We are starting to make ready for “Winter “ in Cambodia.
Yip you read right, it gets cooler here over this time of the year. All the
leaves are falling down and even in the jungle the trees shed their leaves and
it looks like Autumn around here. The mango trees get new leaves after dropping
all their old leaves. Do not be afraid, it is still blistering hot as we know
this place.
Made a quick trip out to Kampong Tom and did an
outreach to the people I love so much. One patient has a very high Bp and now
struggles with swollen legs due to heart failure, such a young man that
struggles with a serious illness like that. Please pray that he will get
healed. One thing is for sure and that is, if you visit a place regularly, you
do not encounter lots of illnesses anymore. The church in Kabal Domrey is still
under construction but they are doing a real great job with it.
Riding back I saw a lot of children monks, walking
along the road in pairs. It strikes me that we are against such a strong
religion that everybody love so much and that is here already for centuries.
People love sending their small kids to the Temple in order to become a monk in
order to receive a blessing or to “do the right thing”. Here we are and try to
teach them otherwise with a foreign religion and try to encourage them to
follow Jesus. We have an indeed a huge task in front of us. The odds are
totally against us, but God is working in people’s hearts, believe me. Pray
with us for Cambodia. It is time that we as “workers “stand together and help
each other to accomplish this task. They say there are 2% Christians here, but
like a friends said, about 1% of that is in Phnom Pehn. We cannot but think
that we never will make it, but that’s not how it work. We need to work as hard
as we can to accomplish this goal.
Please pray with us for Anton’s school, Hope
International school. Talking to a friend. he highlight the fact that it’s a Christian
school in Cambodia, which need to be a Mission rather than a business. Breaking
open the realm of darkness through education need to be the focus for them.
Pray for the leaders in Hope. Pray that this school and other Christian schools
in Cambodia will realise the impact the can have on local people through
education. Pray for teachers as we are short of that as well as more students. For
more info go to their webpage: http://www.hope.edu.kh/
Continue to pray for Fe.
FINALLY, IT'S DONE!
I had my last shot of chemo(22nd cycle),
my last of Herceptin yesterday. Can't believe that I have come this far... with
all my fears, uncertainties, anxieties and doubts at the beginning. God's GRACE
and all your love and care in many ways spell a big difference.It has pushed me
to the end of the race. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
What then after this?
- MEDICATION :I have my take home
Hormonal theraphy meds...and FOLLOW UPS ( breast Mammogram, Ultrasound,
sonogram ) will be on March 2019...this is to check if there are traces of
cancer cells left.
- Enjoy this new life with Jesus! My
Oncologist said, I can travel... Work ...if I want but with strick reminder
KNOW WHEN TO REST.(my Doctor knows me well... To Joms @ Jo Marie Loberiza.😊thanks)
- MISSIONS? We won't be back to Cambodia
for long term stay yet. We believe that God had brought us to a new season of
ministry... MOBILIZATION and MISSION care. We are willing to go for short
trips... Lead teams for exposures and plus tour? Go for specific organized
events/ trainings ? Mission Care to our re- entrying Missionaries. We hope to
share our experiences to them in order to help them settle back to their
respective home base.
- FAMILY? We are focusing to investing
more time with our boys while we can. Praying we will have financial support to
sustain us. I'm into a new business career as Financial Advisor of Sunlife
Grepa Financial, an Insurance Company and an accredited Broker of SMDC ... BDO
and CHINA Bank for loan referrals . So, hope to start doing more business
presentations.(appreciate if you can refer me to friends or companies...great
help).Noel is praying to land on a teaching job too.
Dear Friends... Yes, there are troubles
in this world but take heart we will overcome! Jesus has won it all, at the
Cross!
Will you message us how we could
reciprocate your goodness and kindness to us? God bless you!
Please pray for little Dehan de Wet (2) He got
bitten by a very poisonous Zebra snake, on his eye. Currently he is in hospital
in Windhoek and they are fighting for his life as he is so small. He is not
doing good but we pray that they Lord will safe this little boy.
The bite of the zebra snake, Naja
nigricincta nigricincta, has always been a problem in Namibia. This snake is
very common in the country, and appears to be attracted to and do well in
populated areas, both urban and rural. It is quick to bite, and unlike that of
most cobras, its venom is highly cytotoxic. However, the polyvalent antivenom
that is available, is ineffective in the treatment of a zebra snake bite. The
current recommended medical treatment is radical excision around the site of
the bite, of which severe disfigurement and amputation is a common outcome. If
venom finds its way into the bloodstream, even more problems, including
systemic ones, arise. The overall treatment can be expensive, often extending
for over a year, especially if initial treatment was too conservative.
http://www.travelnewsnamibia.com/stories/featured-stories/the-zebra-snake-antivenom-project/
My friend Deon Botha went to the doctor and he
assure him that he is doing well. Due to the very big operation he needs to
rest and get healed from within. Pray for him to rest, that can be difficult,
guys like us cannot lie around and “rest”, we are used to work and be busy.
Pray for Sonja as she helps him at home.
Mordegai’s mum is back in the hospital due to her
heart. My sister say that its going up and down but we believe that she will be
out and about, soon. Like I know my mum, she cannot sit still and lay in a bed
to long.
I am leaving for Phnom Pehn again this afternoon to
sort out our visas. Mordegai’s visa is denied as the government do not allow us
to be volunteers anymore without a work permit. Fair, but we did not know the
changes. So I will submit new papers and go from there. Pray for FGC Community
Link as they also need to renew their Mission of Understanding with the government
and that is a mission by itself.
Yea I know this verse is an old one, but it’s so
true.
He told them, “The harvest is plentiful,
but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out
workers into his harvest field. Luke 10:2
Love
Rossouw-clan
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