Good evening from a nice and cool Siem Reap. We are getting rain now already for 2 days in a row and believe me, it's pleasant. Twans say that the children started to clap their hands when it started to rain. All the farmers are happy as they already started to plant rice and were just waiting for the rain to fall again. Perfect timing, thank you, Lord.
My friend, Uncle David contacted me the other day and asked if I can help. A friend, with whom he always drinks coffee, showed him a lady with really bad breast cancer. We made a date and our friend Choun accompanied us to visit the lady. I was shocked when I saw Srey Oun. She is 39 years old and lives out towards Kulen Mountain.
She had a lump in her breast and went to the hospital and they cut it out but did not do any test to see what it was. After 3 months the wound grew into a lump the size of a rugby ball in the place of her breast. She went then to Phnom Pehn to a Korean doctor who did scans and tests and confirm cancer. By now it was already too late to do anything and she came back home.
Currently, she is laying on her bed under a mosquito net for the flies and got a fan on her, outside under a roof, which is ideal as it is cool there. She got a loving family that cares for her and her young children are with her 24/7. She decided to keep the wound open as it is different than poor Noah’s wound. This one is dry and just lumps on top of each other. I am so blessed by the way that she handle this wound. I could at least give her more meds to clean and fill up the medicines she needs for pain.
We cannot do much rather than encourage her. I asked if I can pray and she was very happy. I asked her if she know the Lord and she said:” Yes””. That is music to my ears. I asked her where she learned about Jesus and she said the Korean doctor was Christian and introduce her to our loving Lord and Savior. I brought Toinette with me yesterday and she was so happy to see another woman. Her sister and some other woman were there as well and we could visit quite nicely. Such a privilege to visit with someone like this. We could pray with her and encourage her.
I guess, I will never fully understand why people need to suffer so much. Did I ask the Lord so many times in my short life, WHY? Seeing people like Srey Oun and Noah does not make this complicated issue any easier. I put on the TV and see how many people suffer in wars and without food and all I can do is to just thank the Lord that He provides for us and look over us. Still cannot understand why people need to suffer so much, but leave it to the Lord. One day we will know the correct answer. Looking forward to that for sure.
Ok tickets are bought and we will be off to Namibia on the 15th of June and will be back in the Land of Wonders on the 9th of August. Looking forward to some cold as winter is on in Namibia.
Love
Rossouw-clan
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