Fellowship

Thanksgiving week was a great time of fellowship with many of God’s servants. Our guests early in the week enjoyed seeing a bit of Koh Kong and swimming in the Gulf of Thailand. On Wednesday our eleven hour bus trip from Koh Kong to Phnom Penh and on to the SE corner of Cambodia went smoothly. After the bountiful Thanksgiving Day meal we sang together and spoke of God’s blessings. About the same time the dark world around us burned candles in front of their houses in fear of spirits on the second night of the Cambodian water festival. Such a contrast.

Please continue to pray for Miss L. studying in medical school in Phnom Penh. God is using her to encourage other Christians from Koh Kong who are pursuing studies in the capital. She just moved to a different rented room. She will also become involved in a different church since the church plant closed that she was helping before.

This Saturday some of the youth from church plan to come decorate our house/church for Christmas. Please pray for good fellowship. Pray for God to use the church as a light to draw people to Himself.

“If we walk in the light…we have fellowship with one another…” 1 John 1:7

Blessings

Driving through the Moslem section of our town last Sunday afternoon, my heart ached for the hundreds of people there in darkness. Some of the ladies are dressed in colorful headdresses and gathered skirts. Others show only their eyes through black burkas. There are more and more mosques being built. Pray for wisdom from God as to ways to share the gospel. Pray for God to work in hearts and draw people to Himself. The treasure we have of the knowledge of the true God is a blessing.

Plans are being made for a couple doctors, a premed student and a nursing student to come work with us next summer. Please pray for God to direct and prepare the way for them. God has used short term visitors in great ways in the past. They are blessings.

Praise God for a safe trip for our missionary friends, the Pooles, who arrived from Phnom Penh today. It is a joy to have them in our home. They already got to experience city water pressure too low to reach upstairs and the electricity going off. It increases our gratefulness for electricity and water-- which we have most of the time.

“You guide me with your counsel…”Psalm 73:24

 

Pray for Fruit

Thank you for praying for God’s working during the visit of French doctors these past one and a half weeks at our hospital. Each day has been very busy with helping patients who came to see the specialists, interpreting for consultations, charting, doing ultrasounds, etc. God gave many opportunities to share the Good News of Christ with the French medical teams, as well as with patients. Please continue to pray for fruit for eternity.

Next week we are looking forward to a missionary family that works in Phnom Penh coming to visit us here in Koh Kong for a couple days. After that we plan to travel to the east side of Cambodia to celebrate Thanksgiving with several missionary families. Please pray for traveling mercies and great fellowship.

“I will remember the deeds of the LORD…” Psalm 77:11

God is our Help

Last week Hubert’s computer began giving problems. We prayed for God to help. The Lord guided and things are working again now. Please pray for God to keep the computers working well. We use them a lot every day.  Please continue to pray also for his books in Cambodian language. He continues to improve them and write more. Pray for them to be clear and for people to know God and His Word more through them. Pray for lives to be changed.

Today was very busy at the hospital. Helping translate and do paperwork and patient flow for the visiting French Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor took many hours. But we are happy for the patients that received help.  Right in the middle of the day ambulances brought many trauma patients to our hospital from an accident in the mountains. So the entire staff worked together caring for those.

My mother, who is 91, is having new health problems. Please pray for her and those who are caring for her in Michigan. She loves the Lord and is looking forward to heaven.

“In the morning my prayer comes before you.” Psalm 88:13

 

God is My Helper

Praise God for some new students in Hubert’s English classes. Thank Him for helping us last Saturday in the party for all eleven students. They made pizzas and played group games. Please pray now that they will work out their new schedules in order to continue coming since the high school just began its new academic year.

The Christmas play practice is coming along much better now on Sunday afternoons. The Christian youth enjoy working together in this service for the Lord. Pray that the Lord will continue to help them as they prepare and will use the words of the play in lives when they present it at Christmastime.

Next week the hospital is expecting some French doctors to come work for a couple weeks. They come every November and offer specialized services in ear, nose, and throat problems, ophthalmology, and gynecology. In the past God has allowed me to help translate for them and has given opportunities for witness to them. Please ask the Lord to work in hearts that they would turn to Christ.

“Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.” Psalm 54:4

 

Sharing Christ's Love

God was working last Saturday as Dr. I. and his family were here in our home for a cook out. A hard thunder storm arrived about 2 o’clock, but it cleared in about one hour. The family of four arrived on their motorcycle about 4:30. I enjoyed some “Grandma time” with the 1 year old and the 3 month old baby.  Thank you for praying and please keep on. Dr. I. is reading Hubert’s apologetics book. Pray that they will be open to discuss more and will understand God's Word.

Next Saturday Hubert is planning a pizza party with his English class students. Please pray that it will be a profitable time of showing forth Christ and fun for all. Some of the students are Christians and some are not.

The Christmas play practice continues each Sunday afternoon, but we need the participants to be faithful and make progress on memorizing their lines. Much of the script is Scripture.  Pray for wisdom and joy for Hubert as he directs it.

“So shall my word be… it shall not return unto me void…” Isaiah 55:11

 

 

God is Answering

Thank you for praying for the opportunities of last week. Monday we made the trip to Chan, Thailand in record time—no waiting at connections for public vans. God helped us find things on our shopping list for several people. On Tuesday the biggest challenge was the gas oven for P. and SM.’s bakery business. It was rather large for transporting; it is on a stand. But after the pick-up taxi driver switched from her covered vehicle to a nice double cab open back-end pick-up, we were able to get it to the border and across into Cambodia. Pray that the Lord will guide in their lives as they live and witness for Him.

Miss L. spent a morning at the hospital with me to supplement her medical school studies and witness. We spent some quality time studying the Word of God together. God gave us other special times with some of the other youth during the holiday time, to encourage them in putting God first and being faithful in church attendance. Thank you for continuing to pray for them.

Please continue to pray for our contacts and conversations each day as we seek to lead people to Jesus Christ. This Saturday night a Khmer doctor and his family are planning to come to our home for a cook-out. They need the Lord.

“I will thank you forever, because you have done it.” Psalm 52:9