Mobile Medical Clinics

Thank you for praying for the mobile medical clinics. God worked out the arrival of the tracts, the team transportation, meals, housing, schedule, and many other details so smoothly. People came from many towns. The Cambodian medical staff at the health centers where we worked were receptive and listened to the gospel too. Michael Freeze was a great help in Phnom Penh when the team went up to fly out. He borrowed a van and took us around. Other details are in our prayer letter.

Now I am back to the hospital and teaching ultrasounds again. Pray for the staff there to respond to the gospel. My daily Bible studies have also resumed. Hubert’s English classes are going well, but he would like to add new students. Please pray for God to send the right ones who will be interested in knowing God’s truth.

Please continue to pray for the Koh Kong Christians studying and working in Phnom Penh, that they would serve God well in good local churches there.

 “Come and see the works of God…” Psalm 66:5

 

 

 

 

Baptism

Praise God for the seven new Christians who followed the Lord in baptism on Sunday! After the morning service, about 27 of us walked to the park where T. picked us up in a fishing boat. We went out into the estuary and held the baptism. The tide was high, so the water was deeper than usual at that point. It was no problem for Hubert who is tall, but the others who went into the water wore life jackets. It was a great to hear their testimonies and see their joy in taking this step. Please pray for them to be strong in the Lord and pray for their families to turn to Christ.

The medical team members served the Lord well in the Sunday services at church in teaching, testimonies, and special music. What an encouragement to the Christians here in Cambodia.

The mobile medical clinics are going well. Many people are hearing the gospel and getting medical care. Please pray for them to turn to Christ. We are traveling in vans through the mountains.  Please pray for the Cambodian health care workers that we meet that they would understand their need of Christ.   

At the end of this week the team will be returning to Phnom Penh and then to America. Please pray for their travels. Pray for God’s continuing work in the lives they have touched.

“As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people…” Psalm 125:2

Medical Team

The medical team has arrived here in Cambodia. I met them in Phnom Penh. The bus broke down along the road through the mountains coming to Koh Kong. Two hours later another bus picked us up. The first day in Koh Kong they prepared many medicines and supplies for the mobile medical clinics which begin Wednesday. Praise God for the many ways we have seen him working out details so far. Please continue to pray for safety, effective ministry in lives, and God’s glory. It is a joy to serve the Lord together with God’s people. Some of the translators and one Khmer pharmacist who will be helping us are not saved. Pray that they will desire Christ. Thank you for praying.

“Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.”

Psalm 115:1

 

 

 

 

Witnesses

Praise God for seven people who are preparing to be baptized soon. Pray for them to grow in grace and knowledge of the Lord. Pray that the service February 1 will be a great witness to others. Pray for smooth arrangements for boats.

Thank you for praying for the pharmacy order. God answered and we got many of the medicines here in Koh Kong at a very good price. I have a few more to get in Phnom Penh when I go up there this weekend. There are several other errands, plus going to the airport to meet the USA team. Pray for safety in the capital.

Pray for Khmer Christians as well as American Christians who will be preaching and doing one-on-one evangelism during the mobile clinics January 28 - February 4. Pray for them to be bold, clear, loving, and have wisdom from God. Pray for hearts to turn to Christ.

“And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel.” Eph. 6:19

Have faith in God

This Sunday the ladies’ Sunday School lesson continued on the attributes of God. As I reviewed it again before teaching I thanked God for the reminder that our faith is in such a wonderful God. This past week I was in Bangkok with our youngest daughter. She had a medical problem that needed specialists. We thank God that I was able to go be with her through the doctor visits and tests. We thank God for good medical care available. We thank God for working out the transportation for each of us, our housing, and God’s provision for every detail. We thank him for treatment she was able to get. It was not easy to see her return to her place of service alone, yet I know God tenderly cares for each of our children in all the places he has put them.

Besides his regular services and classes, Hubert continued to work on preparing tracts. They are at the printers now. Please pray that we will have them soon in order to use them for the mobile medical clinics. Also please pray for the pharmacy order for the clinics. My pharmacist friend  is filling the order this week. Please pray for the team members coming from the States next week: Joy, Chad, Phuong, Aaron, Sarah, Sue, and Cheryl. Pray also for Michelle and Abby our BMM co-workers coming from another province to help in this outreach. We will watch what God will do.

“And I will strengthen them in the LORD…” Zechariah 10:12

 

 

New Year

Praise God for answering prayer. Tuesday I was able to meet the director of the provincial health department and he signed the permission papers for next month’s mobile medical clinics. A friend of mine was assisting him and the director gave the papers to her to process. She will see that the district health offices and local health centers get notified. Those centers should in turn notify people to come for the mobile clinics. Please continue to pray that God will bring people that they may hear the gospel and receive medical care.  I also met again with a pharmacist friend in town who is ordering medicines for us. She is making good progress. It was exciting to see God working.

Christmas is not an official holiday in the Buddhist country of Cambodia. People went to work and school as usual. We enjoyed a lovely Christmas dinner with eight guests during their lunch break. I took the day off from working at the hospital, but got called in to help a foreign tourist who was sick. Pray for God to work in hearts of people from all over the world that we have encounters with.   

As we enter the New Year 2015 we eagerly watch what more great things God will do. Praise him for being so wonderful and for hearing and answering prayer.

“Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.” Psalm 90:16

 

Christmas

The Christmas service and program went very well on Sunday the 21^st . Praise God for this answer to prayer. There was an excellent attendance: about 39. Everyone enjoyed participating. Many had memorized verses to tell the Christmas story. We pray that God will continue to build his church here in Koh Kong. We have invited several of the Christian youth from the church to come for Christmas dinner with us on Christmas Day, the 25^th. Pray that it would be a blessing and used of the Lord.

My work at the hospital is busier than before since one of the doctors moved away. Pray that God will use me as an effective witness there and give fruit. Pray for wisdom. Thank him for the opportunity to serve there.

During my noon hour I have a daily Bible class followed by an English class with two students. At 5 pm I teach another Bible class. Please pray for me to teach well and for these students to keep growing in their walk with the Lord.

Have a wonderful Christmas worshipping the One who is Wonderful.

“…And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6