We end this week by celebrating Toinette’s 50th
birthday on Saturday. It was a joyful occasion and all the staff of FGC came
and we had a great dinner together with some cake and excellent fellowship.
Officially Toinette is now an “”old lady”” according to the Khmers. She went
this afternoon with the girls to go and do some home visitations. She says that
lots of people say that they do not have any income. Cambodia’s workforce is
affected pretty badly as most big factories closed and big building projects
closed as well. They reckon that it will affect 1.76million people. Our helper
is going to the marker at 2,30am to sell her veggies in order to beat the
middleman for some extra money. People are resilient and need to think outside
the box in order to get food on the table. One thing is for sure and that is
that these Khmer people are lying down and die easy, they work hard and know
how to survive with very little. Good lessons for us as foreigners to learn in
hard times like this.
Yours truly went on a small ride with some friends
in the countryside. Three months of no biking made me real slow and I was so
nervous riding. Finally, I hit a rock with my foot and still it’s swollen and
blue. Tomorrow I will be out to Kampong Tom and into the jungle with my friends
Menuse and Scott. We want to just go and see the people because we are not
allowed to do big gatherings. No church meetings but local churches are going
strong. It seems to me when it involves foreigners they are strict. So we keep to
the rules as we at least can go and visit people. In the process, I will drop
them some needed meds. Pray for safe travels and police to not stop us as they
put in a new law that almost everyone gets caught.
Please pray for the following people:
Ouma Paula, Toinette’s mum, fell down and broke her shoulder.
She is out of the hospital and a big thank you to her sister and daughter that went
down to the coast and will take care of her. They wait to see if her bones will
grow by itself and then maybe they will do an operation. Pray for complete
healing.
Ouma Matra, Mordegai’s mum’s knee is not doing well
and she can barely walk. They need to decide if they will replace it or not.
Owen, my Aussie mate, hit a kangaroo back in OZ, on a
bike and he broke his ankle and hurt his knee and shoulder pretty badly. He is
at home and waits for his ankle to heal.
Please pray for America as they are really on fire at
this stage. Racism seems to top the news ahead of Covid-19. Pray for the police
as well as the protesters to keep calm and not to be violent. America is a
country that is much divided at this stage. Please pray for people to turn to
God instead to listen to politicians.
Thank you very much for praying for us. We love
hearing from your side of the globe.
Love
Rossouw-clan
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