Park Kong, a chef, works in the Welcome Office of the Phnom Penh Thmey Center, which belongs to the Phnom Penh Vicariate, which Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, an apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh, founded.<\/p>
Kong responded to RVA's inquiry about his work by saying, \"I cook food for people to eat, and I am happy to be able to do so because it is a gift God has given me, and I am very satisfied.\"<\/p>
Kong prepares cuisine for church gatherings, meetings, and conferences, where the majority of attendees are Catholics.<\/p>
\"Cooking for hundreds of people sometimes made me anxious, but I always prayed to God to help me succeed,\" he said.<\/p>
For Kong, cooking has become a metaphor for living a 'new life' with the love that the church has taught him, and he vowed to always \"practice this love for those around me.\"<\/p>
Kong recalled that his conversation tale took place during his senior year of high school, when he attended a Christmas celebration in the village and encountered a local Catholic.<\/p>
The father of a son and daughter,\u00a0who was born in Oh village, Trapeang Reang commune, Chum Kiri district, Kampot province, decided to be baptized after enrolling in the catechumen class.<\/p>
Since then, he acknowledged that his faith has been nourished daily by the priest's homily.<\/p>
\"My faith has grown day by day through prayer and preaching from the priest, and many years later, I decided to become a Catholic in 2017,\" Kong said.<\/p>
Kong, who is the head of a family with a Buddhist wife and Catholic son and daughter, believed that \"The Spirit of God guides the happiness of the family.\"<\/p>
He stated that, as a Catholic, he will continue to proclaim the gospel to those around him, not only the children in the family, but everyone, so that God's love may spread.<\/p>","categories":[{"id":158,"name":"Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh"},{"id":150,"name":"Daily News"},{"id":60,"name":"Uncategorized"}],"tags":[{"id":1259,"name":"\u1796\u17d2\u179a\u17c7\u1794\u1793\u17d2\u1791\u17bc\u179b\u1794\u17d2\u179a\u1785\u17b6\u17c6\u1790\u17d2\u1784\u17c3"}]}