I must say this year started with a boom. Pretty busy at this time makes that I do not have much time for my woodwork, well God is at work so no problem. We enjoy cool nights still here in Cambodia, for what it's worth, we enjoy it as the hot season is around the corner. A few days ago some guys bribed a security guard and got out of their quarantine and now started a chain reaction of virus cases. People are on high alert especially in Phnom Pehn and they even closed some schools. We pray that people will stay in quarantine till they are good to go. https://vodenglish.news/two-hotel-guards-arrested-for-allegedly-helping-women-leave-quarantine/
Yesterday was one of those days that you wish never happens. We got Noah, the girl with Breast cancer, so far to go with us to the hospital for some tests. She was ready when we came there. Wish I took a picture of her little home, being barricaded with sticks to protect her “” garbage”” or her possessions and a black bag with all her stuff, with her. I sat on the back of the truck with her as we went to do some tests first.
Well at least, after a lot of convincing, we got some blood work done. Another Khmer doctor friend we know is helping us to do specific tests to see how he can help her. Pray for our friend Philip who is looking for opportunities to help his own people. We are very happy to see this happening as the culture is not so accommodating to each other, especially when you are in this dire need. He is a real ray of sunlight in the medical world, I know there are many of them but they are far and between, sorry to say. We got Noah to the clinic to do a CT-scan and that is where things got tense. First, she was up for it but as Isaac said, she was calm, and all of a sudden she just freaked out. They try everything possible to let her lay down but she refused. She said she rather want to go home and die there. Nothing we could do!! It was the end of the road for us what hospitals are a concern and we had to leave it.
Friends, this is like we are in a battle right now. We see this as a spiritual battle that we need to breakthrough. Now if you know me, I am not a person that drives out a demon behind every bush but you do not need a Ph.D. degree to see this coming. We believe that the enemy is keeping her bondage and close her brain to any other form of help she can get. The little world she lives in is all she has and she wants to keep it that way. She is used to getting help from everyone in form of money and food, so why does she need to get healed and lost all this?? Sounds stupid but this is reality. Our Western mindset cannot comprehend this type of behavior. Isaac and Matt tell me about the people living on the streets. They encountered similar behavior. The bondage of fear keeps them going back to their little haven. I’ve seen this many times before and all we can do is to keep her comfortable and throw God’s love at her every day.
I was there this morning and she was pretty happy that I came and clean her wound. The stink was overwhelming but this is what we are doing. Matt was there this afternoon and he told me that Philip was giving her a bath to clean her up. O we love it when locals are so compassionate to their fellow people. Please pray for this doctor.
Please continue to pray for Scott and Judy Johnson as she struggles with cancer.
Let’s pray for everyone to settles in and take this Covid as it comes as this is here for the long haul.
Isaac showed me pictures of the toe of our friend with Buerger's disease, he is doing just fine and his toe even is getting color back and the black is going away. We praise God for the change in this young man’s life. Pray that his toe will get healed as he needs a miracle in his life.
Thank you very much for praying for us all. We pray that this week will be a blessed week for you all and definitely a warmer week for some friends in the States.
Love
Rossouw-clan
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