Just came back from the airport and a bit sad to let
Suzaan go home again, but we know that the Lord is with her and that she will
be ok. Pray for her as she will start a new job soon. We had a great time
visiting together. We could visit with some friends in church yesterday and
shared about our work in Cambodia. We are looking forward to this week a we
will visit with friends and sponsors. We also had to opportunity to visit my
friend Stefan on his game farm, great times. My brother from SA came and visit
us and it was nice to catch up with him.
Continue to pray for our friend Fe in the
Philippines:
FAITH UPDATE: June 24... My surgeon has
sent me a message on my birthday that the Lord wants me to just enjoy my
special day first and not to think of the result yet...it will be released on
Tuesday,27 June 2017.
PRAISES...I was truly surprised and
blessed by a party / prayer fellowship prepared by my wonderful Spiritual
family led by Slochin Gragas ... Asian Center for Missions ( ACM)with some
friends from CBN Asia and my personal friends / family who are in Manila. Of
course missing my families in Iloilo / Tibiao and in Cambodia as well but I
know that they were with us in the spirit at that time.
More blessings to you all for making me
feel loved by the Lord!I want to give glory to God!
Some news from our dear friend Jacob and Carmen in
Tanzania.
Carmen wrote up a blog post about her
experience today at a market on the blog. GeymanSteps.blogspot.com
Please be praying for us as we have much
to do in the next 10 days before SIL conference week. In addition to wrapping
things up in Dar Es Salaam, we need to pack and prepare for a week-long
training event in the United Kingdom with MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship).
While I am in the UK, Carmen will be moving to Arusha with all four children.
Currently, we are waiting for results on
two aviation exams which I took last week. Please pray for a passing score.
Very nice story from Gordon in Ratanakiri.
Story of one Prodigal
Gaaw turned up at church one Sunday
morning. We had not seen or heard from him for a long time. He told us his
story: “God must really love me a lot. Everything I have done since getting
married has been a failure. If I had been successful and made a lot of money, I
would be able to buy a new motorbike (like all my friends). Then I would have
forgotten God”. Gaaw’s story is typical of many young people who start the race
well, full of devotion for Jesus. Then they get married and disappear from the
radar. In his first 3 years as a Christian, Gaaw was discipling young people in
his village, leading a house fellowship and frequently visiting other villages
to encourage the Christians. Then he fell in love with a beautiful girl who was
not a Christian. They got married soon after. Gaaw said he knew in his heart
that it was wrong and his walk with the Lord would suffer. He worked hard to be
a good bread winner for the family. But his life drifted further and further
from the Lord. Over the next 3 years, everything he did fell in a heap: his
cassava crop was decimated by drought; his soybean crop washed away in the
rain; his piglets all died; cows ate the newly harvested crops. Eventually
Gaaw’s wife said “I think your God is missing you. You need to turn back to
him”. “She was right” says Gaaw. “God really does love me. He wants my heart.
He wants to spend time with me. He wants me to honour Him with my crops. I
count it a blessing that everything has failed for me over the last 3 years”.
It’s a joy to see Gaaw coming back – hungry for the word – hungry for the Lord.
When we turn our backs on the Lord, there are consequences (baggage and
wounds). The Lord is pouring out his healing balm. Please pray that there will
be many prodigals return (Isaiah 60:4-5). Pray for Gaaw’s wife.
Thank you for praying for us as we just use our time
to relax and charge our batteries.
Love
Rossouw-clan
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