Ministry Opportunities
@ Logos
Shanthi's finished her first year teaching math at Logos International School. She discovered that one of her students has a talent for baking and hired him to bake several dozen cookies for Christmas. Another couple of her students want to be interior designers. So she hired them to design the inside of our new apartment! Which brings us to some
EXCITING NEWS: We start moving this week! We're downsizing from a 4 bedroom house with 6 people to a 1 bedroom apartment for just the two of us.
Because you give to our ministry, we are able to encourage the future leaders of Cambodia to do what God has gifted them in.
Another form of ministry at Logos is to other teachers. There are many single lady teachers. As we hang out together swimming, cooking, or playing games, there are lots of opportunities to talk about marriage and life with kids as well as living the Christian life.
@ EMI/Petram
As part of Chad's new position, he is supporting the directors that are in the Asia and Middle East offices. Some of the directors are processing major life decisions regarding their future and their families. Through Zoom, Whatsapp and email Chad (and sometimes with Shanthi), we are able to provide encouragement, wisdom and prayer as they walk through these challenges. Without your support, we would not be able to do this.
@ the river
Sunday morning bike rides are wonderful. The traffic is light. The air is cooler. It's quieter. This morning's ride started off like others. We biked to the riverfront, grabbed an iced drink and a danish and sat on a bench talking and watching the river. Suddenly, an elderly lady collapsed as she was walking near us. Shanthi jumped off the bench and went to her. Her teeth looked rotted, her eyes foggy. She started talking in Khmer and we only understood a fraction of what she said. We understood enough. Preah Yesu: Jesus. Amen. Bak jet: sad. We asked if she was ok. What problem did she have? Had she eaten? Where do you sleep? Do you have children? What we finally understood after a child interpreted for us was that she was sad and tired. She hadn't eaten. She sleeps there at the riverfront. She doesn't have any children. Chad went and bought her food for breakfast (noodles and soup and tea) while Shanthi sat with her, rubbing her back and praying. The lady kept "kissing" Shanthi, which was more like sniffing her cheeks than kissing. In the end we helped her sit on the bench and prayed for her. We don't know her name or very many details about her at all. But, because you give financially to our being here, we were able to take a year to learn the Khmer language which enabled us to help this lady. Thank you so much for your generosity. This grandma was encouraged because of your giving.
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