Blessings From Heaven in 2007

Not So Eventful Year-end!

The end of year 2006 was not so eventful for us. Aside from teaching in Bible college, supervising construction and other ministry routine, we had 6 Christmas programs and attended 4 weddings. 2 of these weddings I officiated personally. One wedding was special because it was the wedding of the Pastor of our mission church in Kandal Steung. Bro. Bunthol got married to Sis. Chenda last December 15. You will notice that their attires look like costumes in a Chinese play. Most Cambodians still dress in these traditional attires during wedding ceremonies.

Train Up a Child...

We just opened a new Christian school using the School of Tomorrow program at GBC-AK. Initially, this will be mainly for our children at the Power of Grace Children’s Home. We want to open this to other children in the community when we have better facilities. We are currently building a 3 story dormitory suitable for up to 100 children. When this is finished (hopefully by the end of June 2007) we will use or present dormitory building for the Christian school. Please help pray and give so we can have sufficient funds to finish the building. We need at least $20,000.00 for the completion of the building.

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.