Dear friends and supporters,
Merry Christmas!
Greeting from Siem Reap Cambodia! May this Christmas brings you and your family joy and peace!
It has been a long while since our last post. We thank God for His goodness and blessing.
This year mark the 7th year of church planting and discipleship ministry in Svay Leo district, Siem Reap province. We praise God for what He has done. We thank our friends and supporters for your faithful support to the work in this area. The ministry has grown in strength and in number.
The highlight for the last few years are the two new ministries;
1. Students Dormitory (two dorms, one for university students in Siem Reap town and one in Svay Leo town for high school students)
2. The youth soccer ministry (3 teams; girls team, boy under 16 years old team and boy under 22 years old team)
The two new ministries are outreach tools to reach out to the youth in Siem Reap area as well as the Svay Leo district town area.
We thank God for our three new full time and two part time staffs, Pastor Sok Mathay, Mr. Meoun Da and Teacher Rachana (full time), Pastor Phoun Srey Tieng and Ms. Sokeen (part time). We also thank God for our other team members who work tirelessly among the youth, the students and the villagers.
The university students who are staying at the dormitory in Siem Reap come from one of our village churches, Pathway Tropang Tem Village. They are sponsored by friends from Singapore to go to university in Siem Reap. Some of them are in their first year English Literature Degree program, others in their second year Administration and Management Degree program.
The high school students dorm are from the villages where we have outreach ministry. Girls normally drop off from school either when they finished secondary school or primary school. The parents will not let them go to high school unless there is a safe place for them to stay. The high school dorm provides a safe place to the girls students so that they can continue to completing high school and eventually continue to university.
Thank you for your prayer, support and encouragement. We look forward to another fruitful and blessed year ahead.
May God bless you!
