CBBC Graduation 2014

Last July 4 marked a special milestone in the life of 7 of our students at Cambodia Baptist Bible College.  On that day, 6 men and 1 lady walked the platform to receive their diplomas for having satisfactorily completed the academic requirements for graduation prescribed by CBBC.  
It is always a joyous occasion to witness the progress and growth of young believers from barely knowing anything about God's Word to being able to minister the Word to their own people.
What makes this particular event so special is the graduation of Bro. Long Somalayn.  Bro. Somalayn (more known as Malayn) is the second boy from our Power of Grace Children's Home who graduated from Bible College.  Please pray for Bro. Malayn as he will be helping us not only in our Children's Ministries but also in our day school and other church outreaches.

Khong Is Here! (I'm A Certified Grandpa Now!)

I am about to celebrate my 51st birthday in a few days!  I must be real old now. Daisy will always be 1 year, 1 month and 1 week younger than me!  To decorate such an achievement into advancing years, the Lord has blessed us with our very first and at the moment, one-and-only, grandson.  Timothy Joseph Valdez II, whom we fondly call Khong, was born on May 15, 2014 to our eldest son TJ and Maean our daughter in law.  It just sucks that we do not get to hold and hug him until towards the end of September but we are thankful to the Lord that both baby and his Mom are healthy.
On the humorous side, I find it amusing that people say Khong is cute and looks like his grandpa (that's me).  Well, when all our 3 sons were just newly born, perhaps over a hundred times, people were saying; "Oh he's so cute he looks like his daddy!  If these boys were cute and all looked like Daddy, then how come nobody ever told me I am cute too!

New Ministry Opportunity!

Even before graduating from CBBC last July 2013, Bro. Ly Kimlong already has an on-going ministry with little children.  He has started conducting Bible studies with adults and teens with the intention of starting a new church upon his graduation.  We are excited to see Bro. Kimlong gathering a good group of young people in his initial meetings.  Please help pray for the needs of Bro. Kimlong in putting up a convenient place of worship.

Grace Baptist Church - Kandal Steung!

We thank the Lord for additional funds provided for the completion of the walls with glass windows and a concrete floor of the place of worship of the brethren at Grace Baptist Church – Kandal Steung Mission.  Pastor Siem Bunthol and his family and people are so thankful for a much more beautiful place to worship God and to teach little children about the Gospel.  Our people at Grace Baptist Church – Anlong K’ngan were so glad to be able to join Pastor Bunthol and his people during their afternoon service last December 8.

And they were added unto the church....

We are very glad for the baptism of 11 young people.  Some of these are from our Power of Grace Children’s Home and the others are from our neighborhood.  These are young people that Sis. Gina Ilagor and the youth group of our church have been trying to reach for quite some time now. Please help pray that these young people will continue to grow in their knowledge and relationship with the Lord and that they will become strong testimonies for the Lord Jesus Christ!