Hey there all. Hope you all survived the December
holidays down in the south for SA and Namibian people as well as around the
globe. Here in Cambodia we are in the cool season and really enjoy the days
that is not so hot. Love this time of the year.
We are blessed with good friends visiting. First David
and Seok Wah Yeoh and their family came to visit us. They are Malaysians that
we know for donkey years and currently living in Australia. It was fun hanging
out with them as well as with sister Angela and Argie as well as Junmar and
Indin on a trip to Beng Melea Temple. God is good to preserve our relationships
for all these years.
Just today our beloved friend Katy Dyer cane to
visit with a good friend. We surely miss the rest of the family but having Katy
here makes our up for the rest. We treasure our friendship dearly. We realize
that God put certain people over our path in order to love and be family when
our families are far away. Truly God will give us new families, friends when we
leave home.
Please pray for my friend Deon Botha. He will go to
the doctor tomorrow in order to work out how he can eat better. Please pray
that they can sort out his problems with eating. He also need to go regular now
for CT-scans to monitor all the effected parts in his body. Lets pray for
healing in Jesus name. .
We also want to include some of the monthly report
Twans gives in for the NGO. Please note that in this report we don’t include
Christian activities as this is separate from the NGO, but this will give you
an idea of what Twans is doing every day.
Making a Difference this Christmas
December is always the busiest month of the year,
with teams visiting and Christmas celebrations. The students and teacher
already started preparations in October and we had lots of fun planning,
practicing and making decorations. The students had to prepare a song
presentation and we practiced every Friday since October. Some of the students
mentioned how they really enjoyed singing in a group. The boys were shy and
reluctant at first but started to enjoy singing and grew more confident. We had
great discussions in class on how to make a difference in our communities as
well in our own thought processes. One of our students brought some extra
school materials to class the other day and offered to give it to a students
who needs it, because he received it as a gift and he wants to share with
others.
During making
all the decorations themselves, one student commented and said why don’t we
just buy some decorations. Toinette asked which had more meaning, buying or
making something beautiful yourself from recycled materials. Each student had
to bring a piece of bamboo from how to make our Christmas tree, a symbol of how
each one of them is important.
We had our Christmas Celebration on the 10th. We
were privileged to have Madam Angela and her family with us as well.
Our guest
speaker, Miss Abigail from Philippines shared on how each one of us can make a
difference wherever we are with practical examples like being friendly, sharing
and serving. She presented her message with a power point presentation which
held the students’ attention.
Two of our Gr 11 students, Sakhav and Sengheang did
a great job as MC’s for the day. They had to write a script of what each will
say during the program and then practice it. We hope to train the students in
this area so they will be comfortable with speaking in public and over a
microphone.
They were eager and exited to join in the exchange
gift and it was touching to see how some of them, who barely have enough to eat
themselves, have put effort into bringing a gift for someone else. The students
had fun during the games and we thank Bong Davy for preparing delicious Khmer
Noodles for us for a snack.
We want to also thank Acts KRS for the Christmas
Gift to each of the students. They each received a good quality water bottle
and it was great seeing how so many of them are now using it every day when
cycling to school.
'And everyone who has left houses or
brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my
sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. '
Matthew 19:29
Love
Rossouw-clan
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