Meet Sharolyn (Shary) Frahm

Serving the Lord in Cambodia

Birthday: December 30

I am Shary Frahm, currently a missionary into the villages and rural peoples of Cambodia, in the Siem Reap area. Being retired didn’t initially include being officially employed by the largest global enterprise in the world, namely God and His church. Yet He has moved my heart and humbly shaped me into this current ministry platform to Cambodia, a country in Southeast Asia with 15 million people, 95% of whom are Buddhist. Actually Cambodia is a new country being only independent since 1993 after a devastating country wide genocide of 25% of its people.

My official ministry platform has spanned a mere 40+ years with my husband George starting with the local university setting in Saginaw, Michigan, where international students came to study and experience American culture and life. It was there that the beginnings of an outreach. Nearly 25 years later we accepted a position to live in Indonesia to share our lives with young adults of all faiths in a Christian university, our first assignment outside the local community. Cambodia is now my second international calling. With each of these last two moves came the adaptation and experience of living cross-culturally.

God equips the called and calls the equipped. He is doing that with us each and every day here and in the years gone by. God would have everyone in Cambodia to come to a knowledge of the truth and eternal salvation. God has been in Cambodia since creation, but has chosen now for His mission for those people to know Him even more.

I have already been in Cambodia twelve years with George, working toward growing the church communities and families. As George has now been called home and has received his heavenly crown of standing somewhere at God’s right hand, I continue to work with Pastor Ravy Van at Hope Lutheran Evangelical Church in Taros Village, nearby Siem Reap, and in those nearby targeted areas of Siem Reap to help the local communities prosper into sustainable vibrant church bodies to share the Good News from within. That focus will continue into a pocket of communities, as we have already built those initial relationships. George’s footprint on this hollow ground remains there, and I will continue in that stead going forward. God has a plan in each of these chapters in our lives, and that includes this time and this place, and these folks as well.

You are invited as individuals or as a church to partner with me in this ministry with prayer, financial support, communication, and short term mission visits. I will share true life stories and an update as to how things are progressing and how the local church is faring. I would also love to hear from you and know your prayer needs and blessings as we serve Him together.