Sokreaksa was a member of a large family in Siemreap City, Cambodia, when the country fell to the Khmer Rouge in 1975. His family was killed in front of him. Gravely wounded, he was covered by the bodies of his brothers and sisters, but he escaped the killing fields and fled to a Thai refugee camp.

He eventually made his way to Canada and attended Tyndale, graduating with a Bachelor of Religious Studies in 1993. Other degrees followed over the next decade.

Sokreaksa is the author of The Tears of my Soul, which describes his journey to freedom, faith and purpose, and After the Heavy Rain, which tells of his journey of forgiveness and reconciliation to the people who killed his family.

Knowing too well the suffering of his people, his message is clear: “Nothing will ever make them whole again except the healing message of the hope, love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ.”

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