Reporting here from the East. Not much is happening or
if it happens it is slow. We are not on an official lockdown yet but it can
happen anytime. It just depends on how many new cases of the virus we get or if
things turn south. The biggest test will be in the following week when it is
Khmer New Year. The government did not call it off but rather urge the people
not to have big parties and gatherings in any form. With thousands of Khmer people
that came from Thailand, the country is gearing towards their biggest holiday
in the year. Please pray that people will behave in order for the government not
to implement the Emergency lockdown.
With Easter coming and being in a country where Easter
is not well celebrated in the churches due to the Khmer New year, it feels like
Easter is postponed this year. We need to make a real effort to listen to
church online and hope to celebrate this Sunday. It is so easy to just let it
go due to the virus epidemic, but like the Khmer New Year is the biggest
celebrations for locals, so Easter need to be the biggest celebration for us
Christians. According to Wikipedia, there are several countries that celebrate
New Year around the middle of April. Here is will be on the 13th of April.
People are staying home or the ones that can afford
it. It is hard for poor people to stop working due to finances. Lots of
people are without work right now as most of the businesses are closed. I was
worried about Apo and his family because the people do not like it if we as foreigners
go into the village at this time. He came to check on us and I was so happy to
see him so I can give him meds for Apo. The Lord is helping out. Products in the markets are expensive and
people do not buy that much so much go to waste. We are canning mangoes and
carrots and what else we can find of the leftovers in the market. Great time to
stock up on things you can keep.
We have great times with the boys as we are currently
painting their room and they can help too. Good time to do something together
and we treasure times like this. Toinette started with 3 online courses and she
is a busy girl.
I just received news from a friend back in Namibia.
After the drought, they had such good rain and the grass was growing very well.
Just this week they got a severe storm and the rain was so hard that it blew
the grass down. Now, for you that do not know Namibia. We have tall grass that
stands up pretty high with seeds. We do not have grass on the ground. So if this
grass falls down or breaks it dies and then you have nothing left. So, please
pray that this grass will stand up again and grow, otherwise another drought
would be imminent. My friend asks us to pray over:
Ezekiel 37:4-6.
Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these
bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: “Surely
I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon
you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you
shall know that I am the LORD.”
Some news from Cambodia
As of yesterday, the Kingdom has recorded 114 COVID-19
cases, including 49 Cambodians, 40 French, 13 Malaysians, five Britons, two
Americans, two Indonesians, one Canadian, one Belgian, and one Chinese. Of
them, 50 have been cured. No new cases were reported on Saturday and yesterday.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50709981/national-assembly-to-meet-soon-on-draft-emergency-law/
Thank you very much for praying for us. May God give
your patience and hope at this time.
Love
Rossouw-clan
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