Between dodging mozzies and getting sick, our
household is doing not so bad. Mordegai and the boys have been done with
Chikungunya but poor Toinette got it a few days ago and she is in agony. Now
fevers are gone but she has a lot of joint pain and very weak. Never know that
women work so hard in the kitchen hahaha, some more respect going their way,
between dishes and cooking, I do not get much to do otherwise, naaa not really.
The boys are good at helping and cooking with mum. Our poor helper has her
hands full as her whole family, including her, have Dengue. To show you what a
pest this virus is. Her husband felt great after a week and started working in
the rice field just to end up in the hospital. Rest is the key. Please pray also for
my friend Heang in Thor Piang Rosey. His wife is also sick with the Chi-virus.
It is Anton’s 15th birthday today and we
are amazed that time flew by so fast. Just yesterday he was this little blond
sweetheart and today he is this teenager that does not stand back for anything.
Not much of a celebration but we did the best we could with eating at their
favorite Old Beijing Dumpling House. Mum got herself from the bed and
instructed the boys to cook up a storm for us last night. Amazing what this wonder
woman can do.
Mordegai ignored the sickness and went out with a few
friends into the jungle and gave out some needed meds. So many people in the
jungle right now as it is the rainy season and everyone is planting and cultivating
the land. One of the bikes broke, got it out to the highway and fixed it and
back again, happened a few times with another one as well, but we met a mechanic
in one house and it just so happens that his place was next on the list. Can
you believe it that we got to fix the bike in the middle of the bush? Our poor
bikes got a real beating as the road was really slippery and full of mud and
water, yummy for some and not so for others. We got the bikes out the next day,
mine broke 8km from the highway, luckily Scott gave me a pull to the bus and I
was ok. Adithja’s bike broke on the highway as well and Manoj had to pull it as
well. Shows you how hard these poor things had to work.
It was great to see 2 boys from COH- Children of Hope, with Curtis. Teenagers are up for the challenge and the guys had to ride bikes, O we had good laughs, not that they fell more than yours truly….. We slept over with our good friends, just underneath the mountain and it was like being home. We arrived in the dark and immediately the ladies got up, slaughter a chicken, and prepare food for us. Such hospitality is hard to come by. It was so nice to see Curtis, Scott, and Manoj visit with the uncle and anti and shared God’s love with them. That is why I love bringing these guys with me as they do the side I am not so good in and that is the evangelistic side. Their language is up to key and for me, well, I rather say nothing. God is working in that family’s hearts. https://www.wateroflifecambodia.com/children-of-hope-cpxe
Good news from Ratanakiri. We asked prayer for a small
boy with a swollen eye, that turned out to be cancer, and then he died. The
tribal parents were devastated but my friend from there write to us with this news.
“” Hello,
I hope you and the boys have recovered. The chi fever is hitting Ratanakiri
also. I do have some good news, for you and the couple you had to visit the family
whose boy died of cancer. They have gone to Church twice now and prayed to
believe, and evidently, he sings Christian songs beautifully. They say he is a
more serious Christian than those who have been in church a long time.
Obviously, the Siem Reap hospital trip was a turning point in their lives. Thank
you for your part in this. Of course, both wife and
husband joined the church at the same time.
That was the week after their son died.”” Anne
Schools are starting here tomorrow and it will be a
little of a mess till they sort out the groups of children that can come to
school and get some teaching. We hope they will open Hope School soon. Online
schooling is good for Anton but it will be better if they can be around some
other kids as well. So please pray for the school situation here in Cambodia as
well as elsewhere in your own place.
Thanks for praying so diligently for us and others.
May God be with you in this week to come and may you experience the love of the
Lord wherever you go.
Love
Rossouw-clan
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