Church
Planting Ministry:
Tropang
Tem
About a month ago, we bought a
piece of land for Tropang Tem church. The land was once a minefield,
about 500 mines were discovered, now God had
given us this land. During the clearing of the land we also found an unexploded
RPG rocket. We hope there is no more mine or unexploded grenade in the land.
To
generate income for this church, we are also planning to plant some fruit trees
and vegetables. Right now we are planting corns and other types of vegetable to
test the soil to find out what kind of plant would be suitable for this land.
Please pray with us that we will have enough money to build fence around the
land. We are also in need of a well.
Because it is located nearer to the last
stronghold of Khmer Rouge, Tropang Tem Village was under Khmer Rouge control
until 1998. Many of the villagers are former Khmer Rouge soldiers. The commune
chief was a Khmer Rouge commander. God had led us to this village for a 
purpose.
I only found out recently that there is so much hatred among these people. The old villagers do not like those who had
just moved in to this village. One of the villagers told us that only now that
they are able to talk to each other. Now the old villagers and the new comers are able to sit together to worship God. God had taken away hatred and brought
unity to this village.
We are planning to build a multipurpose hall
on this land. We hope
to raise about US$7,500.00 for the building. A friend in Singapore had indicated that he
will donate US$2,000.00 for the building. So we are in need of another
US$5,500.00.
Please pray with us that we will have enough funds for the
building. We want to thank our friend, Mr. Larry Wong
of Faith Methodist Church Singapore for donating the funds to purchase this
piece of land.
Pathway
Fellowship
After the Khmer New Year in April, our Sunday
school had shrunk.
Most of the kids are busy helping their
parents at
home.
The government is
relocating people living along the Siem Reap River to another place. So those
who are living along the river are preparing to be relocated. Many of Pathway
members are also affected. We do not
know yet whether they will be relocated to the same area. So we are now preparing
to start another church where our people will be moving to. Although it is
affecting our church but there is new opportunity for new ministry. So please
keep these people in prayers.
We
want to celebrate and give thanks
to God with Theara, one of our youth. He is
going to university this year. Theara is
from a poor family in the slum area. He was given a full scholarship by the
Lioness Club to study tourism in one of the biggest university in Siem Reap. His
whole family is happy. Theara is very active in ministry. He goes with us every
Saturday to the villages to help teaching English and also leading worship.
Please pray for him that he will do well in his studies.
Mustard Seed School
The ground floor building of the Mustard Seed
School is completed. We praise God for this great blessing. We had dedication
service of the new building in March this year. Now the building is ready for
classes. We would like to express our thanks to the Lioness of Singapore for
donating the funds for the construction. During the opening of the new building
the Lioness Club has also given 10 scholarships to the needy students.
Students, parents and
our teachers are so happy with this new building. Students can
play happily and
safely in school compound
as it is big enough for them to run around.
As numbers of students keep growing, we are
planning to build two more floors up. We pray and trust that our Father in
Heaven will provide what is needed for the second phase building.
The Mustard Seed School plays very important
role in reaching out to the students, their parents and teachers. Two of our
teachers and a youth were baptized two weeks ago. Another 10 youth will be
baptized in the next few months, after they
had finished their baptism class.
It is our prayer
and hope that many more of students will
come to Christ.
Needy
Students:
The Mustard Seed School is located among the poor communities. Many parents are not able to pay full fee and some are not able to pay at all. This year, 35 students are in need of scholarship for their studies. So far we managed to raise fund for 13 students. We are in need of scholarship for 22 more students.
Prayer
Requests:
1.
Pray for all our
teachers and staffs for wisdom and commitment.
2.
Please pray for
all our students and their parents that they will open their hearts to accept
Christ as Lord and Saviour.
3.
Please pray for
our discipleship program for the village churches.
4.
As this is a
raining season we are facing difficulties in our trips to the villages. Please
pray for our need of transportation.
5.
We are planning
to construct the second phase of the Mustard Seed School building, please pray
with us that we will be able to raise enough funds for the construction.
