Dear family and friends,
Were encouraged today being reminded of the 2 Emmaus
travelers. They were talking about all that happened, confused and discouraged.
Then after their encounter with Jesus, their hearts stirred, they quickly
returned to Jerusalem, full of confidence and joy, telling others of their
encounter with Jesus. “…..carried away from the hub of religious activity to a
personal encounter with Jesus… and then back to Jerusalem, to the very
community where it all began (Ruth Barton).
In this time we
try to encourage and support our family in Cambodia. Keeping in touch through
phone and giving a bit of financial support to those we know don’t have any
income right now. Please pray for my friends that help me
that has it a bit difficult. Fresh produce in the countryside is very
expensive. Pray for Heang, Samai and John, and their families. Our helper was wondering why we are at peace
and not panicking and asked us to pray for her for the first time. Twans and
the FGC staff are catching up on office work and were doing some training on
classroom management and lesson planning.
At the
beginning of this month Twans also traveled up north together with her friend,
Petra to do teaching on Women’s Health during pregnancy and childbirth with a
group of women from an Asian Outreach Cambodia project. They were a lovely
special group of women who wants to learn more. It was a privilege to share
with them and AOC.
Let’s pray for one another, not just saying we are
praying but really doing it. Please pray for Toinette’s brother, Quintin, who
is in the hospital with pneumonia and tested for covid-19. They are still waiting
for the results.
We are making an effort to spend more time together
and are thrilled to eat lunches at the table that never happens due to Anton
being in school. Now that he is doing online school we are home and it makes
this an occasion. We are still able to go for walks with the dogs, not sure how
long that will be, but it’s good for keeping your sanity, just need to sit in
our old crocodile pond afterward to cool down. (no crocodiles anymore) It is a
good time to clean our house and throw stuff out which have been with us
forever and we never used it. I am getting better every day making new picture
frames and enjoy this time.
Interesting read: Post by Christopher.Schoenbom
Illness effigies are popping up everywhere in the
Cambodian countryside. Eerie and fascinating. They’re meant to fool the spirits
into making the effigy sick instead of the household. With a virus spreading
across the world, people in the countryside each craft their own rendition of a
“death crow”, as my good friend calls them. Each one is more fascinating than the
next. These local creations caught my eye. I thought I'd share. Chreav is a
beautiful town just south of SR.
Some news from Cambodia:
Prime Minister Hun Sen said today that the government
will convene a special meeting to work on a state of emergency draft on Friday
before forwarding it to the National Assembly. In a press conference in Phnom
Penh this morning, Mr Hun Sen said that the government needs a law on a state
of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Even though our situation has not yet needed the
country to be placed in a state of emergency, we need to prepare it as we
cannot downplay it,” he added. “I would like to call on our people not to be
worried too much about this law [state of emergency]. We still prioritise our
people’ rights.”
Mr Hun Sen reiterated that the government will not
close the markets, restaurants and small shops amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50707529/government-to-approve-a-state-of-emergency-draft-on-friday/
The Ministry of Health has this morning said that a
female aged 36 from Poipet has been tested positive on Saturday, 28 March 2020.This
brings Cambodia’s total to 103 infected, of whom 43 are Cambodians, 36 French,
12 Malaysians, 5 British, 2 Americans, 2 Indonesian, one Canadian, one Belgian,
and one Chinese.
The number cured has also risen to 21 out of whom are
16 Cambodians, three British, one Chinese, and one French. Thus far, Cambodia’s
recovery rate has been stated to be good with no deaths thus far, giving
optimism to those infected as well as front line health officials treating
patients. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50706960/covid-19-cases-rise-to-103-in-cambodia-with-new-patient-at-poipet/
Thank you very much for your prayers. We pray that
your lockdowns will be without any incidents. We pray for sanity with kids at
home, tell me about it.
Love
Rossouw-clan
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