We are
four months into the HOT and DRY season here
 in
Cambodia. There has been no rain since November and
temperatures now are hitting 95 to 100 degrees on a regular
basis.
Enjoy
the cool spring weather if that’s what you have where
you are! Monsoon season will start in June, but April,
the hottest month, lies just ahead.
The church is doing
well here and we have visitors every Sunday. During the
week we have folks in our church conducting
small group Bible studies in the surrounding village and
community. These are going well and producing fruit in
the lives of new believers. Pray for those who have not yet been responsive to the gospel that God’s Holy
Spirit would touch their hearts and convict them of sin.
There are several that are “almost persuaded.”
The new church plant
in Prey Veng is fully underway. Another motorcycle was
purchased to be able to make the journey
to this border province. It is about two hours journey
from here by motorcycle as you head towards the border
with Vietnam. The Buddhist “powers that be” have
issued a government directive prohibiting us from spreading
the gospel outside the walls of the place where the church
meets. This does not slow us down because God opens doors
for us to give out the gospel in many ways and in many
places. Our folks are reaching their family and friends
first and the circle is ever-widening. Our Cambodian brethren
are realizing their duty to be a church that is self-supporting,
self-propagating, and self-governing. They are giving to
the work of church planting each Sunday as they give to
missions. These are poor people, most making less than
$30 a month! Praise the Lord for their willing hearts to
learn and follow God’s plan for the church.
We would like to help
these poor believers have a property of their own for
church. We have found a large property
just two minutes walking distance from our current location.
It has two small houses. It does need an outdoor “tabernacle” type
shelter built under which to hold the church services.
The property costs $35,000. Please pray about this need.
Our lease is expiring at our current location in less than
a year and we need to be prepared to relocate. The “tabernacle” structure
will cost about $5,000 to $10,000 to build. $40,000 to
$45,000 should do the job. Some Christian businessmen are
willing to provide “matching funds” for whatever
amount we raise! If we can raise $22,500, they will match
that with another $22,500. Please pray about this urgent
need!
Thank you for praying and for supporting this work!
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