Whatever Lord : Monday night prayers 10 Feb.2020

Sitting next to a child and I could smell her sickness is not a good thing. She just looked ill and miserable, as she had an ear infection and nose infection that literally stinks…How can we not but help her to get on track again? I was with Samai deep into Ratanakiri down the Sesan River, helping a Laos/Bro tribal church. Samai started working there when there was not even a road to go inside and made some friends with the people that he love so much. Today there is a good road and lots of farmers around. The people are sooo small in stature but they are sooo friendly. Working here in the remote areas of Cambodia makes me feel myself.

We visited my favorite Leprosy anti and it was good to have Samai there that could translate for me as she is a Kring tribal anti. She said that her children already made a hole for her so she can just get into it as she has so much pain that she cannot stand it. Because of the cold in the nights, it is really cold, she sat so close to the fire that she burned her good leg and she fell down and hurt her hand, what is left of it. Not doing well but she had some time to laugh a bit as I cleaned her wounds. Such a sad sake of affairs. You can just wonder why Health people do not care about someone like that and rather look the other way. She had been advised to go to Phnom Pehn but tribal people do not move around and they just left her there in the Cashew nut plantation. My prayer is that the Lord needs to come and take her away. Samai will come and visit her more often as he is in Ratanakiri on a regular basis.

Please pray with us for my outreaches into the remote areas of Kampong Tom. The Department of Health came to my friends Rithy and John and asked about our work. It’s all good but we just need to go and communicate better with each other. I am aware of some of their programs and as long as I follow the rules, I would be ok. Please pray for a meeting with the Head of the Department and an open door to communicate with them in a good way. We are not here to make trouble and want to work in harmony with the local government. As Christians, we need to be an example to them.

Seeing in the news today that the people are now fearful again for the Coronavirus as the people that left for China are returning to Cambodia. All around us, flights are getting delayed but Cambodia is not turning anybody away that wants to come and visit. So we are not sure how many people already have the virus, which can be many but we believe that God is our healer and protector. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50689046/coronavirus-outbreak-in-singapore-causes-panic-buying-lessons-for-cambodia?fbclid=IwAR0OL36IvcND8ArWadhakezWZfzq9G1qOVOq6JHla-Eh3zgzzarRxeWuv-M

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50689510/is-the-novel-coronavirus-peaking

I hear from my brother that Annerina’s Chemo is finished and she just needs to take some medications. She is suffering a bit from the after-effects but she is in good spirits. His business is effected big time as he only works with Chinese pilots and some of them cannot return to China or cannot come out.

Pray with us for the Chinese people. We are making jokes about them all the time but we can pray for them as this virus really affects their normal daily life. With a government that keeps a tight lid on everything, it cannot be easy to be in their shoes at this time.

Please pray for our dear missionary friends Curtis and Brea. Her due date is the 12^th and Toinette needs to go down to help her. Pray for safety for the baby as well as mum.

It is now almost 3 weeks and we did not hear anything about our New Zealand visas. I am not so sure we will be able to go as this virus is affecting everything and everyone. I need to know soon as I need to apply for my local visa again.

Please keep the South of Namibia in your prayers as they still need plenty of rain. The drought is really bad and animals are still dying because of no food. Some areas received some real good rain but the dams still need lots of water.