Wish I could send some of this beautiful rain back
home to Namibia. We had constant rain now for 3 days and lots of the provinces experience
heavy flooding and even some people died and crops died because of too much
water. As a true Namibian from the Deep South, we are not familiar with praying
against rain, but here it is natural to pray for the rain to stop for a while.
I had to learn to do that as lots of people lose everything they own as some
even their lives. We did not have much rain in several years now. One positive
that can happen out of this is that the Tonle Sap river will reverse its flow
and push lots of water into the Tonle Sap Lake, which was not full for a while
now. That will bring enough fish again for people to survive on in the dry season.
I took a trip into the jungle with my friends, Manoj,
Yong and Luke. As usual, I ride my small Viva, which broke several times and I
had to ride it Kamikaze style, without front shocks, no brakes, broken exhaust
pipe, and broken footrest. (We bind this up with rope, so I could rest my feet)
Well, the water was a lot and lots of mud but that did not stop us from visiting
the people we love so much. Everybody was happy that we came. This time of year
so many people are sick with various illnesses. Could help people with lots of
boils, Typhoid fever, high blood pressure, and just normal cough and colds.
We slept with our good friends next to the mountain
and ate delicious Khmer noodles with them. You are not allowed to eat only a
little bid as it is rude, so you need to be hungry when you come there but we
had a sumptuous lunch at 4pm with some wild chicken and rice and we were so
hungry that we literally had to pace ourselves. So much for a diet hahaha, not
here. It is always such a blessing to come there after a long day’s drive and
relax with such hospitable people. It is so nice and cool sleeping in the
jungle as it is raining and it makes for such a nice sound on the metal roof,
reminds me of our small house on the farm.
Toinette is pretty busy teaching at the children’s
homes. The small muddy paths she needs to ride with the bike is not for the
faint at heart. She meets such beautiful people and can experience closely how
they struggle day to day. People here are so resilient towards life and always
make a way to survive. One of her students is farming with small craps which
she catches in the rice field and keeps them to breed at home. Some of the farm
with frogs in this time as it is readily available in the rice fields. No food
is wasted here. Continue to pray for FGC as they try and reach a very small
amount of children at this time. We know to be faithful to even the only one
that comes. Toinette’s mornings are for teaching Gideon. If I am at home, I
need to bring Anton to school which is quite far but the bus is not allowed to
go due to Covid.
Please pray for the following people:
Channa, our good friend from Phnom Pehn is sick with
Typhoid. Pray for complete healing.
Scott Johnson in the States had pneumonia this time,
please pray for complete healing as well.
Please pray for a friend Tara Ferguson. Their son
Xander (25) is missing, please pray for him to be found. https://web.facebook.com/Alexander-Xander-Ferguson-105260318023831/
Please pray for another friend Liz and Christopher M.
Alexandrou. Pray for their precious daughter Ellie. https://web.facebook.com/hashtag/ellieendeavors
Please check this out and pray for this little one.
Apert Syndrome and viral colds equal no
bueno. For the last 6-7 days Ellie has
been fighting some kind of viral infection.
Her sister and I actually have the same thing. Good news, it’s not COVID-19 and her lungs
are clear. The snot and secretions is a
whole other story. Last night it became
too much to handle in our home due to frequent apnea events and labored
breathing occurring while she was sleeping.
We took her to the ER at CHOP and she was admitted for respiratory
distress. Please pray for this virus to
continue to move quickly through her system, for answers around her obstructive
sleep apnea & restrictive airway and plans for how we can manage this at
home. Watching this happen has created a
lot of fear around sickness in our home as we approach this Fall and Winter
season. I want to put Ellie and our
family in a bubble, which is not possible.
My heart is literally broken for Ellie and all these children have to go
through. Ellie however at times is still
her smiley self. We can’t wait for this
to be over and have that back all the time.
#Pray4Ellie #EllieEndeavors #ApertsBeSeen
Thank you for praying for us all as families get an attack in the spiritual realm here on the field. Thank you for taking your
precious time and stand in the gap for us.
Love
Rossouw-clan
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