Serving Asia and the Middle East through engineering design and discipleship.

Gambles Newsletter                                    07/14/22                               Volume 7, Issue 5 serving Asia and the Middle East through engineering design and discipleship Chad helped get this office off to a great start! Pix 1.  We are learning the states of India.  Starbucks gift card to the first person who can name the Indian state with the highest Christian population. 2.  Bike the Buttes - this time Shanthi joined in the fun!  However, towards the end, Chad came down with covid and then shared that fun with Shanthi as well. ;) 3.  We joined a couple of friends for some mountain hikes in the Rockies!  This particular hike stared at 11,100' and climbed up 1000' over a 4.4 mile out and back past 3 lakes.  There was still a little bit of snow on the trail. 4. On the way back from Colorado, we realized that only 30 minutes off our path we could visit Arches National Park, so we did.  And it was phenomenal!  10 out of 10 would recommend! 5. Apparently, we are trying to cram as many outdoor activities in as possible and so we biked around Lake Tahoe earlier this week as well.  Chad's training for a half iron man that he's attempting August 7th. Long term impact   The Prodigal returns We had a wonderful intern stay with us in Cambodia in 2019. He recently called, very excitedly, to share a recent experience.  While talking with a depressed young college student from South East Asia he remembered his cultural training upon arriving in Cambodia.   During this training he was told of the importance of an "Honor/Shame" culture, like Cambodia and much of South East Asia.  In this culture, your acts bring either shame or honor upon your parents, extended family and even the local village.  If you are feeling that shame, there can be very little hope of a quick turnaround and the world can get very dark, very quickly.  This particular young lady felt like she had so much shame that she couldn't face her family any longer.  She didn't know what to do.  In the training, this intern learned how Jesus taught about the honor that was bestowed upon the prodigal son in Luke 15.  You can read more about this story and how it relates to honor shame cultures here.  This former intern used his training to share how God removes our shame and can give us a place of honor with Him and restore us to our family.  The young lady broke down in tears and received hope in that moment!  If it wasn't for his internship in Cambodia and the training that he received, he said that he would have had no idea how to respond to this young lady.  Thank you for partnering with us so that the world may know about Jesus.   You're going where?!   Speaking of long term impact, Chad's headed to Turkey and Northern Iraq (that "Northern" part is supposed to make you feel safer) in August to meet with people to see where EMI might want to open its next office in Chad's region.  There is already a couple who intend to lead the office, so we won't be doing that.  But we may end up visiting the office in a couple years as it starts up.   Save the Date   We'd love to catch up with you before we head to India.  If you live in the Roseville area, we have an in person event.  If you live too far, we'll have a zoom event.  If you RSVP, we'll make sure to send you the details as we get closer. RSVP for the in person: August 23rd we'll be having dinner at 6 - 8 pm. RSVP for Zoom: August 24th, 6-7 pm Pacific Time We are beginning to wrap up our regular commitments here in the US.  Please pray as we start that process.  We want to say goodbye well. Pray for informative meetings during the August trip and that God would give the team unity about where to establish the new office. Shanthi's Language Lesson    नमस्ते Namaste Namaste means hello and goodbye and is usually accompanied by a bow and putting your hands together.  I find it similar to the Cambodian greeting. Very helpful to avoid the spread of Coronavirus. :)   From Chad's Bookshelf   Chad loves reading and always has a few books in progress.  Here is a quote from his recent reading Peter Kreeft in Letters to an Atheist, "To live in a world created and designed by God, a world that comes from God and leads back to Him and heaven and eternal ecstasy and light - surely that is better, greater, nobler, than to live in a world where we are merely the accidental burp of primordial slime and doomed to return forever to the dirt of the earth from which we just happened to blindly evolve, with no hope of God or heaven!" Facebook Email Give Copyright © 2022 All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Team Gamble 2800 Broken Bit Ln. Rocklin, CA 95765 Add us to your address book unsubscribe    update subscription preferences

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