MII around the Country
Greetings to one and All,
Finally a spare moment and a hotel in Cambodia that has Internet. Wednesday, July 8, 2009 the team arrived safely into the city of Battambang. Which I found out from Pastor Setan means "lost stick" We arrived around 9:00am (10:00pm est) and were not able to check in yet because the guest staying in our rooms had not checked out yet. That is all good though. We all got back into the vans and headed to a rice distribution at Pastor Chanta's church. Also at Pastor Chanta's church we handed out 30 school uniforms to children and we handed our bibles in Khmer to kids that were living at the church.
Pastor Chanta's is among several pastors that are apart of an organization called CCEA (Cambodia Christian Evangelical Alliance). It is an organization of all the christian pastors and churches throughout Cambodia, Transform Asia is a member of CCEA.
We then traveled to the Trade School of Transform Asia for lunch. Just a regular lunch: rice, soup, cooked vegetables, and beef. After lunch while waiting to get back to the hotel, many team members bought gifts made by the people at the trade school. Trust me if you get one, it will be amazing quality and you will thoroughly enjoy it.
After arriving back at the hotel at around 1:30pm (2:30am est) we had just enough time to check-in and put our bags in the room before the baptisms. There were about 30 people that were baptized by Jim McCandliss, John Clark, and Pastor Chanta (Director of CCEA). It was a beautiful sight to see these Cambodians decide to let go of their old live and become new in Jesus. One of the greatest moments of our trip so far.
We left right after the baptism for another CCEA pastor's church, Pastor Kosal. We handed out 5 tons of rice to people in need. We also gave each person receiving rice a bag of salt and biblical tracks in their native language, Khmer. We did not have a medical clinic, but we did present Pastor Kosal and Chanta with medicine. Regina Clark explained how to use it and Pastor Setan translated for them.
We left Pastor Kosal's chruch for a Youth Rally at the Trade School. Proverb, Melanie, Daud, MII Band, and NewSong all got the youth pumped up. With Proverb rapping, Melanie and Daud getting the crowd and our team dancing. No one worried about it being hot or sweaty. we were all having fun. I even think the youth were sad to go. Who isn't sad to have to leave such a fun and energetic time singing about our Lord and Savior.
Thank you for all your prayer. Please continue to pray for Cambodia and the people in Cambodia. They are truly in need of God. Have a blessed day and God Bless every single one of you
Finally a spare moment and a hotel in Cambodia that has Internet. Wednesday, July 8, 2009 the team arrived safely into the city of Battambang. Which I found out from Pastor Setan means "lost stick" We arrived around 9:00am (10:00pm est) and were not able to check in yet because the guest staying in our rooms had not checked out yet. That is all good though. We all got back into the vans and headed to a rice distribution at Pastor Chanta's church. Also at Pastor Chanta's church we handed out 30 school uniforms to children and we handed our bibles in Khmer to kids that were living at the church.
Pastor Chanta's is among several pastors that are apart of an organization called CCEA (Cambodia Christian Evangelical Alliance). It is an organization of all the christian pastors and churches throughout Cambodia, Transform Asia is a member of CCEA.
We then traveled to the Trade School of Transform Asia for lunch. Just a regular lunch: rice, soup, cooked vegetables, and beef. After lunch while waiting to get back to the hotel, many team members bought gifts made by the people at the trade school. Trust me if you get one, it will be amazing quality and you will thoroughly enjoy it.
After arriving back at the hotel at around 1:30pm (2:30am est) we had just enough time to check-in and put our bags in the room before the baptisms. There were about 30 people that were baptized by Jim McCandliss, John Clark, and Pastor Chanta (Director of CCEA). It was a beautiful sight to see these Cambodians decide to let go of their old live and become new in Jesus. One of the greatest moments of our trip so far.
We left right after the baptism for another CCEA pastor's church, Pastor Kosal. We handed out 5 tons of rice to people in need. We also gave each person receiving rice a bag of salt and biblical tracks in their native language, Khmer. We did not have a medical clinic, but we did present Pastor Kosal and Chanta with medicine. Regina Clark explained how to use it and Pastor Setan translated for them.
We left Pastor Kosal's chruch for a Youth Rally at the Trade School. Proverb, Melanie, Daud, MII Band, and NewSong all got the youth pumped up. With Proverb rapping, Melanie and Daud getting the crowd and our team dancing. No one worried about it being hot or sweaty. we were all having fun. I even think the youth were sad to go. Who isn't sad to have to leave such a fun and energetic time singing about our Lord and Savior.
Thank you for all your prayer. Please continue to pray for Cambodia and the people in Cambodia. They are truly in need of God. Have a blessed day and God Bless every single one of you
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