GBC-AK Moving Forward!

Grace Baptist Church – Anlong K’ngan is doing fine. Souls are getting saved almost weekly. We baptized 4 new believers last November 26. Bro. Sophea is really a big help and blessing in that work. He is able to connect and relate with the people very well and they are responding to his leadership although he is much younger than most of the men in the church. Many of those who got saved recently are workers in our on-going construction project. Please pray that these newly saved will grow to maturity and become faithful members of the church.

GBC-Phnom Penh 9th Anniversary

We celebrated our 9th church anniversary last Sunday, October 15, 2006. Our guest speaker for the occasion was Rev. Noel Dig, Pastor of Bethany Baptist Church in the Island of Mindoro in the Philippines. Our theme for the celebration was ‘Provoke one another unto love and good works’. We had a total attendance of over 170 adults and children. We had a treat of blessings through the testimonies, the special singing and the great instructive and encouraging message brought by our guest speaker. One lady got saved and one young man came forward for baptism. Several of our church members were at the altar making different decisions for the Lord. At the end of the service we dedicated to the Lord two children from two of our families in church. Of course, a Baptist celebration is never complete without food so we did have fellowship around some Cambodian food after the service.

CBBC News in Pix

CBBC has opened its door to the students for school year 2006-2007. A total of 59 students were in class as of Tuesday morning, October 10, 2006. There are more students who were not in attendance as many of them are just completing credits for graduation.

Academy International Cambodia

The first week of September was devoted to moving, fixing and arranging furniture for Academy International Cambodia. We moved AIC to the same building with Cambodia Baptist Bible College and started school year 2006 – 07 last September 11 with a total of 34 students. This is the most we have ever had at AIC.

Missionary Retreat

Another treat for us during the month of August was the Asian Baptist Clearinghouse Missionary Retreat. All the missionaries using the services of ABC in Cambodia, except those who were on furlough gathered for 3 days at the seaside city of Sihanoukville for spiritual refreshment and fellowship. Missionary veterans, Rev. Lloyd Baker and Rev. Paul Byars brought very much needed and to-the-point messages from God’s Word that warmed and encouraged everyone in attendance. The missionaries have drawn deep from the experiences of these precious Men of God, they went home to their respective places of service with a sense of being refreshed and better focused on the tasks and trials each was facing.