Just this morning I was reminded about the grace of
God. I was busy fixing my bike and had to use the big angle grinder to cut
something off. The blade hooked and broke and cut into my wrist. Lots of blood
but luckily not to deep and after 4 stitches, I was back on track again. Accidents
happen so quickly that we cannot predict when. It is so true that we will not
know what the day of tomorrow hold for us. We need to be prepared today as if it’s
the last day on earth.
For a while now we are trying to get a small building
off the ground in a new village but God has different plans for us. Sad to say
we have to put this on ice but we will continue to reach out to the people and
build more relationships with them in the future. They are looking forward to
us coming with medicines and they love the care they get. We can see that the
Temple, about 20km away, got involved and the village brought 20 children to be
monks in the temple. We cannot interfere with that as it’s their choice but it’s
sad that they do not worry about schooling for their kids. In the next town my
friend confirm the same scenario as he also say that people these days rather
see if they have money and not looking towards education. Pray with us that we
can make an impact in communities to try and teach them the importance of their
children’s education.
It was such a privilege to it and watches Curtis,
talking to the people about the Lord. They really love him as his gift is to
tell people about our Lord, in their own language. While I am doing some
medical he will always get involved in spending time with someone and ask about
their wellbeing and believes. Off course we got stopped right as we entered the
jungle by Jungle police. We made friends and could also share some meds with
them. Pray as we encounter more and more people, asking questions about what we
are doing. Just because we are foreigners do not give us the freedom to move
around without permission and we strive to keep a peaceful approach and keep
everyone happy. We must remind ourselves that we are representing our Lord in
any circumstance and we are being watched.
Please pray for an older lady in Rum Jopon that got
bitten by a snake. Her finger is not doing well and it was good to clean and left
her with meds, but its better I will be there again in a week’s time to see how
she is doing.
Our trip into the jungle was not without trouble. The
bike broke down as the roads are terrible to say the least. As always the guys
travelling on bikes stopped and helps and sure enough one of them even got a
bearing to save me from walking out. God even provide in the small things. The brother
hood amongst bike riders are coming to its full in situations like this. Just
love it. Mud and water was a real understatement. We swam most of the time.
Please continue to pray for the following people.
Quintin will hear about his test tomorrow. Please
pray for the ongoing nerve wrecking wait and patience to endure in these hard
times. Pray that his faith will even become stronger in this time.
My friend Deon in SA is asking to pray for our
beloved country South Africa. Pray for tolerance and peace in a very unsettling
time as politics are at an all-time low right now. Pray also for him as he needs
to have strength every day to finish his work with more infections in his throat
Continue to pray for Fe. We are looking forward to
have them here in a few weeks.
Please pray for Randy and Crystal Odom and small
Noel.
SURGERY RESCHEDULED! Please keep Noel in
prayer tomorrow (Monday) as he has his ear surgery. The operation is scheduled
for 9am (11pm Cambodia time) at Mission Bay Benioff Children’s Hospital in San
Francisco. We’ll be up and out of the house at 5am to beat the Monday morning
commute traffic on the Bay Bridge. Appreciate your prayers and thoughts for our
little guy!
Listening to our friend in church last night it was
so nice to hear how we need to sacrifice ourselves up for the Lord. Reading
Romans 12 from the Message is just so much better to understand. Here is just some of it, please go and read
all of it.
1-2 So here’s what I want you to do, God
helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating,
going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering.
Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t
become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even
thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside
out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it.
Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of
immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in
you.
6-8 If you preach, just preach God’s
Message, nothing else; if you help, just help, don’t take over; if you teach,
stick to your teaching; if you give encouraging guidance, be careful that you
don’t get bossy; if you’re put in charge, don’t manipulate; if you’re called to
give aid to people in distress, keep your eyes open and be quick to respond; if
you work with the disadvantaged, don’t let yourself get irritated with them or
depressed by them. Keep a smile on your face.
Let us go out this week and practice Romans 12.
Love
Rossouw-clan
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