the baby is growing (2)

this is Yoshiko in June

our baby is growing

this is Yoshiko in May.

While I was in Malaysia I stayed with the parents of my good friend Kevin Lee. They were such a blessing to me. I also got to attend an A.G.A.M.A. (Assemblies of God Asian Missions Association) meeting and hear many wonderful reports of what God is doing through the churches in the surrounding countries. In attendance was also a delegate from a country in the Middle East who shared many testimonies of how God is moving there. Praise God!!! at the meeting I was able to see many of my old friends that I had while living in the Philippines.

In May I went to Malaysia to meet with our missions directors. (Yoshi couldn’t go because it is still not good for her to travel while expecting). It was good to meet them and to give a report of what is happening in Cambodia.

This young man, Ratanak, has a wonderful testimony. He came from a pour family and with no money to send him to school his parents sent him to live in a pagoda (a Buddhist temple). Since the age of 12 he grew up there and his job was to serve the monks who lived there as well. at the same time the monks would teach him how to read and write. Well since the spring of last year he started to go to the church and accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior. Soon after that he and his friend went to an AG youth camp (which was the first time it had been held in Cambodia). While he was at camp he was baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit and his life was completely changed and transformed. He began to get evolved in the music ministry at the church. All during this time he still lived in the pagoda, and received severe persecution from the monks there, (they could tell that he was changed too). Last December he was water baptized and the church offered him a job as a security guard so he was able to leave the pagoda and lived on the church grounds. Right now he is a cell group leader for the church and is fully committed to serving God. Through his life we see a good example of God’s grace and the power to transform a life for His glory.

Pentateuch class

We finished the Pentateuch class in Batambong. It took about 7 weeks to complete. It was a blessing to see how hungry the students were to learn more of God’s word. As each class went on they became more and more excited to study. By the time the class finished we had more people join in than when we started. Praise God!!! God’s word really has power to change lives. On the Sunday before we left, the pastor of the church asked me to speak for the morning service. It was a nice way to finish the class.