide Inn). Our hope is that you will pray for this work, participate in sharing its story, and enjoy the great sport of fly fishing that has inspired our family for generations.

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