Valdez 5 + 1

Our trip back home in the Philippines last July and August was filled with the Lord’s blessings.  We thank you all for your prayers for the wedding of our eldest son, TJ, to MaeAn.  The wedding was a very beautiful ceremony and it was so good to have many of our relatives and close friends in attendance.  Please pray for TJ and MaeAn as they build their new family together.  Maybe this is the beginning of a new phase in slow growth of the Mike Valdez clan!

CBBC Graduation 2013

We at Cambodia Baptist Bible College held a Baccalaureate service for our graduating students last July 5.  Last July 6, 6 men and 2 ladies walked the platform to receive their certificates of 3 years of Bible study and ministry training.  There were actually 9 graduates this year but one student was not able to make it to the program as he was on a special mission survey trip.   Dr. Mario L. De Ocampo, Dean at Baptist Bible College at Bethany Baptist Church in Makati, Philippines, did a wonderful job in bringing challenging messages both for the baccalaureate and graduation services.  Please pray that our graduates from CBBC will be strong and stay faithful in the Lord’s work.

New Place of Worship for GBC-Kandal Steung

With the help of friends from Waterloo Baptist Church in Waterloo, Georgia, Bro. Siem Bunthol was able to put up a new roof for a more comfortable and convenient place of worship for the brethren at Grace Baptist Church – Kandal Steung Mission.

Always Abounding in the Work of the Lord

With the theme of “Always Abounding in the Work of the Lord”, we held our 5^th World Missions Conference at Grace Baptist Church – Anlong K’ngan from May 15-17.  The conference programs highlighted preaching and reporting from our Cambodian Pastors.  GBC-Anlong K’ngan is currently involved in helping support 10 missionary families and 11 local pastors.  Our GBC family has grown somewhat through the recent adoption of a new work at a place called Chomka Dong in a pocket community within the perimeter of Phnom Penh city.    

Church Anniversary 2013!

We praise the Lord for the blessings upon our church anniversary last April 28, 2013.  We are so glad to have Pastor Michael Plowman, Pastor of Liberty Baptist Church, Lyons, Georgia,  as our guest speaker for the occasion.  The challenge he brought in line with our theme of  "Be ye stedfast, unmoveable..." taken from I Cor. 15:58 was a real blessing to our people.  1 soul got saved and we baptized 8 new believers after the service.
We are so thankful to everyone of you who have prayed for this special highlight of our church life here are Grace Baptist Church - Phnom Penh.  We thank all of our supporting churches and friends for the partnership in reaching the Cambodian people these many years.  Truly, it has been a wonderful journey that gets more wonderful with each passing year.  To God be the glory!