We have made it home safely! Thanks again for all your prayers and support while we were serving in Cambodia.
We will be sharing our experiences with the whole NorthPoint family on Sunday morning, February 4th!
Hope to see you then!!!!
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Day 9
Today is departure day!!! It's hard to believe that our time here is over. We are hoping to return next year(Ruth & Susan we'll talk about this when we get home)...will you come with us?!? :) Our prayer is that others from NorthPoint will make the trek with us to fall in love with Cambodia like we have.
Please pray that we will have safe travels! We look forward to seeing all of you very soon...back on American soil!
See you soon from Cambodia...where God's Kingdom is growing!!!!
Terry and Pat handing out cookies at the New Life primary school.
Here at New Life the kids come from rural villages to learn English and more about Jesus. The educational system here is an incredible opportunity to shape the future of Cambodia.
Is Terry in Iowa or Cambodia?
These are pictures from the agricultural farm in southeastern Cambodia.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Photos from Day 7!!!
This is Mr. Mao our favorite tuk-tuk driver. He wanted to hang out with us today! Keep praying that he would come to know Jesus. He is holding the Bible that we bought him yesterday!!!
Terry teaching the girls at Remember Nhu a song
Pat adjusting his oversized glasses
Pat teaching a story about Jesus
Terry teaching English
The girls from Remember Nhu
Terry sharing in FEBC chapel
FEBC Director and her husbandDay 7 - Afternoon
Remember Nhu
Jesus continues to amaze us with opportunities to be His presence. This afternoon is hard to put into words, but we will do our best. There will be pictures of Day 7 to follow soon.
This afternoon was an open afternoon to follow-up on ministries of interest. Terry and I visited a ministry here in Phnom Penh called Remember Nhu. This ministry is a school for girls who are at risk of being sold into the sex trade industry. We were able to meet Nhu, who is now a young woman who had been rescued out of the sex trade industry.
The girls are referred to the school by pastors who have been notified that their parents intend to sell them to the sex trade industry.
We spent the afternoon helping them learn English, teaching Bible stories, and singing songs. Terry brought a Polaroid camera (thanks to his ever thoughtful wife Susan) which was the craze of the afternoon! We also provided them with afternoon snacks...OREO cookies!!!
There was so much excitement that kids from down the street flocked to the school to see what was going on. These kids wanted to learn English worship songs really bad (so bad they were willing to endure Terry and I singing "Jesus Loves the Little Children"). Unfortunately the video of this worship service was lost forever...:)
Please pray for this school where girls are not only learning English, but most importantly, learning about Jesus. We told them the story of Jesus leaving the 99 to go after the one lost sheep. I described how we are all sheep who wander off, but Jesus comes to rescue us from danger. Given these girls background, this story took on all new significance for us. One girl commented that she was like the sheep that ran away, but Jesus found her and brought her back to safety!
Not a bad day for Jesus!!! Blessings from Cambodia...where God's Kingdom is growing!
Jesus continues to amaze us with opportunities to be His presence. This afternoon is hard to put into words, but we will do our best. There will be pictures of Day 7 to follow soon.
This afternoon was an open afternoon to follow-up on ministries of interest. Terry and I visited a ministry here in Phnom Penh called Remember Nhu. This ministry is a school for girls who are at risk of being sold into the sex trade industry. We were able to meet Nhu, who is now a young woman who had been rescued out of the sex trade industry.
The girls are referred to the school by pastors who have been notified that their parents intend to sell them to the sex trade industry.
We spent the afternoon helping them learn English, teaching Bible stories, and singing songs. Terry brought a Polaroid camera (thanks to his ever thoughtful wife Susan) which was the craze of the afternoon! We also provided them with afternoon snacks...OREO cookies!!!
There was so much excitement that kids from down the street flocked to the school to see what was going on. These kids wanted to learn English worship songs really bad (so bad they were willing to endure Terry and I singing "Jesus Loves the Little Children"). Unfortunately the video of this worship service was lost forever...:)
Please pray for this school where girls are not only learning English, but most importantly, learning about Jesus. We told them the story of Jesus leaving the 99 to go after the one lost sheep. I described how we are all sheep who wander off, but Jesus comes to rescue us from danger. Given these girls background, this story took on all new significance for us. One girl commented that she was like the sheep that ran away, but Jesus found her and brought her back to safety!
Not a bad day for Jesus!!! Blessings from Cambodia...where God's Kingdom is growing!
Day 7 - Morning
Far East Broadcasting Company Cambodia (FEBC)
This morning we went to the FEBC for a chapel service at 10am. We then toured the broadcasting center. FEBC distributes radios throughout rural Cambodia to villages that have no electricity. They are pre-programmed for Christian radio to help the local pastors teach God's Word. They come equipped with a bright light so that house churches can read the Bible at night as they listen to the programming.
The staff of FEBC shared with us how encouraged they were to know we are praying for them, supporting them financially, and willing to travel halfway around the world to visit!
Sameoun, the FEBC Director, wanted us to pass along her gratefulness for our monthly financial assistance to NorthPoint. It has been an incredible blessing and enabled them to offer more broadcasting across Cambodia.
They were gracious enough to prepare a luncheon for us with lots of Cambodian style food!!During lunch, the staff had the opportunity to pour out their hearts with both their dreams and struggles. We had the opportunity to just pray with them and encourage them to keep going!
The presence of Jesus offered by all of you at NP is being felt here in Cambodia!! Thank you from everyone at FEBC!
Monday, January 15, 2007
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