"Go and Help" - Missions Conference 2008

Grace Baptist Church – Phnom Penh held its annual Missions Conference from May 14-16. All the local Pastors our church helps support were in attendance. Their reports and messages were very encouraging and uplifting. We are praying that our people will grow in their commitments and that others will be more consistent in their missions giving so that we can help support at least one more local Pastor this year. At present, GBC-PP is helping support 7 local Pastors (3 of them are sent out from our church) and 6 missionary families serving in 4 foreign fields.

GBC-AK 6th Anniversary!

Last April 27, 2008, we celebrated the 6th Anniversary of Grace Baptist Church - Anlong K'ngan. Our chosen theme for this year was "Be a Blessing". We had the usual anniversary service with several visitors and a guest speaker, Pastor Gnoun Sitha of Bethany Baptist Church - Chrouy Chungvah. Pastor Sitha was the Valedictorian of the first batch of Graduates from Cambodia Baptist Bible College. He was a real blessing to our family and our church during that special day at GBC-AK. Anniversaries always come with special fun, special food and special fellowship!

New Year, New Blessings, New Challenges!

As we have mentioned in our previous report, the Lord is so gracious in allowing us to start year 2008 in a very positive note. We know the road will not always be rosy but we are learning to rejoice with each and every segmental victory in our journey of service to the King of Kings here in Cambodia.

We are very thankful to all of you who are unceasing in your prayers and sacrificial in your giving so we can continue in serving God and the Cambodian people here in the land of our calling.

Feeling Great in 2008!

The Lord is so good in allowing us to close out year 2007 with the wonderful blessings. While no one is sure of the timing of the Lord’s birth, the year-end season is really a very good opportunity to present the Gospel message to curious people through various special programs and activities. 5 youngsters got saved at GBC – Anlong K’ngan on December 23. On the afternoon of the same day, we were able to attend services at Grace Baptist Mission in Kandal Steung pastored by Bro. Siem Bunthol. It is really heartwarming seeing the young people trained by Bro. Bunthol present a drama on the Nativity with ingenious Cambodian props.

The first Sunday of 2008 at GBC – Phnom Penh was made sweeter when Phalla, the mother Bro. Sophea, our preacher at GBC – AK, raised her hand indicating she wants to be very sure she is saved. After counseling with her, she said she wants to obey the Lord in baptism.

For personal blessings, it is a special joy for us seeing TJ, our eldest son, teach at Cambodia Baptist Bible College. Having our children getting more involved in the ministry seem to charge us to keep on going and doing more for the Lord. Thank you very much to all of you who prayed for the well-being of our children and their obedience to the Lord’s will.

We now have a total of 53 children at Power of Grace and Living Waters children’s homes. As the kids grow and their number increase the challenge of raising them is becoming more demanding. However, even at this stage we see the wonderful fruits already. Not only are the children getting saved but they are growing in the grace of the Lord as well. It is so fulfilling to see these children become musicians, songleaders and Sunday school teachers. It won’t be long and we will be having preachers and committed Christian workers from these children who originally had bleak and dismal outlook in life but were given hope because you prayed for them and supported them.

The dormitory building construction is slow-moving but we praise God for the financial provision for the finishing through Grace Baptist Church, Powder Springs, Georgia. We will be combining the two children’s homes to maximize the effectivity of efforts and resources when the current school year ends in July.

Thank you so much for keeping us in your prayers and for supporting us. With you behind us, we know year 2008 will just be great! May the God bless you for your faithfulness.

Youth Evangelistic Camp!

The Evangelistic Camps held from August 12-18 were really fruitful and exciting. It was our first time to have 3 camps held one after the other. Overall, the 3 camps were attended by a total of 2010 people with about 60% unbelievers. 768 souls were saved, 197 were baptized and 105 committed to enroll in Bible College either immediately or sometime in the future.